The Contribution of State-Owned Enterprises to Climate Change Mitigation in China

Climate Law ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 7 (2-3) ◽  
pp. 97-124 ◽  
Author(s):  
Benoit Mayer ◽  
Mikko Rajavuori ◽  
Mandy Meng Fang
Keyword(s):  
Greenhouse Gas ◽  
Climate Change Mitigation ◽  
Rapid Change ◽  
Greenhouse Gas Mitigation ◽  
General Description ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Socialist Market Economy ◽  
Change Mitigation ◽  
Made In ◽  
Socialist Market

China plans the implementation of a nationwide market-based mechanism for greenhouse gas mitigation, appearing thus to replicate the method used most notably in the European Union to price greenhouse gas emissions. However, China’s new mechanism represents only be the tip of the mitigation iceberg. Banking on the unique characteristics of a socialist market economy, China’s government has largely relied on State-Owned Enterprises as a tool for implementing rapid change. In this article, we discuss the role played by Chinese soes to advance the country’s ambitious mitigation objectives. After a general description of the incentives created for emission limitation and energy saving through soe supervision, we highlight the corresponding efforts made in the fossil-fuel, power-generation, and other key mitigation sectors.

scholarly journals TEMPORAL EVOLUTION OF GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS IN EUROPEAN UNION (EU-28): A PERSPECTIVE ON ROMANIA

2021 ◽  
Vol 24 (2) ◽  
pp. 43-58
Author(s):  
Mihaela Iordache ◽  
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Ramona Ionela Zgavarogea ◽  
Andreea Maria Iordache ◽  
Marius Constantinescu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
European Union ◽  
Greenhouse Gas ◽  
Climate Change Mitigation ◽  
Ghg Emissions ◽  
Mitigation Measures ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Strong Response ◽  
Additional Support ◽  
Change Mitigation

The European mitigation strategy for combatting climate change requires up-to-date knowledge about the environmental effects of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions at the national scale. As a strong response to the consequences of climate change, the European Union has imposed on the member states an obligation to achieve the goals set out in the climate and energy package, which were aimed at reducing emissions. Therefore, underlying the trends of GHG emissions is essential when establishing climate change mitigation measures. This study identify the structure and dynamics of the GHG emissions of the six sectors of the European economies, over 27 years, and reveal the significance, direction, rate, and drivers of the observed trends using the method of modifying the absolute mean. The results indicate a decrease in the GHG emissions in the EU-28 by an average of 1% annually, which can be explained by a mixt factors, such as resize of the industry, improved energy efficiency, the growing share of renewables and less use of carbon fuels. Moreover, through the environmental policies adopted in the last decade, was observed that the GHG emissions level in 2017 had declined by approximately 25% in comparison with the reference (1990) and by approximately 17% by 2005. From the 28 EU countries (EU-28), Romania produced 4.2% of the total EU-28 GHG emissions in 1999, which decreased to 2.7% in 2005 and reaching 2.3% in 2017. Romania contributed to 14% of the average annual decrease in emissions. This evidence highlights the additional support for further reduction beyond that required for climate change mitigation.

scholarly journals Promoting Renewable Energy to Cope with Climate Change—Policy Discourse in Israel

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (6) ◽  
pp. 3170
Author(s):  
Avri Eitan
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Renewable Energy ◽  
Greenhouse Gas Emissions ◽  
Greenhouse Gas ◽  
Climate Change Mitigation ◽  
Renewable Energies ◽  
Mitigation Strategies ◽  
Policy Discourse ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Change Mitigation

Evidence shows that global climate change is increasing over time, and requires the adoption of a variety of coping methods. As an alternative for conventional electricity systems, renewable energies are considered to be an important policy tool for reducing greenhouse gas emissions, and therefore, they play an important role in climate change mitigation strategies. Renewable energies, however, may also play a crucial role in climate change adaptation strategies because they can reduce the vulnerability of energy systems to extreme events. The paper examines whether policy-makers in Israel tend to focus on mitigation strategies or on adaptation strategies in renewable energy policy discourse. The results indicate that despite Israel’s minor impact on global greenhouse gas emissions, policy-makers focus more on promoting renewable energies as a climate change mitigation strategy rather than an adaptation strategy. These findings shed light on the important role of international influence—which tends to emphasize mitigation over adaptation—in motivating the domestic policy discourse on renewable energy as a coping method with climate change.

Staatsklimahaftung

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Isabell Böhm
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
European Union ◽  
Greenhouse Gas ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Eu Member States ◽  
Basic Law ◽  
State Liability ◽  
Liability Claims ◽  
The Eu ◽  
Made In

Climate change litigation is becoming increasingly important. This thesis deals with the question whether state liability claims against Germany or the EU can be justified, if commitments to reduce greenhouse gas emissions are not met. For this purpose, the claim under public liability according to § 839 German Civil Code in connection with Art. 34 German Basic Law, the liability of the EU-Member States and the liability of the European Union according to Art. 340 II TFEU are discussed. At the end of the thesis, considerations on the practical perspectives of state liability are made in order to improve their prospects of success.

Health co-benefits and the development of climate change mitigation policies in the European Union

2018 ◽  
Vol 19 (5) ◽  
pp. 585-597 ◽  
Author(s):  
Annabelle Workman ◽  
Grant Blashki ◽  
Kathryn J. Bowen ◽  
David J. Karoly ◽  
John Wiseman
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
European Union ◽  
Climate Change Mitigation ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Change Mitigation ◽  
Mitigation Policies

Modernising the Community Courts

2000 ◽  
Vol 3 ◽  
pp. 37-63 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anthony Arnull
Keyword(s):  
European Union ◽  
Rapid Change ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Member States ◽  
Court Of Justice ◽  
Single European Act ◽  
Set Up ◽  
Court Of First Instance ◽  
Community Courts ◽  
Made In

A purist might say that the judicial architecture of what is now the European Union was first altered by the 1957 Convention on Certain Institutions Common to the European Communities. That Convention set up a single Court of Justice with jurisdiction under the three Community Treaties which had by then been signed. However, the 1957 Convention should probably be regarded as the last brick in the original edifice, which was to remain unchanged for nearly 30 years. Although the Court started to express concern about its capacity to cope with its workload in the 1970s, the Member States did not respond until 1986, when provision for a court of first instance was made in the Single European Act. That reform marked the beginning of a period of rapid change in the judicial architecture of the Union.

Transparency on greenhouse gas emissions from mining to enable climate change mitigation

2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 100-104 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mehdi Azadi ◽  
Stephen A. Northey ◽  
Saleem H. Ali ◽  
Mansour Edraki
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Greenhouse Gas Emissions ◽  
Greenhouse Gas ◽  
Climate Change Mitigation ◽  
Gas Emissions ◽  
Change Mitigation

scholarly journals Coniferous forests in the Mediterranean: an ecosystem of vital importance, threatened by forest management deficit

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 100-109
Author(s):  
Miguel Chamón Fernández
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
European Union ◽  
Forest Management ◽  
Climate Change Mitigation ◽  
Coniferous Forests ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Vital Importance ◽  
Compensation Systems ◽  
The Mediterranean ◽  
Change Mitigation

Coniferous forests in the Mediterranean: an ecosystem of vital importance, threatened by forest management deficit LIFE FOREST CO2 (Assessment of forest carbon sinks and promotion of compensation systems as tools for climate change mitigation) started in 2016, with a budget of €2,335,417 and a contribution from the LIFE programme of the European Union of €1,401,223 (60% funded), developed in Spain and France the project ended in June 2021.

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