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2. Could green finance facilitate low-carbon transformation of power generation? Some evidence from China
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Lin, Ziqiang, Liao, Xianchun, and Jia, Haoran
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- 2023
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3. Will temperature affect the export quality of firms? Evidence from China
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Zhang, Junmei and Li, Hongyi
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- 2023
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4. Assessing the impacts of climate change to financial stability: evidence from China
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Liu, Zhonglu, Sun, Haibo, and Tang, Songlin
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- 2021
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5. The 2020 Sir Hermann Black Lecture A year of crisis: climate, coronavirus: A paper based on a presentation to the Institute on 22 December 2020 by and China.
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Lemahieu, Hervé
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COVID-19 , *COVID-19 pandemic , *CLIMATE change - Abstract
The three challenges with the greatest bearing on Australia's security and prosperity each came to a head in 2020, viz. climate change; a novel coronavirus pandemic; and China. The world has become poorer, more dangerous and more disorderly. As we emerge from this crisis year, Australia's ability to project itself globally will start with its strength and vitality at home. Its favourable geography gives it the potential to become a leader in renewables. Given our geopolitical challenges, this is a strategic imperative. Yet, for now, the gap between reality and expectations has never been greater. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2021
6. Research on the synergies between low-carbon pilot city policy and high-speed railways in improving Chinese urban electricity efficiency
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Chen, Yu, Jin, Di, and Zhao, Changyi
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- 2023
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7. Effect of climate change on fruit by co-integration and machine learning
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Khan, Tamoor, Qiu, Jiangtao, Banjar, Ameen, Alharbey, Riad, Alzahrani, Ahmed Omar, and Mehmood, Rashid
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- 2021
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8. Regional legislation to address climate change in China: necessity and feasibility
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Zhang, Jianwei, Jiang, Xiaoyi, and Pan, Xiaobin
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- 2019
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9. Challenge or opportunity of climate financial fragmentation : Evidence from China-initiated cooperation with emerging multilateral institutions
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Liang, Chao and Liu, Bai
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- 2020
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10. Construction of China’s low-carbon competitiveness evaluation system : A study based on provincial cross-section data
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Wang, Yongjing, Lan, Qingxin, Jiang, Feng, and Chen, Chaofan
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- 2020
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11. China’s emissions trading will have long-term impact
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- 2021
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12. Harnessing Hybridized Machine Learning Algorithms for Sustainable Smart Production: A Case Study of Solar PV Energy in China
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Xu, Fangyi and Wang, Jihong
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- 2024
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13. Rural residents’ understanding and willingness to pay higher prices for mitigation against global warming in China
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Chang, Genying
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- 2018
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14. Short and long-run impacts of climate change on agriculture: an empirical evidence from China
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Chandio, Abbas Ali, Jiang, Yuansheng, Rehman, Abdul, and Rauf, Abdul
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- 2020
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15. The Ginkgo biloba L. in China: Current Distribution and Possible Future Habitat.
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Zhang, Ying, Zhang, Jinbing, Tian, Li, Huang, Yaohui, and Shao, Changliang
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GINKGO ,CURRENT distribution ,GLOBAL warming ,SEASONAL temperature variations ,WILD plants ,ENDANGERED species - Abstract
With the increase in global temperature, the global change situation dominated by climate warming is becoming more and more serious. Climate change will cause differences in the suitable areas of species in different periods. Ginkgo biloba L., a rare and endangered wild plant protected at the national level in China, is the oldest relict plant in the world. Because of severe climate change, only China's wild Ginkgo biloba has been preserved, yet China's wild Ginkgo biloba population is facing extinction risk. Ginkgo biloba has rich ornamental value, application value, economic value, medicinal value and ecological value. Not only can it produce economic and ecological benefits, but it can also produce huge social benefits. Based on the data of Ginkgo biloba sample distribution, bioclimatic variables and soil variables, this paper uses the MaxEnt model to simulate Ginkgo biloba suitable area under current and future different climate scenarios, and analyzes the changes in the potential suitable area of Ginkgo biloba in the future through ArcGIS 10.6. The results are as follows: (1) the results simulated by the MaxEnt model are AUC > 0.9, showing that the simulation results have a high accuracy; (2) the min temperature of the coldest month, precipitation of the wettest month, elevation, and temperature seasonality are the main environmental variables affecting the change in the Ginkgo biloba suitable area; (3) under future climate scenarios, the suitable area of Ginkgo biloba is predicted to expand in the future, covering most of the south and some northeast regions, and moderate temperature and precipitation changes under climate change are conducive for the growth of Ginkgo biloba; and (4) in the future, the distribution center of the suitable area will move to the northeast. According to the conclusions in this paper, it is expected to provide theoretical reference for cultivation and management, sustainable utilization and solution of ecological environment problems of Ginkgo biloba. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2023
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16. The establishment of carbon trading market in People’s Republic of China : A legislation and policy perspective
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Nai, Peng, Luo, Yuqing, and Yang, Guang
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- 2017
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17. Chinese Anti-Westernism on social media.
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Lehman-Ludwig, Anna, Burke, Abigail, Ambler, David, and Schroeder, Ralph
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SOCIAL media ,RUSSIAN invasion of Ukraine, 2022- ,BELT & Road Initiative ,SOFT power (Social sciences) ,COVID-19 vaccines - Abstract
The Chinese Communist Party and its supporters are increasingly using social media platforms to shape China's public image. This online image is a means of strengthening domestic nationalism and of projecting "soft power" abroad. This paper examines various forms of anti-Westernism that are central to this image-making. It analyzes several recent topics—the Belt and Road Initiative, climate change, the COVID-19 vaccine, the Beijing Olympics, and the conflict in Ukraine—on the r/Sino subreddit page of Reddit and compares them with two online news outlets, the South China Morning Post and China Daily. The paper focuses on how these media frame the contest between a rising China and a failing West, so creating a discourse that competes with the negative portrayals of China outside the country. The paper contrasts the aggressive strengthening of China's image against the West on social media with more sober accounts of the same topics in China's official media and in commercial news outlets. The contribution of the paper is to document an emerging online anti-Westernism that is playing an increasing role in the changing geopolitical landscape. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2023
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18. Managing Extreme Rainfall and Flooding Events: A Case Study of the 20 July 2021 Zhengzhou Flood in China.
