low carbon china
Putting the Power in ‘Socio-Technical Regimes’- E-Mobility Transition in China as Political Process
Room G22, Jubilee Building University of Sussex, Brighton, United KingdomDr David Tyfield, Co-Director, Centre for Mobilities Research, Lancaster University One of the greatest challenges regarding contemporary research into socio-technical transition concerns the possibility of ‘sustainable transport’. Transportation, which accounts for at least one quarter of global greenhouse gas emissions, is key to efforts to mitigate ‘climate change’. But with the particularly ‘locked-in’ and entrenched...
STEPS Seminar: Changing political climates: Chinese environmental journalism and sustainable development
Room 221, Institute of Development Studies Library Road, Falmer, Brighton, United KingdomSam Geall, Research Fellow SPRU and executive editor Chinadialogue China’s current leadership recently made “Beautiful China” and “Ecological Civilization” two of its most prominent official slogans and enshrined sustainable development as core state policy, but what are the dynamics of this drive for “low-carbon development” and how are those dynamics framed? Exploring how Chinese environmental...
Asia’s Giants: media briefing + drinks reception
When: Friday, December 4th from 7pm-9pm; short briefing and Q&A at 7.30pm Where: Holiday Inn Paris Gare de l’Est, 5, rue du 8 Mai 1945 75010 Paris How is China shifting to a low-carbon economy? Will low-carbon innovation in China affect decarbonisation pathways elsewhere? Why do Indian policymakers insist on low-carbon rather than no-carbon? What are the prospects of India's...