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2011.
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| Summary/Abstract |
China's rapid economic growth has given rise to equally sharp increases in greenhouse gas emissions. China has already ratified the Kyoto Protocol, yet as the world looks beyond Kyoto, China's willingness to agree to a binding carbon emissions treaty remains a critical question for the international community. This article examines historical adjustments to and recent actions on China's climate change policy, as well as its potential future trajectory, to determine the factors that most shape China's ideal post-Kyoto accord. It analyzes different perspectives on China's involvement in the Copenhagen Summit, the rise of BASIC, and UNFCCC meetings in Tianjin. This article concludes that China, while taking actions to combat climate change domestically, retains much of its historic stance on climate change, which precludes agreeing to external oversight and externally binding emissions cuts.
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