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Zhao, Xiaofan, Li, Huimin, Cai, Qin, Pan, Ye, and Qi, Ye
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RAINFALL ,EXTREME weather ,FLOOD risk ,RAINSTORMS ,SUBWAY tunnels ,FLOODS ,CITIES & towns - Abstract
On 20 July 2021, an extreme rainstorm battered Zhengzhou in China's Henan Province, killing 302 people, including 14 individuals who drowned in a subway tunnel and 6 who drowned in a road tunnel. As the global climate warms, extreme weather events similar to the Zhengzhou flood will become more frequent, with increasingly catastrophic consequences for society. Taking a case study-based approach by focusing on the record-breaking Zhengzhou flood, this paper examines the governance capacity of inland cities in North China for managing extreme precipitation and flooding events from the perspective of the flood risk management process. Based on in-depth case analysis, our paper hypothesizes that inland cities in North China still have low risk perceptions of extreme weather events, which was manifested in insufficient pre-disaster preparation and prevention, poor risk communication, and slow emergency response. Accordingly, it is recommended that inland cities update their risk perceptions of extreme rainfall and flooding events, which are no longer low-probability, high-impact "black swans", but turning into high-probability, high-impact "gray rhinos." In particular, cities must make sufficient preparation for extreme weather events by revising contingency plans and strengthening their implementation, improving risk communication of meteorological warnings, and synchronizing emergency response with meteorological warnings. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2023
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19. New Actors in the Old Hierarchies: Alliances for Low-Carbon Urban Development in Shenzhen, China.
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Li, Yunjing
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URBAN planning ,CLIMATE change mitigation ,DEVELOPING countries ,CLIMATE change ,YOUNG workers - Abstract
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- 2024
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20. Globalizing research on global cities and international business.
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Fan, C. Cindy
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GLOBALIZATION ,INTERNATIONAL business enterprises ,CITIES & towns ,ECONOMIC geography ,CLIMATE change ,HUMAN rights organizations - Abstract
Copyright of Journal of International Business Studies is the property of Springer Nature and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites or posted to a listserv without the copyright holder's express written permission. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. This abstract may be abridged. No warranty is given about the accuracy of the copy. Users should refer to the original published version of the material for the full abstract. (Copyright applies to all Abstracts.)
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- 2024
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21. Spatiotemporal evolution characteristics and influencing factors of traditional villages: the Yellow River Basin in Henan Province, China.
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Feng, Yan, Wei, Hong, Huang, Yi, Li, Jingwen, Mu, Zhanqiang, and Kong, Dezheng
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WATER conservation projects ,HUMAN settlements ,WATERSHEDS ,BIRTHPLACES ,PROBABILITY density function ,HISTORICAL geography ,CLIMATE change ,TRANSBOUNDARY waters - Abstract
Henan Province is the birthplace of Chinese civilization and one of the earliest human settlements, which means that the area has an important national cultural heritage. Traditional villages are an important facet of this cultural heritage, and studying their spatiotemporal characteristics in different periods has important theoretical and practical significance for the sustainable development and protection of cultural heritage in the region. This paper takes the traditional villages of the Yellow River basin in Henan Province that were formed before 1919 as the research object. Information on the ancient river was obtained through a literature search as well as via field research, and the important tributaries of the Yellow River in different periods were mapped using ArcGIS 10.0 software. The nearest neighbor index, kernel density estimation, standard deviation ellipse and other methods were adopted to analyze the spatiotemporal characteristics of the traditional villages. The factors that influenced the evolution of traditional villages were explored in depth by combining changes in the course of the river and water conservancy projects. The results show that the formation of traditional villages along the Yellow River in Henan Province has experienced a historical track of growth, contraction, growth and prosperity and stability. The traditional villages along the Yellow River in Henan Province generally show a clustered pattern, forming a dense concentration of traditional villages in the middle reaches of the Yellow River. The center of gravity shows a migration trend from southeast to northwest. In terms of influencing factors, the spatiotemporal evolution of the relationship between villages and their distance to water is closely related to climatic fluctuations, changes in channel, water conservancy projects and social and cultural factors. This paper deepens our understanding of the relationship between traditional village evolution and watersheds by improving the consistency between village spatial distribution and historical geography and provides a useful theoretical reference for the sustainable development of China's traditional villages. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2023
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22. China’s climate and energy policy: at a turning point?
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Gørild Heggelund
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Original Paper ,China ,Economics and Econometrics ,010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciences ,business.industry ,Climate change ,010501 environmental sciences ,Energy transition ,01 natural sciences ,Energy policy ,Carbon neutrality ,Renewable energy ,Power (social and political) ,Climate policy ,Green growth ,Political Science and International Relations ,Economics ,Paris agreement ,Economic system ,business ,Law ,0105 earth and related environmental sciences - Abstract
How have 30 years of development in energy and climate policies influenced long-term trends in China and what does this imply for future climate policies? To answer the question, this article examines three decades of energy and climate policies in China. By providing an overarching review, it contributes new and updated research on drivers behind long-term climate policies and whether China's long-term emissions trend can be broken by placing greater emphasis on innovation, technology and low-carbon development. Importantly, it analyses the most recent policy developments in China, such as the likely effects of China's recent 2060 carbon neutrality goal. We conclude that after the Paris Agreement, the biggest policy change has been technological innovation in the power and transport sector. China has prioritized measures, laws and policies for developing renewable energy, especially solar and wind. China has also embraced the 'green growth' approach for responding to the challenges of climate change. These efforts have yielded results, and China has emerged as a world leader in renewable energy. However, there is still a long way to go. The upcoming 14th five-year plan will be critical for accelerating the energy transition, including setting a cap on coal in the national energy-transition strategy.
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- 2021
23. Legitimacy-seeking: China's statements and actions on combating climate change.
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Lian, Chenchao and Li, Jinhong
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CLIMATE change mitigation , *ENVIRONMENTAL policy , *INTERNATIONAL relations - Abstract
This paper proposes a conceptual and analytical framework of states' legitimacy-seeking to comprehensively investigate the motivation behind China's climate and environment policy. While previous research has largely overlooked political factors that underlie China's climate policy, this paper argues that these factors are crucial in understanding China's policy changes, which are evident at both domestic and international levels. By examining sources such as government documents, leaders' speeches and authoritative literature, this study contends that China's climate change initiatives are part of a broader effort to enhance domestic and international legitimacy. The issue of climate change has become highly politicised in China under the leadership of President Xi Jinping, and it serves as a crucial test of the ruling party and the state's capacity to govern effectively. As such, legitimacy-seeking is the key driver that links China's domestic measures and international commitments. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2024
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24. Resisting Modernity and Indigenising the Future: Living with Pollution and Climate Change in a Sacred Landscape in Southwest China.
