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Belis, David; Schunz, Simon --- "Global Climate Governance and the Energy Challenge: European and Chinese Perspectives" [2012] ELECD 918; in Wouters, Jan; de Wilde, Tanguy; Defraigne, Pierre; Defraigne, Jean-Christophe (eds), "China, the European Union and Global Governance" (Edward Elgar Publishing, 2012)

Book Title: China, the European Union and Global Governance

Editor(s): Wouters, Jan; de Wilde, Tanguy; Defraigne, Pierre; Defraigne, Jean-Christophe

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing

ISBN (hard cover): 9781781004265

Section: Chapter 11

Section Title: Global Climate Governance and the Energy Challenge: European and Chinese Perspectives

Author(s): Belis, David; Schunz, Simon

Number of pages: 14

Extract:

11. Global climate governance and the
energy challenge: European and
Chinese perspectives
David Belis and Simon Schunz

Faced with the rise of emerging economies such as Brazil, India and ­
particularly ­ China, the geopolitical and economic world order
previously dominated by developed countries is being restructured. Two
central, interrelated areas of global governance are especially influenced
by this development: global climate change, widely recognised as one of
the crucial challenges of our time, and the energy challenge, i.e. the task of
transforming and finding sustainable pathways that will provide the
energy needs for societies world-wide (Goldthau and Witte, 2010;
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, 2007; OECD, 2009).
This part of the book is dedicated to climate and energy governance in
China and the European Union (EU), EU­China climate and energy
relations and the evolving role of both actors in the global governance of
climate change and energy issues. Different aspects are highlighted such as
the various policy frameworks on climate change and energy in China and
the EU and the specific role of the Clean Development Mechanism in EU­
China relations, and there is a reflection on future energy security for
China, Europe and the world at large.
The present, introductory chapter aims to identify some of the major
challenges and recent developments in the field of global climate and
energy governance, with a particular focus on the role of China and the
EU. Emphasis will first be placed on the material realities in terms of
energy needs ...


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