EU and China: Destined to Be Partners in Shaping the Post-Kyoto Regime?

This paper argues that China and the EU are destined to be partners in fighting for a second period of commitments for global climate change governance and shaping the post-Kyoto regime to meet the anticipated challenges of the 21 st century. The basic idea backing this argumentation is the assessme...

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Published in:Social sciences in China 2014-07, Vol.35 (3), p.187-198
Main Author: Xuewu, Gu
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Canada
China
Choices
Climate Change
energy security
Environmental Protection
Europe
European Union
global climate change
Governance
Japan
Kyoto Protocol
Kyoto Regime
Modernization
Objectivity
Peoples Republic of China
Russia
Twenty First Century
U.S.A
中国
京都制度
全球气候变化
欧盟
能源安全
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Summary:This paper argues that China and the EU are destined to be partners in fighting for a second period of commitments for global climate change governance and shaping the post-Kyoto regime to meet the anticipated challenges of the 21 st century. The basic idea backing this argumentation is the assessment that, in comparison with other nations (the United States, Russia, India, Japan and Canada), Europe and China would have most to lose if the upgrading of the Kyoto Protocol fails; and conversely, they would have most to win if the regime survives in a modernized form and with a more comprehensive application of international binding commitments. This is to say, the EU and China have no choice but to work together if they want to achieve their respective political objectives relating to the issue of global climate change in a less costly and more effective way.
ISSN:0252-9203
1940-5952
DOI:10.1080/02529203.2014.927116