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GALIPEAU, BRENDAN A.
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CLIMATE change , *INDIGENISM , *CHEMICAL decomposition , *BUDDHIST ethics - Abstract
In Dechen (Bde chen) County, Yunnan Province, a Tibetan county of the People's Republic of China, prominent lay Buddhist practitioners work to resist and mitigate the impacts of agrochemical pollution and climate change on sacred landscapes. In this region of northwest Yunnan officially renamed and dubbed "Shangri-La" by the local and national state for tourism purposes, and in alignment of this name with the term Shambala, a place of divine serenity in Tibetan Buddhism, the protagonists in this paper insist that chemical futures and pollution are only adding to the creation of a "fake" Shangri-La, and that more than human- and nature-centric views are necessary in building a more ecologically sound future. This paper ethnographically analyses these activities and motivations in the context of ecocentric views surrounding indigenous Tibetan more-than-human spirit worlds. I ask what drives rural Tibetan grape-growers to pursue an ecologically friendly agenda. Motivations include observation of chemical degradation on land, Buddhist ethics, local land worship, and conceptions that being a local Tibetan should revolve around the preservation of sacred landscapes and mountain gods and spirits rather than purely economic profit and development. A critical variable, however, is that lay Buddhists holding these beliefs are exceptions, with most villages showing more concern for the economic benefits of new cash agricultures over sacred landscapes and spirits. I argue that while many villagers are willing to ignore the long-term vitality of the sacred landscape in favour of economic prosperity and view new economic activities as morally acceptable within Tibetan spirituality, some individuals insist that preserving the local landscape is paramount to a sustainable future both locally and across Greater China. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2023
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25. Study on the Impact of Climate Change Information Sources on Farmers’ Decisions on Adaptive Farming Behavior: Based on 1200 Questionnaires in Shaanxi Province, China.
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Qing Liu, Yangjie Lu, and Tianqing Chen
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AGRICULTURE , *INFORMATION resources , *FARMERS , *GOVERNMENT information , *CLIMATE change , *WHEAT farmers - Abstract
Adaptive farming behavior is a key strategy for farmers to cope with climate change. This paper aims to explore the potential impacts of climate change information sources on farmers’ adaptive farming behavior. This paper clarifies the internal mechanism of three typical information sources, namely government departments, scientific research institutions and neighborhood communication, affecting farmers' adaptive farming behavior. Based on the sample data of 1200 farmers in the main wheat producing areas of Shaanxi Province, the theoretical conjecture is empirically tested. The results showed that the climate change information from government departments and scientific research institutions has a significant positive impact on farmers' adaptive farming behavior, but in the case of considering the three sources of information at the same time, the information source of scientific research institutions has the strongest positive impact on farmers' adaptive farming behavior. After farmers have access to climate change information exchanged by government departments, scientific research institutions and neighbors, their differences in climate change adaptive farming behavior mainly depend on their climate change cognition rather than subject trust factors. Formally organized climate change information represented by government departments and scientific research institutions has a more significant positive impact on farmers' adaptive farming behavior, but this impact depends largely on whether the information obtained by farmers can improve their climate change awareness. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2023
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26. A better understanding of the role of new energy and green finance to help achieve carbon neutrality goals, with special reference to China.
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Feng Kong
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Carbon neutrality is an important policy in the current global response to climate change and has been widely recognized by various industries. In the process of promoting carbon neutrality, new energy plays a pivotal role. In this study, the definition and connotation of new energy and its role and specific operation in the energy transition of carbon neutrality are firstly explained. Promoting new energy development requires significant green and low-carbon investments. Taking China as an example, this paper analyzes the opportunities brought by the carbon neutral process to the field of green finance and analyzes the main features and development trends of green finance in China at present. Then this paper proposes policy recommendations to strengthen the development of green finance in China in terms of improving the green financial policy system, enhancing the supply capacity of green financial services, and optimizing the supporting environment for green financial development. Finally, this paper analyzes the measures and experiences of the United States in promoting low-carbon development and proposes countermeasures for China's low-carbon development on the basis of the five major relationships that need attention in China's carbon-neutral process. That is, strengthen the top-level design and improve the regulatory policy system; optimize the energy structure and increase the proportion of clean energy; optimize the industrial structure and reduce energy consumption in key industries; build a complete low-carbon technology system and promote low-carbon technology research and development and demonstration applications, and encourage local conditions to explore low-carbon development paths. The development of green finance can contribute to the advancement of new energy technologies, thus contributing to the achievement of carbon neutrality goals. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2022
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27. High‐Temperature Exposure and Land Transactions in China.
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Chen, Fanglin, Zhang, Xin, and Chen, Zhongfei
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FIXED effects model ,CLIMATE change ,REAL estate sales ,BEHAVIORAL economics ,LAND surface temperature ,BID price - Abstract
We estimate the relationship between high‐temperature exposure and land transaction using daily transaction data from 2013 to 2018 in China. Standard hedonic price method is used to perform multidimensional fixed effects regression on 458,564 transaction samples. This study shows that each additional day of the extremely high temperature increases the average bid price by 0.6%, which is equivalent to an additional annual increase of 15.018 billion yuan in land transaction costs. The effect of high temperature on land prices is considerably stronger for residential and commercial lands. We further find that high‐temperature‐induced changes of mood and cognition play a role. Extreme gradient boosting (XGBoost) algorithm is used to calculate price deviation, which overcome missing eigenvalues and reduce nonlinear measurement error. Our findings indicate that heat can make investors more aggressive, which occurs when bidders continue to raise prices to win. The number of bidding behavior will not drop due to the hidden costs of land transactions. Specially, bidding experience offsets the cognitive output bias. This study contributes to the behavioral finance and decision‐making literature, helps investors make better investment management decisions, and alleviates the negative effect of land transaction premium on the real estate market. Plain Language Summary: Extreme temperatures are becoming more frequent due to climate change. Extreme temperature can affect people's cognitive performance. Using large‐scale land transaction data and a fixed‐effects model, this paper analyzes the impact of extreme temperature on decision‐making. Results show that each additional day of extremely high temperature increases the average bid price by 0.6%, which is equivalent to an additional annual increase of 15.018 billion yuan in land transaction costs. This paper analyzes the impact of extreme temperature on human cognitive performance from the perspective of e climate change and uses land transaction behavior as a measure of decision‐making to reveal the mechanism of climate change affecting cognitive performance. Key Points: Each additional day of the extremely high temperature increases the average bid price by 0.6%Heat can make investors more aggressive, which occurs when bidders continue to raise prices to winBidding experience offsets the cognitive output bias [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2023
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28. How to improve total factor energy efficiency under climate change: does export sophistication matter?
