Table of Content 期刊目录

1.Environmental policy instruments and corruption

Richard Damania, Thomas Sterner & Dale Whittington

Pages: 123-138

2. The environmental improvement under China’s ‘New Normal’

Shilei Liu, Yu Liu, Lunyu Xie & Jintao Xu

Pages: 139-151

3. Feed-in tariffs for renewable power and the role of auctions: the Chinese & global experience

Don Roberts

Pages: 152-168

4. International review of ecodesign programs for products and lessons learned for China

Nina Khanna, Xu Liu & Nan Zhou

Pages: 169-199

5. Forest carbon sequestration and China’s potential: the rise of a nature-based solution for climate change mitigation

Lu Jin, Yuanyuan Yi & Jintao Xu

Pages: 200-222

6. At a crossroads: consequential trends in recognition of community-based forest tenure from 2002-2017

Chloe Ginsburg & Stephanie Keene

Pages: 223-248

 

Article Abstract 文章摘要

1. Environmental policy instruments and corruption

Richard Damania, Thomas Sterner & Dale Whittington

Pages: 123-138

ABSTRACT：

In this paper we discuss the choice of taxation or regulation of environmental externalities. The subject might appear to be a well-trodden path, but we believe we have a new angle on this well-established question. We think we are being quite realistic when we assume that corrupt practices lurk behind every corner, threatening to derail the good intents of any regulator. With this starting point we compare the result of trying to impose taxation contra regulation in environments where the implementation in both cases will be marred by corrupt practices of under-reporting emissions and bribing inspectors. In a simple and stylized model of these circumstances we show that taxes tend to perform the same or better in the sense that a pollution tax induces greater compliance and lower pollution than does a regulatory standard. We also show that the advantages of a tax are particularly great in countries where the enforcement ability of authorities is weak, which is commonly thought to be the case in developing countries.

Link to the original text:：

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/17538963.2020.1751454

 

2. The environmental improvement under China’s ‘New Normal’

Shilei Liu, Yu Liu, Lunyu Xie & Jintao Xu

Pages: 139-151

ABSTRACT：

The significant environmental improvement in China has drawn much research attention in recent years. However, in exploring the factors that lead to pollution reduction, most literature has ignored the slowing economic growth under the ‘New Normal’ of China. This omission could lead to the overestimation of the pollution reduction effects of other factors. In this paper, we estimate the effect of the economic slowdown using a dynamic Computable General Equilibrium model, CHINAGEM. We find that the contribution of the economic slowdown to pollution reduction ranges from 10% to 30%. This indicates the importance of considering the economic slowdown when evaluating the effects of other factors related to the environmental improvement in China.

Link to the original text:：

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/17538963.2020.1755097

 

3. Feed-in tariffs for renewable power and the role of auctions: the Chinese & global experience

Don Roberts

Pages: 152-168

Link to the original text:：

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/17538963.2020.1752494

 

4. International review of ecodesign programs for products and lessons learned for China

Nina Khanna, Xu Liu & Nan Zhou

Pages: 169-199

ABSTRACT：

Since the 1980s, ecodesign has emerged as a new guiding principle for integrating environmental aspects into product design and development, with the aim of reducing adverse environmental life-cycle impacts. For China, the concept of ecodesign is becoming important in advancing Chinese industrial development while mitigating the rise in national energy consumption and emissions. We reviewed 28 existing ecodesign labels and supporting programs adopted globally to identify lessons learned and best practices for the development of potential ecodesign labeling programs in China. We find that systematic framework and process and inclusion of various stakeholders in developing criteria, certification requirements and supporting policies in the form of green procurement, small local pilot subsidies, and active outreach and communication are key success factors of international programs. Based on international experiences and by leveraging existing Chinese frameworks for labeling and policies, China has an opportunity to lead in developing broader environmental criteria for a new ecodesign labeling program.

Link to the original text:：

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/17538963.2020.1751449

 

5. Forest carbon sequestration and China’s potential: the rise of a nature-based solution for climate change mitigation

Lu Jin, Yuanyuan Yi & Jintao Xu

Pages: 200-222

ABSTRACT：

A growing interest has recently been placed on the potential of nature-based solutions to help mitigate climate change, reflecting the importance of natural ecosystems as sources and sinks for greenhouse gases. Forests are of the hot debate – that sequester and also emit carbon dioxide (CO2). In this paper, we estimate the forest carbon sequestration potential for China. We show that, as the government plans, by 2020, the size of China’s forest carbon stock will reach 12.87 billion tons, among which 5.73 billion tons will be from afforestation and reforestation (A/R). From the up-to-date data on AR activities (by 2018), we find that only 80% of the target sinks have been met. Scenario analysis shows that the carbon sequestered by the forests in 2020 is equivalent to 13%-17% of the industrial CO2 emission that year, with 6%-8% by A/R, 4%-6% by forest-management, 3%-4% by reduced-deforestation-and-forest-degradation, and 1% by wood-product-sink.

Link to the original text:：

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/17538963.2020.1754606

 

6. At a crossroads: consequential trends in recognition of community-based forest tenure from 2002-2017

Chloe Ginsburg & Stephanie Keene

Pages: 223-248

ABSTRACT：

Insecure, contested, and unjust forest tenure arrangements undermine forest investment and protection, fuel conflict, and jeopardize Indigenous Peoples’, local communities’, and indigenous and community women’s rights, livelihoods, and development prospects. While legally recognized community forests tend to have lower rates of deforestation, store more carbon and benefit more people than forests managed by either public or private entities, evidence shows over two-thirds of forests remain controlled by governments – a significant portion of which is contested by indigenous and local communities who traditionally own, manage, and depend on these forests. It is therefore all the more critical that governments support and advance communities’ forest tenure rights. Using longitudinal tenure data and analysis of global forest ownership trends developed by the Rights and Resources Initiative, this article details the distribution of statutory forest rights across 58 countries covering nearly 92% of global forests over the fifteen-year period from 2002–2017.

Link to the original text:：

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/17538963.2020.1755129