Coping with Climate Change: China's Efforts and Their Sociological Significance
Most scientists worldwide have accepted anthropogenic climate change as a scientific fact. However, the awareness of climate change varies according to populations, regions, nations and cultures. The Chinese government which agrees with this scientific consensus has made proactive efforts to mit...
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| description | Most scientists worldwide have accepted anthropogenic climate change as a
scientific fact. However, the awareness of climate change varies according to
populations, regions, nations and cultures. The Chinese government which
agrees with this scientific consensus has made proactive efforts to mitigate
and adapt to climate change. While making progress in certain areas, it is
also confronted with multiple daunting challenges. The efforts made by the
Chinese government to fight climate change have brought the environmental
constraints arising from the process of China’s modernization to the attention
of sociologists. This has helped call attention to the social complexity of
policy design and practice in addressing climate change. Meanwhile, from the
sociological perspective, this paper appeals to sociologists to do their utmost
in improving the design and efficacy of climate change policies. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-af550df2123c4a7cbdbca9019d2b90e82023-03-10T08:59:51ZengEditorial Department of Contemporary Social SciencesContemporary Social Sciences2096-02122018-03-0110.19873/j.cnki.2096-0212.2018.02.004Coping with Climate Change: China's Efforts and Their Sociological SignificanceHong Dayong0the Center for Studies of Sociological Theory & Method and the Institute of Environmental Sociology of Renmin University of China Most scientists worldwide have accepted anthropogenic climate change as a scientific fact. However, the awareness of climate change varies according to populations, regions, nations and cultures. The Chinese government which agrees with this scientific consensus has made proactive efforts to mitigate and adapt to climate change. While making progress in certain areas, it is also confronted with multiple daunting challenges. The efforts made by the Chinese government to fight climate change have brought the environmental constraints arising from the process of China’s modernization to the attention of sociologists. This has helped call attention to the social complexity of policy design and practice in addressing climate change. Meanwhile, from the sociological perspective, this paper appeals to sociologists to do their utmost in improving the design and efficacy of climate change policies.https://css.researchcommons.org/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1118&context=journalthe belt and road initiativeapecchina |
| spellingShingle | Hong Dayong Coping with Climate Change: China's Efforts and Their Sociological Significance Contemporary Social Sciences the belt and road initiative apec china |
| title | Coping with Climate Change: China's Efforts and Their Sociological Significance |
| title_full | Coping with Climate Change: China's Efforts and Their Sociological Significance |
| title_fullStr | Coping with Climate Change: China's Efforts and Their Sociological Significance |
| title_full_unstemmed | Coping with Climate Change: China's Efforts and Their Sociological Significance |
| title_short | Coping with Climate Change: China's Efforts and Their Sociological Significance |
| title_sort | coping with climate change china s efforts and their sociological significance |
| topic | the belt and road initiative apec china |
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