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Liu, Jianmin, Xue, Yan, Mao, Zehong, Irfan, Muhammad, and Wu, Haitao
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ENERGY consumption ,FIXED effects model ,IMPULSE response ,ENERGY shortages ,FOREIGN trade promotion ,CLIMATE change - Abstract
Climate change has a profound impact on human survival and development. Climate change is an energy and economic issue, which should be driven by technology. Total factor energy efficiency (TFEE) improvement is undoubtedly a breakthrough in solving energy problems. In this paper, the fixed effect model, impulse response function, and threshold regression model are used to test the complex relationship between export sophistication and TFEE. The results reveal that export sophistication improvement leads to higher TFEE. The impulse response results verify the existence of a phased and positive correlation between export sophistication and TFEE. Finally, the relationship between export sophistication and TFEE significantly varied across different threshold levels of regional corruption score, economic development, and openness. This article led the foundation for supporting China's export sophistication promotion strategy and also provides a reference for energy efficiency improvement and energy crisis response in the post-pandemic era. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2023
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29. Mitigating heat-related mortality risk in Shanghai, China: system dynamics modeling simulations
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Xiaochen Liu, Hanqing Xu, Landong Sun, Zhan Tian, Chunfang Wang, Wei Wu, Junguo Liu, and Laixiang Sun
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Risk ,China ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Hot Temperature ,Systems Analysis ,Environmental Engineering ,System dynamics model ,Climate Change ,Climate change ,Context (language use) ,010501 environmental sciences ,01 natural sciences ,Heat waves ,03 medical and health sciences ,0302 clinical medicine ,Geochemistry and Petrology ,Environmental health ,Epidemiology ,medicine ,Humans ,Environmental Chemistry ,030212 general & internal medicine ,Cities ,Mortality ,Baseline (configuration management) ,0105 earth and related environmental sciences ,General Environmental Science ,Water Science and Technology ,Original Paper ,Public health ,Extreme Heat ,General Medicine ,Models, Theoretical ,Heat wave ,System dynamics ,Environmental science ,Urban resilience - Abstract
Numerous studies in epidemiology, meteorology, and climate change research have demonstrated a significant association between abnormal ambient temperature and mortality. However, there is a shortage of research attention to a systematic assessment of potential mitigation measures which could effectively reduce the heat-related morbidity and mortality risks. This study first illustrates a conceptualization of a systems analysis version of urban framework for climate service (UFCS). It then constructs a system dynamics (SD) model for the UFCS and employs this model to quantify the impacts of heat waves on public health system in Shanghai and to evaluate the performances of two mitigation measures in the context of a real heat wave event in July 2013 in the city. Simulation results show that in comparison with the baseline without mitigation measures, if the hospital system could prepare 20% of beds available for emergency response to heat waves once receiving the warning in advance, the number of daily deaths could be reduced by 40–60 (15.8–19.5%) on the 2 days of day 7 and day 8; if increasing the minimum living allowance of 790 RMB/month in 2013 by 20%, the number of daily deaths could be reduced by 50–70 (17.7–21.9%) on the 2 days of day 8 and day 12. This tool can help policy makers systematically evaluate adaptation and mitigation options based on performance assessment, thus strengthening urban resilience to changing climate.
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- 2020
30. Global Commodity Markets, Chinese Demand for Maize, and Deforestation in Northern Myanmar.
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Enze Han and Qiongyu Huang
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DEFORESTATION ,CORN yields ,CLIMATE change ,GEOGRAPHIC information systems ,AGRICULTURAL productivity - Abstract
This paper makes a significant contribution to understanding the logic of deforestation in Northern Myanmar and connects global trends and regional political economy with local environmental changes. Methodologically, through a combination of remote sensing GIS analysis, for which we use a newly available Myanmar Forest Change dataset produced by TerraPulse and the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute, as well as on-the-ground field research observations and interviews with farmers, this paper examines how the expansion of maize plantations in the northern part of Myanmar has implications for deforestation in the region. It argues that a combination of global commodity price shock around 2011-2012 plus easy market access to China generated strong incentives for local farmers to increase the cultivation of maize. The paper contributes to how we understand the environmental impacts of Chinese demands for agricultural products in Southeast Asia. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2021
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31. Driving Factors and Feasibility Analysis: China--Mongolia Collaboration on Climate Change under the Belt and Road Initiative Framework.
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Pin Zuo, Zolboo Dashnyam, and Ping Jiang
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BELT & Road Initiative ,CLIMATE change ,CLIMATE change mitigation ,FACTOR analysis ,INTERNATIONAL cooperation - Abstract
The Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) offers great opportunities for China and Mongolia to collaborate on tackling climate change. However, few studies have focused on China--Mongolia collaboration on climate change under the BRI's sustainable development framework; in particular, studies have neglected the factors and feasibility of collaboration. Focusing on China and Mongolia, this study first discusses the evolution of legislation in China and Mongolia in the context of dealing with climate change and then explores the factors that influence China--Mongolia collaboration on climate change mitigation from the perspectives of climate environmental governance and energy development at the domestic level. Subsequently, the paper analyzes the Paris Agreement to identify international factors that can influence climate change cooperation between the two countries. Finally, based on the results of this analysis, this paper identifies geopolitical relations, the energy supply, technology and investment, and the demand for a transition to sustainable development as the main driving forces for China and Mongolia to collaborate on climate change mitigation under the BRI. Finally, the paper concludes that collaboration between the two countries is highly feasible. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2023
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32. For an Urban Politics of Looking Elsewhere: Climate Action in Rapidly Growing Chinese Cities.
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Castán Broto, Vanesa, Westman, Linda, and Huang, Ping
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MUNICIPAL government ,CITIES & towns ,CLIMATE change mitigation ,URBAN climatology ,CLIMATE change - Abstract
Urban areas mediate climate transformations and generate new forms of climate urbanism. Looking at climate action in the twelve fastest-growing cities in China with under one million people, this paper proposes a perspective on urban climate politics 'from elsewhere' that foregrounds the potential role of smaller urban areas in mediating climate transformations. The analysis reveals three climate action strategies that reflect practical, institutional, and personal spheres of climate transformations. Planning action in the personal sphere provides opportunities for urban transformations. A perspective 'from elsewhere' calls for greater attention to planning for diverse change strategies for climate transformation. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2023
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33. Dynamic Analysis of Provincial Forest Carbon Storage Efficiency in China Based on DEA Malmquist Index.
