Chinese Research Perspectives On the Environment / / Yanling Li.

• Author: Zi ran zhi you.
• TeilnehmendeR: Li, Yanling,; Zi ran zhi you.
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden, , Boston : : BRILL,, 2019.
• Year of Publication: 2019
• Language: English
• Series: Chinese Research Perspectives 9.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (309 pages).

This volume of the Chinese Research Perspectives on the Environment series is a translation of selections from the 2015 or the 10th edition of the Annual Report on Environment Development of China . Friends of Nature, which has been organizing the writing and compilation of the Annual Report , is the first and continues to be one of the most influential Chinese environmental NGO. Articles in the current volume, written by a group of academics, independent scholars, activists and journalists cover recent development in a host of environment-related issues in China, including air pollution control, plans and policies on coal consumption, recent developments in environmental criminal justice, China’s role in Antarctic marine conservation, among other topics.

Table of Contents

Front Matter -- Copyright page -- Figures and Tables -- China’s Growing Environmental Civil Society / Shiqiu Zhang -- Lessons from “APEC Blue” about Air Pollution Control in China / Lijian Zhao -- Controlling Aggregate Coal Consumption: Plans and Policies / Dan Chen , Mingche Lin and Fuqiang Yang -- Revisiting the Private Automobile Ownership Debate after 20 Years / Jian Shi -- Soil Remediation: Still a Long Road Ahead / Hongqiao Liu -- Progress in China’s Environmental Legislation in 2014 / Jianrong Qie -- The Financial Sector and Environmental Risks: Understanding the New Environmental Protection Law / Xiaojiang Wang and Tianju Wang -- Recent Developments in Environmental Criminal Justice / Haisong Yu and Jian Ma -- Environmental Information Disclosure Made Breakthroughs in 2013–2014 / Qi Wu -- China’s New Urbanization Plan and Sustainable Consumption / Hongjuan Chen and Boping Chen -- The Imminent Threat of Tropical Viruses: Lessons from the 2014 Ebola Outbreak in Africa / Xiaohui Shen -- Chinese React to Jack Ma’s Hunting Trip to UK / Qin Liu -- Reflections on Outbound Investment by China’s Mining Industry / Yunwen Bai and Lianshan Bi -- A Case for Banning Illegal Timber Imports in China / Yimin Yi -- Chinese Involvement in Brazil’s Development: Massive Investments Bring Environmental and Cultural Challenges / Lei Zhou and Petras Shelton Zumpano -- China’s Role in Antarctic Marine Conservation / Jiliang Chen -- Real-time Information Disclosure under Blue Sky Roadmap II / Jointly released by the Institute of Public and Environmental Affairs; Society of Entrepreneurs and Ecology (SEE); the Institute of Environmental Policy and Planning, Renmin University of China; Friends of Nature; EnviroFriends; Nature University -- An NGO Review of China’s Carbon Market / Greenovation Hub -- Perverse Incentives: Electricity Generation through Waste Incineration and Renewable Energy Subsidy / The Rock Environment and Energy Institute -- Back Matter -- Chronicle of Major Events in 2014 -- Green Book of Environment Evaluation of China’s Environmental Performance in 2014 -- Air Quality Ranking for 2014 of Provincial Capitals and Central Government-Controlled Municipalities -- List of Environmental Protection Laws and Regulations Released in 2014 -- A Letter to the Government about Mandatory Protective Book Jackets -- Friends of Nature Suggestions for Amending the Air Pollution Prevention and Control Law -- Friends of Nature Continues to Urge Relaxation of Eligibility Requirements for Litigants in Environmental Public Interest Suits -- A Petition Calling for Releasing for “Soliciting Public Opinions and Ensuring that the Newly Revised Standards for Controlling Pollution from Residential Waste Incineration by July 1, 2014” -- 2014 Winners of Ford Motor Conservation and Environmental Grants, China -- 2014 Winners of Best Environmental Report Award in China -- 2014 Winners of UNEP Champions of the Earth Award -- 2014 Winners of the Green China • 2014 Environmental Protection Achievement Award -- Index.