TY - JOUR
T1 - Pathways to international cooperation on climate governance in China
T2 - a comparative analysis
AU - Liu, Minsi
AU - Lo, Tek Sheng Kevin
N1 - Funding Information:
This work was supported by the Early Career Scheme (22604217) and the General Research Fund (12600718) of the Research Grants Council of Hong Kong.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2020 Zhejiang University.
PY - 2021/9
Y1 - 2021/9
N2 - International cooperation has played a major role in climate governance. With a particular focus on China, this study develops a comparative framework to understand three pathways to international cooperation on climate change: multilateralism, bilateralism and transnationalism. Drawing on cooperation theory, we compare the three pathways in terms of their leaders, organisations, bargaining process, agreement, and enforcement efforts, and analyse their comparative strengths and limitations. We suggest that, given the ever-increasing difficulties and uncertainty experienced in climate multilateralism, the government should pay more attention to developing climate bilateralism and transnationalism in order to leverage the benefits of international cooperation on climate governance.
AB - International cooperation has played a major role in climate governance. With a particular focus on China, this study develops a comparative framework to understand three pathways to international cooperation on climate change: multilateralism, bilateralism and transnationalism. Drawing on cooperation theory, we compare the three pathways in terms of their leaders, organisations, bargaining process, agreement, and enforcement efforts, and analyse their comparative strengths and limitations. We suggest that, given the ever-increasing difficulties and uncertainty experienced in climate multilateralism, the government should pay more attention to developing climate bilateralism and transnationalism in order to leverage the benefits of international cooperation on climate governance.
KW - bilateralism
KW - Climate governance
KW - international cooperation
KW - multilateralism
KW - transnationalism
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85082413475&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1080/23812346.2020.1721230
DO - 10.1080/23812346.2020.1721230
M3 - Journal article
AN - SCOPUS:85082413475
SN - 2381-2346
VL - 6
SP - 417
EP - 434
JO - Journal of Chinese Governance
JF - Journal of Chinese Governance
IS - 3
ER -