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Liu, Xuelu, Huang, Jiejun, Zhou, Han, Sun, Jiaqi, Wang, Qi, and Cheng, Xuejun
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CARBON sequestration in forests ,GREENHOUSE gases ,CLIMATE change ,DATA envelopment analysis ,CARBON sequestration ,CARBON cycle - Abstract
Global climate change caused by greenhouse gas emissions has a direct impact on the sustainable development of human society and has gained widespread concern globally. Biological carbon sequestration measures, mainly forests, are conducive to improving the ecological carbon sink capacity and play an important role in mitigating global climate change. Therefore, assessing the efficiency of forest carbon storage (FCS) is key. In view of the lack of evaluation methods for forest carbon storage efficiency (FCSE) on a large spatial scale and long time series, a method based on Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) was proposed in this paper. The FCS was calculated using the forest storage expansion method, and the FCSE was calculated using the DEA-Malmquist index to solve the dynamic balance between regional forestry economic input and carbon storage output efficiency. The FCSE in Chinese provinces was analyzed. The results showed that from 1999 to 2018, China's FCS increased annually, from 7558.34 million tons to 9476.73 million tons, and the spatial distribution pattern of total FCS was always different among regions. The average TFP value of FCSE was 1.089, which proves that the FCSE in China has been on the rise in the past 20 years, but the efficiency growth differed between provinces and was affected by different factors such as technical efficiency and technological progress. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2023
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34. New Partners for the Planet? The European Union and China in International Climate Governance from a Role‐Theoretical Perspective†.
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Gurol, Julia and Starkmann, Anna
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CLIMATE change ,POLICY analysis ,ROLE theory ,PERSPECTIVE taking ,COALITIONS - Abstract
Only with the three largest emitters (the EU, China and the US) building a coalition was it possible to conclude the Paris Agreement in 2015. With the announced withdrawal of the US, the interdependence between the EU and China has increased significantly. Both actors have reiterated their will to implement the Paris Agreement and to cooperate on climate change. In times of political constraints between the EU and China, this seems puzzling. The paper takes a role‐theoretic perspective to assess the following question: How can the changing roles of the EU and China, ascribed to them by external and internal expectations, explain their increased climate cooperation? It draws on a qualitative text analysis of policy documents and expert interviews. The paper concludes with a discussion of the findings against the backdrop of growing tensions between the EU and China. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2021
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35. ESG, financial constraint and financing activities: A study in the Chinese market.
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Guo, Xuejing, Li, Shi, Song, Xiaoping, and Tang, Zilin
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CHINA studies ,CAPITAL market ,FINANCIAL performance ,GOVERNMENT business enterprises ,DOMESTIC markets ,CREDIT - Abstract
This paper investigates the impact of Chinese firms' environmental, social, and governance (ESG) performance on their financial constraint and financing activities. We find a negative association between firms' ESG performance and their financial constraint driven by the Chinese government's commitment to tackling climate change. Compared with state‐owned enterprises (SOEs), non‐SOEs have alleviated their financial constraint through both equity and debt issuance, thanks to the stock price appreciation and green credit. High‐pollution firms benefit from both equity and debt issuance, while low‐pollution firms mainly finance through equity issuance. Our findings demonstrate the leading role of the Chinese government in its domestic capital markets. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2024
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36. Determining threshold air temperature of snowfall and rainfall in China mainland.
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Liu, Yulian and Ren, Guoyu
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ATMOSPHERIC temperature ,CLIMATE change ,HUMIDITY ,HYDROLOGIC models ,CLIMATOLOGY ,WEATHER forecasting ,RAINFALL - Abstract
Separating existing historical precipitation data into solid and liquid precipitation remains a challenge in the study of climate change, extreme precipitation, and hydrological modelling. Based on historical daily air temperature and precipitation data, as well as visual observations of precipitation phase (weather phenomena records) in China mainland, this study proposed a snow‐day direct definition method (SDDM) to determine the threshold air temperature (TAT) of rainfall and snowfall, and analysed the spatial pattern and its influential factors. The main findings include: (1) the TAT based on the SDDM varied from −1.2 to 6.3°C, with a mean value of 2.8°C for the entire study region; (2) TAT was generally higher and more variable in the low‐latitude areas, and the Qinghai‐Tibet Plateau was characterized by an abnormally high average TAT of 5.2°C, almost twice as large as that of the eastern monsoon region; (3) TAT exhibited a significant positive correlation with altitude and negative correlation with precipitation and relative humidity. The results presented in this paper have potential application for studies of large‐scale snowfall climatology and climate change, weather forecasting techniques, and hydrological model parameterization in areas with complex and diverse geographical and climatic conditions. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2024
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37. A review of global environmental mercury processes in response to human and natural perturbations: Changes of emissions, climate, and land use
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Daniel Obrist, Lei Zhang, Martin Jiskra, Jane L. Kirk, Elsie M. Sunderland, Noelle E. Selin, Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Institute for Data, Systems, and Society, and Selin, Noelle E
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China ,010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciences ,Climate Change ,Geography, Planning and Development ,Climate change ,India ,Subtropics ,010501 environmental sciences ,Atmospheric sciences ,Invited Paper ,01 natural sciences ,Emission change ,Environmental Chemistry ,Humans ,Land use, land-use change and forestry ,Ecosystem ,Indian Ocean ,Land use change ,0105 earth and related environmental sciences ,Isotope analysis ,Mercury global environmental cycling ,Ecology ,Arctic Regions ,Intertropical Convergence Zone ,Aquatic ecosystem ,General Medicine ,Mercury ,15. Life on land ,Europe ,Deposition (aerosol physics) ,Heavy metal ,13. Climate action ,Environmental science ,Environmental Pollutants ,Environmental Monitoring - Abstract
