Home  About FNI  Research  Publications  Staff  News & events  Contact		FNI FOCAL POINTS OF RESEARCH Chinese Energy and Environmental Politics FNI research on China focuses on the country's environmental, climate change and energy problems and policies. China's rapid economic growth in the past two decades has greatly raised the living standards of the Chinese population. However, rapid economic growth is creating environmental problems at national, regional and global levels. China’s increasing greenhouse gas emissions is one example. At the same time, China's emerging political and economic strength makes it a key partner in solving global environmental problems, and China is increasingly showing leadership in international discussions. FNI research on China analyses the country's environmental, climate change and energy problems and policy, attempts to understand how environment-related bureaucracy and decision-making works, and analyses the role China will play in international cooperation on climate change and other environmental and energy issues. Selected ongoing projects: Conditions for Change in International Climate Policy: The Role of China, the EU and the US. Environmental Impact Assessment of a Norwegian-Chinese Free Trade Agreement. Sichuan Province Plan on Climate Change Adaptation and Biodiverity Management Competence Centre on Environment Education for Chinese Authorities Important past projects: China's Climate Change Policy (2009). Key Actors and the Climate Regime: Lessons and Future Options. Domestic and International Developments in China’s Climate Change Policymaking (2004-2009). The Role of the UN in Global Environmental Governance: Potential for Increased Effectiveness? Performance of the Global Environmental Facility (GEF) in China (2002-2009). China’s Climate Change Policy: Through the Prism of Energy Policy (2007-2008). Building Capacity for the Clean Development Mechanism in China: CDM Policy Building Support (2004-2006). Blueprint for East Asian Energy Efficiency Cooperation (2005-2006). Environment and Resettlement Politics in China: The Three Gorges Project (1997-2001). Researchers: Steinar Andresen (Research Professor) – contact person Henrik Bergsager (Research Fellow) Ole Kristian Fauchald (Research Professor) Gørild Heggelund (Senior Research Fellow) (on leave) Peter Johan Schei (Director) Iselin Phoebe Stensdal (Research Fellow) Selected FNI publications, Chinese energy and environmental politics: Articles and reports Stensdal, Iselin, China’s Carbon-Intensity Target: Climate Actors and Policy Developments. FNI Report 3/2012. Lysaker, FNI, 2012, 34 p. Fauchald, Ole Kristian and Haakon Vennemo, Environmental Impacts of a Free Trade Agreement between China and Norway. FNI Report 1/2012. Lysaker, FNI, 2012, 140 p. Wübbeke, Jost, The Power of Advice: Experts in Chinese Climate Change Politics. FNI Report 15/2010. Lysaker, FNI, 2010, 60 p. Heggelund, Gørild, Steinar Andresen and Inga Fritzen Buan, 'Chinese Climate Policy: Domestic Priorities, Foreign Policy and Emerging Implementation'. In Kathryn Harrison and Lisa McIntosh Sundstrom (eds), Global Commons, Domestic Decisions. Cambridge (MA), USA / London, UK, MIT Press, 2010, pp. 239-261. Hald, May, Sustainable Urban Development and Chinese Eco-City: Concepts, Strategies, Policies and Assessments. FNI Report 5/2009. Lysaker, FNI, 2009, 84 p. Heggelund, Gørild M. and Inga Fritzen Buan, 'China in the Asia-Pacific Partnership: Consequences for UN Climate Change Mitigation Efforts?'. International Environmental Agreements, Vol 9, No 3, 2009, pp. 301-317. Buan, Inga Fritzen, Helping People Build a Better World? Barriers to More Environmentally Friendly Energy Production in China: The Case of Shell. FNI Report 3/2008. Lysaker, FNI, 2008, 86 p. Buan, Inga Fritzen, Norwegian Actors in the Fields of Energy and Climate Change in China. FNI Report 01/2008. Lysaker, FNI, 2008, 34 p. Heggelund, Gørild and Ellen Bruzelius Backer, 'China and UN Environmental Policy: Institutional Growth, Learning and Implementation'. International Environmental Agreements, Vol 7, No 4, 2007, pp. 415-438. Heggelund, Gørild, 'China's Climate Change Policy: Domestic and International Developments'. Asian Perspective, Vol 31, No 2, 2007, pp. 155-191. Commentary articles Underdal, Arild, Iselin Stensdal, Jon Birger Skjærseth and Guri Bang, 'Nøkkelaktører låser klimaforhandlingene' ('Key Actors Lock the Climate Negotiations'), Dagsavisen, 13.12.2011. In Norwegian. Stensdal, Iselin, 'Viktige røster i salen: Kina: I økonomisk vekst', Klima, 25.11.2011. See summaries page for more/older research publications Top		FNI's focal points of research: Global governance and sustainable development Marine affairs and Law of the Sea Biodiversity and biosafety Polar and Russian politics European energy and environmental politics Chinese energy and environmental politics Recent relevant FNI News: FNI Seminar on the International Climate Change Negotiations. In Norwegian (21.11.08) Recent media coverage: 'Norge vil stenge Kina ute fra Arktisk Råd' ('Norway Wants to Shut China out from the Arctic Council'), Aftenposten, 25.01.2012. In Norwegian. 'Lave klima-forventninger' ('Low Expectations for Climate Negotiations'), forskning.no, 24.11.2011. In Norwegian. 'Miljøkonsekvensanalyse av handelsavtaler' ('Environmental Impact Assessment of Trade Agreements'), Norwegian Ministry of the Environment news release, 18.02.2011. In Norwegian.
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