| ID | 176751 |
| Title Proper | Business participation in the development of a Chinese emission trading scheme |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Chen, Kang ; Lo, Alex Y |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | Businesses are often involved in climate change governance and form networks to influence policy. They are evidently important for the implementation of market-based emission trading schemes and their general role has been widely discussed. However, there is a variety of business networks, and their specific structures and organizing styles are poorly understood, particularly in the non-Western context. This study identifies the ways in which one of these networks was organized and performed a governing function in the development of an emission trading scheme in China. We found that the policy development was neither highly top-down nor bottom-up, and business participation was hierarchical. Key governing roles were effectively performed by a small group of collaborating business organizations, which were essentially public-private hybrid actors and able to build linkages between the top and the bottom levels. The findings indicate the decisive qualitative differences in business leadership in the development of market-based policy. |
| `In' analytical Note | Energy Policy Vol.140; May 2020: p.111432 |
| Journal Source | Energy Policy 2020-05 140 |
| Key Words | China ; Climate Change ; Business ; Network ; Emission Trading ; Environmental Governance ; Hybrid Organization |