We review recent progress in our understanding of the global cycling of mercury (Hg), including best estimates of Hg concentrations and pool sizes in major environmental compartments and exchange processes within and between these reservoirs. Recent advances include the availability of new global datasets covering areas of the world where environmental Hg data were previously lacking; integration of these data into global and regional models is continually improving estimates of global Hg cycling. New analytical techniques, such as Hg stable isotope characterization, provide novel constraints of sources and transformation processes. The major global Hg reservoirs that are, and continue to be, affected by anthropogenic activities include the atmosphere (4.4–5.3 Gt), terrestrial environments (particularly soils: 250–1000 Gg), and aquatic ecosystems (e.g., oceans: 270–450 Gg). Declines in anthropogenic Hg emissions between 1990 and 2010 have led to declines in atmospheric Hg[superscript 0] concentrations and Hg[supercript II] wet deposition in Europe and the US (− 1.5 to − 2.2% per year). Smaller atmospheric Hg[superscript 0] declines (− 0.2% per year) have been reported in high northern latitudes, but not in the southern hemisphere, while increasing atmospheric Hg loads are still reported in East Asia. New observations and updated models now suggest high concentrations of oxidized Hg[superscript II] in the tropical and subtropical free troposphere where deep convection can scavenge these Hg[superscript II] reservoirs. As a result, up to 50% of total global wet Hg[superscript II] deposition has been predicted to occur to tropical oceans. Ocean Hg[superscript 0] evasion is a large source of present-day atmospheric Hg (approximately 2900 Mg/year; range 1900–4200 Mg/year). Enhanced seawater Hg[superscript 0] levels suggest enhanced Hg[superscript 0] ocean evasion in the intertropical convergence zone, which may be linked to high HgII deposition. Estimates of gaseous Hg[superscript 0] emissions to the atmosphere over land, long considered a critical Hg source, have been revised downward, and most terrestrial environments now are considered net sinks of atmospheric Hg due to substantial Hg uptake by plants. Litterfall deposition by plants is now estimated at 1020–1230 Mg/year globally. Stable isotope analysis and direct flux measurements provide evidence that in many ecosystems Hg0 deposition via plant inputs dominates, accounting for 57–94% of Hg in soils. Of global aquatic Hg releases, around 50% are estimated to occur in China and India, where Hg drains into the West Pacific and North Indian Oceans. A first inventory of global freshwater Hg suggests that inland freshwater Hg releases may be dominated by artisanal and small-scale gold mining (ASGM; approximately 880 Mg/year), industrial and wastewater releases (220 Mg/year), and terrestrial mobilization (170–300 Mg/year). For pelagic ocean regions, the dominant source of Hg is atmospheric deposition; an exception is the Arctic Ocean, where riverine and coastal erosion is likely the dominant source. Ocean water Hg concentrations in the North Atlantic appear to have declined during the last several decades but have increased since the mid-1980s in the Pacific due to enhanced atmospheric deposition from the Asian continent. Finally, we provide examples of ongoing and anticipated changes in Hg cycling due to emission, climate, and land use changes. It is anticipated that future emissions changes will be strongly dependent on ASGM, as well as energy use scenarios and technology requirements implemented under the Minamata Convention. We predict that land use and climate change impacts on Hg cycling will be large and inherently linked to changes in ecosystem function and global atmospheric and ocean circulations. Our ability to predict multiple and simultaneous changes in future Hg global cycling and human exposure is rapidly developing but requires further enhancement. Keywords: Climate change, Emission change, Heavy metal, Land use change, Mercury global environmental cycling, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (Dartmouth College. Toxic Metals Superfund Research Program. Award R13 ES028077-01), National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (Dartmouth College. Toxic Metals Superfund Research Program. Award P42ES007373), National Science Foundation (U.S.) (CNH 1313755), Horizon 2020 Framework Programme (European Commission) (Marie Sklodowska-Curie Grant Agreement 657195), National Science Foundation (U.S.) (PLR 1304305)
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- 2018
38. Resilience to extreme weather events and local financial structure of prefecture-level cities in China
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Peters, Vinzenz, Wang, Jingtian, and Sanders, Mark
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- 2023
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39. Climate Informed Non-stationary Modeling of Extreme Precipitation in China.
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Zhang, Chi, Gu, Xuezhi, Ye, Lei, Xin, Qian, Li, Xiaoyang, and Zhang, Hairong
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RAINSTORMS ,PRECIPITATION variability ,CLIMATE extremes ,EXTREME value theory ,CLIMATE change - Abstract
Recent years have witnessed climate change characterized by increasingly frequent extreme precipitation events, and the assumption of stationarity in traditional frequency analyses is gradually being questioned. In terms of the current research status in China, there is a lack of thorough investigations on the linkage between extreme precipitation and climate change. This paper aims to determine the dominant climate indices as well as the corresponding significant time scales and periods affecting extreme precipitation over China for dynamic assessments of the upcoming rainstorm risk. Correlations between 15 climate indices and precipitation extremes, as well as the correlations among climate indices, are fully explored to identify potential predictors for non-stationary modeling. Then, 21 non-stationary generalized extreme value (GEV) models are constructed, and the optimal covariates as well as their lag times with extreme precipitation at 769 stations are ascertained in a Bayesian framework. Finally, a complete predictive process is developed, and the national rainstorm risk under non-stationary conditions is assessed. The results indicate that precipitation extremes remain stationary only at 74 stations (less than 10%). WPI is dominant in modeling the variability in precipitation extremes for nearly 22% of the total stations, ranking first among all the climate indices. The predominant time scale affecting extreme precipitation at the majority of stations is 3 months. Ignoring the non-stationarity of extreme precipitation inevitably leads to misperceptions of rainstorm risks, and the spatial distribution of the maximum case of the design rainstorms under non-stationary conditions differs remarkably from that under stationary conditions. Our findings have important implications for the in-depth understanding of the real drivers of extreme precipitation non-stationary and enable advanced predictions of rainstorm risks for mitigating subsequent disasters. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2023
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40. Signalling compliance: an explanation of the intermittent green policy implementation gap in China.
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Li, Jin
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ENVIRONMENTAL policy ,CLIMATE change ,ENVIRONMENTAL protection ,ENVIRONMENTALISM ,SOCIAL responsibility of business - Abstract
The existence of the green policy implementation gap in China has aroused widespread concern, and is frequently explained with officials' characteristics, problematic institutions, and citizens' participation. However, few studies have noticed the intermittence of the gap. By coding six media signals and 394 documents issued by the central government (2000–2015) from 27 items in dimensions of credibility/reliability, intensity, and clarity according to the signalling theory, causes of the intermittence were explored. I found that central signals are the driving force. Document signals work better than media signals, particularly in Hu Jintao's era. Documents' credible commitments, threats, legal effects, issuing departments, wording intensity, clear definition of departments and society's responsibilities, and regulation targets can significantly stimulate local governments' environmental regulation behaviours, especially in eastern China. In Xi Jinping's era, credible commitments and environmental campaigns' impacts are higher. The paper demonstrates how, where and when China's model of environmental authoritarianism is effective. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2023
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41. Can financial and economic means accelerate renewable energy growth in the climate change era? The case of China.
