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Central–local governance gaps: the evolving differentiation of climate policies in China
Two emerging policy instruments, carbon pricing and green investments, highlight a complementary relationship between climate mitigation and economic growth. As such, they both advance climate policy differently from command-and-control methods. The central government in China has announced a vision of promoting the two emerging instruments; however, there may be a gap between the central government’s vision and local governments’ practice. This study measured the application of the three instruments (command-and-control, carbon pricing, and green investments) at the city-level, and described the trends in instrument use from 2011 to 2019. The overall evolution was as follows. Local governments adopted diversified instruments, including rapid but not widely developed carbon pricing, and maintained the command-and-control method. The evolution was different in cities that emphasized the co-benefits of climate and air pollution control; this reflected a binary instrument approach that included the development of both command-and-control and green investment methods. The results identified notable gaps in the application of the green investment method between central and local governments; however, in cities that emphasize co-benefits, the efforts to bridge central–local gaps should mainly focus on the carbon pricing method.
Central–local governance gaps: the evolving differentiation of climate policies in China
Two emerging policy instruments, carbon pricing and green investments, highlight a complementary relationship between climate mitigation and economic growth. As such, they both advance climate policy differently from command-and-control methods. The central government in China has announced a vision of promoting the two emerging instruments; however, there may be a gap between the central government’s vision and local governments’ practice. This study measured the application of the three instruments (command-and-control, carbon pricing, and green investments) at the city-level, and described the trends in instrument use from 2011 to 2019. The overall evolution was as follows. Local governments adopted diversified instruments, including rapid but not widely developed carbon pricing, and maintained the command-and-control method. The evolution was different in cities that emphasized the co-benefits of climate and air pollution control; this reflected a binary instrument approach that included the development of both command-and-control and green investment methods. The results identified notable gaps in the application of the green investment method between central and local governments; however, in cities that emphasize co-benefits, the efforts to bridge central–local gaps should mainly focus on the carbon pricing method.
Central–local governance gaps: the evolving differentiation of climate policies in China
Sustain Sci
Zhou, Bo (author) / Wang, Qunwei (author) / Zhang, Cheng (author)
Sustainability Science ; 17 ; 1757-1766
2022-09-01
10 pages
Article (Journal)
Electronic Resource
English
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