Local Climate Governance in China

1. Front Matter

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2. Introduction

   1. Introduction

      • Miriam Schröder

      Pages 1-14

3. The Challenge

   1. Front Matter

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   2. Climate Change as a New Challenge to Environmental Governance in China

      • Miriam Schröder

      Pages 17-41

4. The Performance of CDM Centers as Semi-Public Agencies

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   2. The Need for Capacity Development in the Early CDM Market

      • Miriam Schröder

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   3. The Role of Agencies in Diffusing the CDM

      • Miriam Schröder

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   4. A Case Study on the Performance of Four CDM Centers

      • Miriam Schröder

      Pages 95-137

   5. The Role of Diffusion Catalysts

      • Miriam Schröder

      Pages 138-170

5. Implications of Hybrid Actors for Environmental Governance

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   2. The Blurring of the Public/Private Boundary

      • Miriam Schröder

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   3. Conclusion: How to Make Hybrid Actors Accountable for the Provision of Public Goods

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      Pages 191-201

6. Back Matter

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Based on the empirical analysis of the effectiveness of four provincial centres for the diffusion of the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM), a market mechanism for emission reductions, Miriam Schröder scrutinizes the strengths and weaknesses of hybrid actors' performance on the local Chinese carbon market.

• climate change
• environment
• Governance

• Potsdam University, Germany

  Miriam Schröder

MIRIAM SCHRÖDER is a Research Fellow at Potsdam University, Germany. Her research focuses on Chinese climate politics, the Clean Development Mechanism, and renewable energy deployment. She has published on these topics in a range of journals, including the Cambridge Review of International Affairs, Applied Energy and the Journal of Environment and Development.

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