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Taghizadeh-Hesary, Farhad, Dong, Kangyin, Zhao, Congyu, and Phoumin, Han
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RENEWABLE energy sources ,TECHNOLOGICAL innovations ,CLIMATE change ,HIGH technology industries ,GREEN technology - Abstract
In the context of climate change, innovative financing solutions and the rapid development of financial technology (fintech) offer great potential for the growth of renewable energy. Based on panel data from 30 provinces in China, this paper explores the impact of fintech on renewable energy growth by employing the instrumental variable-generalized method of moments (IV-GMM). We also pay attention to the nexus between fintech and renewable energy growth at different quantiles. This paper also explores the moderating role of the digital economy and the mediating role of green technological innovation. The main results indicate that (1) fintech positively affects renewable energy growth in China; (2) the positive effect between fintech and renewable energy is stronger in provinces with lower levels of renewable energy growth; (3) the digital economy, on the one hand, can significantly accelerate renewable energy growth; on the other hand, under the help of the digital economy, fintech can play a more effective role in increasing renewable energy growth; and (4) fintech indirectly promotes renewable energy growth by increasing the level of green technology innovation. The findings provide meaningful references for governments and policymakers and encourage the accelerated adoption of fintech in the sustainable energy sectors. • The role of financial technologies "fintech" on renewable energy growth is explored. • Fintech successfully stimulates the development of renewable energy. • The impact of fintech on renewable energy growth is asymmetric. • Digital economy facilitates the positive role of fintech in increasing renewable energy growth. • Green technology innovation is the path through which fintech affects renewable energy growth. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2023
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42. Impacts of ambient temperature on the burden of bacillary dysentery in urban and rural Hefei, China
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Kefu Zhao, Liying Wen, Xu Wang, Mingyu Xie, Desheng Zhao, Jinju Wu, Kesheng Li, Huihui Yang, Shilu Tong, Zhiwei Xu, Hong Su, Jian Cheng, and Jian Song
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Distributed lag ,Adult ,Male ,Rural Population ,China ,Hot Temperature ,Adolescent ,Urban Population ,Epidemiology ,Climate Change ,Climate change ,010501 environmental sciences ,Urban area ,01 natural sciences ,03 medical and health sciences ,Young Adult ,0302 clinical medicine ,Risk Factors ,Environmental health ,medicine ,Humans ,030212 general & internal medicine ,Child ,0105 earth and related environmental sciences ,Aged ,Dysentery, Bacillary ,Aged, 80 and over ,geography.geographical_feature_category ,Incidence ,Bacillary dysentery ,Infant, Newborn ,Temperature ,Dysentery ,Infant ,Middle Aged ,medicine.disease ,Original Papers ,Infectious Diseases ,Geography ,Nonlinear Dynamics ,Child, Preschool ,Attributable risk ,Female ,Rural area - Abstract
SUMMARYBacillary dysentery continues to be a major health issue in developing countries and ambient temperature is a possible environmental determinant. However, evidence about the risk of bacillary dysentery attributable to ambient temperature under climate change scenarios is scarce. We examined the attributable fraction (AF) of temperature-related bacillary dysentery in urban and rural Hefei, China during 2006–2012 and projected its shifting pattern under climate change scenarios using a distributed lag non-linear model. The risk of bacillary dysentery increased with the temperature rise above a threshold (18·4 °C), and the temperature effects appeared to be acute. The proportion of bacillary dysentery attributable to hot temperatures was 18·74% (95 empirical confidence interval (eCI): 8·36–27·44%). Apparent difference of AF was observed between urban and rural areas, with AF varying from 26·87% (95% eCI 16·21–36·68%) in urban area to −1·90% (95 eCI −25·03 to 16·05%) in rural area. Under the climate change scenarios alone (1–4 °C rise), the AF from extreme hot temperatures (>31·2 °C) would rise greatly accompanied by the relatively stable AF from moderate hot temperatures (18·4–31·2 °C). If climate change proceeds, urban area may be more likely to suffer from rapidly increasing burden of disease from extreme hot temperatures in the absence of effective mitigation and adaptation strategies.
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43. Inter‐Comparison of Precipitation Simulation and Future Projections Over China From an Ensemble of Multi‐GCM Driven RCM Simulations.
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Tong, Yao, Gao, Xuejie, Xu, Ying, Cui, Xiulai, and Giorgi, Filippo
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GENERAL circulation model ,ATMOSPHERIC models ,WATER shortages ,PHYSICS ,WATER supply ,CLIMATE change ,SUMMER - Abstract
An analysis is presented of the precipitation bias and change signal in an ensemble of regional climate model (RCM) (RegCM4) projections driven by multiple general circulation models (GCMs) over China. RegCM4 is driven by five different GCMs for the 120‐year period 1979–2099 at 25 km grid spacing, under the representative concentration pathway RCP8.5. We find that the GCMs and RegCM4 reproduce the general spatial pattern of precipitation over China in all four seasons, with RegCM4 providing greater spatial detail, especially over areas with complex terrain. The spatial patterns of precipitation bias show common features between the GCMs and RegCM4, characterized by an underestimation in the wetter regions, and an overestimation in the drier ones. Systematic increases of precipitation are projected in northern China, most pronounced in the Northwest basins, by both the GCMs and RegCM4 in all seasons except summer, when more mixed results are found. In addition, weak correlations of the projected change patterns are found in summer between the GCMs and nested RegCM4, indicating the greater role played by the representation of local convection processes during this monsoon season. The projections across the RegCM4 experiments show higher consistency and lower spread compared to the GCM ensemble, again indicating that the nested model physics significantly modulates the change signal deriving from the GCM boundary forcing. Plain Language Summary: China is a vulnerable country to climate change due to its dense population, unbalanced social and economic development, shortage of water resources, and fragile ecosystems. How future precipitation will change over the region is of great concern for the general public and decision makers. This paper presents a first analysis of precipitation simulations from a set of five RCM (RegCM4) 21st century climate change projections, driven by coarse resolution general circulation models (GCMs) over China. We find that the spatial patterns of precipitation bias show common features between the GCMs and RegCM4, characterized by a precipitation underestimation in the wetter regions, and an overestimation in the drier ones. Systematic increases of precipitation are projected in north China by both the GCMs and RegCM4 in all seasons except summer, when, weak correlations of the projected change patterns are found between the GCMs and nested RegCM4, indicating the greater role of the representation of local convection processes during this monsoon season. The projections across the RegCM4 experiments show higher consistency and lower spread compared to the GCM ensemble, again indicating that the nested model physics significantly modulates the change signal deriving from the GCM boundary forcing. Key Points: The spatial patterns of bias show common features between the GCMs and RegCM4RegCM4 provides greater spatial detail of present day precipitation simulation compared to the GCMs and finer structures of future changesThe change patterns across the RegCM4 projections show a high correlation, but not always between each pair of driving GCM and RegCM4 [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2024
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44. Extreme Weather and Complaints: Evidence from Chinese Netizens.
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Han, Yajie and Zhu, Hongjia
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EXTREME weather ,CHINESE people ,WEATHER ,PUBLIC spending ,MUNICIPAL services - Abstract
This paper investigates the relationship between extreme temperature and online complaints to local government officials. We show that the number of complaints significantly increases by 11.1% on extremely hot days relative to the benchmark temperature. Such effect is most pronounced on the day of extreme weather conditions and muted immediately after the extreme weather day. Among all the complaint areas, we find that 28.6% of the increase in complaints on hot days is related to public service, 42.8% to urban construction, 21.4% to noise, and 7.2% to safety. Moreover, we reveal that the primary motivators of increased complaints on hot days are not likely to be psychological factors; instead, the complaints are more likely to be associated with inadequate provision of public facilities to cope with extreme weather and inadequate management of other environmental disamenities caused by extreme temperature. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2024
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45. How mitigation efforts moderate the impact of climate change on agricultural efficiency: a preliminary analysis from China.
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Peng, Qianni, Du, Kai, and Wang, Chuan
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CLIMATE change mitigation ,CLIMATE change ,AGRICULTURE ,GLOBAL warming ,GREENHOUSE gas mitigation - Abstract
In this paper, we empirically evaluate the effect of climate change on agricultural technical efficiency, considering the moderating effect of mitigation efforts based on emission reduction in China. In particular, we directly measure the intensity of mitigation efforts using the climate change mitigation index. We then apply the two-stage double bootstrap DEA method to build up the empirical model, effectively avoiding biased estimation using the traditional two-stage DEA method. Our results show that the intensity of mitigation measures moderates the impacts of global warming on efficiency and mild mitigation measures are better than drastic ones. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2024
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46. The effect of directed technical change on carbon dioxide emissions: evidence from China’s industrial sector at the provincial level
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Liu, Liang and Li, Lianshui
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- 2021
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47. Health vulnerability and health poverty of rice farmers: evidence from Hubei province in China.
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Li, Wenjing, Zhang, Lu, Yue, Meng, Ruiz-Menjivar, Jorge, and Zhang, Junbiao
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RICE farmers ,RICE farming ,POVERTY rate ,COMMUNITY-based programs ,CLIMATE change ,POVERTY ,HEALTH literacy - Abstract
Purpose: The purpose of this study was threefold: (1) to measure farmers' health poverty, (2) to examine the effect of health vulnerability on health poverty and (3) to identify countermeasures that may alleviate health poverty in rural China. Design/methodology/approach: This study built a health poverty measurement model based on the multi-dimensional poverty framework to evaluate farmers' health vulnerability. Further, this paper used an econometric model to assess the impact of health vulnerability on health poverty. The sample for this study comprised 1,115 rice farmers from Hubei province, China. Findings: The medical affordability poverty ratio was 17.95%, where farmers in the low-income group faced severe medical affordability poverty (27.46%). Results from the multi-dimensional analysis showed that, the health poverty ratios were 17.95 and 30.50%, respectively. Our results indicated that climate change vulnerabilities, living habits, medical facilities and medical accessibility were positively related to health poverty, whereas the regular physical examinations reduced mental health poverty. Research limitations/implications: Based on this study's findings, we proposed that: (1) to address illness-induced poverty among members of the agricultural community, national and provincial strategies and programs grounded on a multi-dimensional health poverty framework ought to be formulated and implemented, (2) mechanisms of health knowledge exchange may facilitate the improvement of farmers' health status, (3) robust and comprehensive metrics should be employed to understand and improve farmers' ability to absorb and mitigate the negative health impacts and (4) the improvement in both quality and quantity for medical facilities and medical affordability in the rural areas should be key priorities in governmental-wide initiatives. Originality/value: Existing studies for alleviating poverty caused by disease mainly focus on medical service support to those economic vulnerabilities after a disease happens. However, few studies have focused on the root causes of poverty caused by disease, particularly from the preventive perspective of health vulnerability. To fill this gap, this study, therefore, proposes the health poverty index and analyzes the impact of health vulnerability on health poverty. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2023
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48. China's Climate Promises Aren't Worth the Paper They're Written On.
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AIR pollution , *CARBON emissions , *CLIMATE change , *COMMUNIST parties - Published
- 2021
49. Monitoring vegetation drought in the nine major river basins of China based on a new developed Vegetation Drought Condition Index
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Zhao, Lili, Li, Lusheng, Li, Yanbin, Zhong, Huayu, Zhang, Fang, Zhu, Junzhen, and Ding, Yibo
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- 2023
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50. The impact of environmental regulation on carbon emissions: Evidence from China.
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Ai, Hongshan, Tan, Xiaoqing, Zhou, Shengwen, Zhou, Yuhan, and Xing, Hongye
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CARBON emissions ,ENVIRONMENTAL regulations ,CITIES & towns ,ENVIRONMENTAL protection ,CARBON dioxide ,KUZNETS curve - Abstract
Carbon dioxide (CO 2) emissions and climate change risk have become constraints on global economic sustainable development. Environmental regulation (ER) is a key method for achieving synergy in CO 2 and pollution reduction in China. This paper is the first study to explore the effects of ER on CO 2 emissions by exploiting the National Environmental Protection 11th Five-Year Plan (NEP11-FYP). The implementation of the NEP11-FYP significantly decreases CO 2 emissions by 19.73% in key environmental cities relative to other cities. Heterogeneity analyses suggest that this negative impact is larger in western cities and cities with more pressure to reduce CO 2 emissions. Scale effects, structural effects, and technical effects might be three potential influencing channels through which ER contributes to the CO 2 reduction effect. In addition, the results of the spatial externality of the NEP11-FYP demonstrate a positive spillover effect in neighboring cities within a distance of 300 km and a negative spillover effect in cities more than 500 km away. Our empirical findings provide policy implications for implementing low-carbon transition strategies and reducing CO 2 emissions. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2023
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