Annual Report on China?s Response to Climate Change (2017): Implementing The Paris Agreement (Research Series on the Chinese Dream and China?s Development Path)

This book is written by experts from Institute of Urban and Environmental Studies of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, and National Climate Center, this book provides an overview of China’s effort to implement the Paris Agreement. In addition to measures put in place to reduce runoff in cities, improve flood risk management, promote decarbonization, and combat desertification, the book also addresses issues such as scientific assessment in relation to climate change, the implications of US domestic climate politics for China-US relations, and China’s emerging leadership role in the post-Paris age. The volume is a must-read for anybody who wants to understand how China’s aggressive climate adaptation policies help shape the country’s growing weight in global climate governance.

Wang Weiguang, Ph.D., President of University of Chinese Academy of Social SciencesHis areas of specialty include Marxist theory and philosophy, theoretical and practical issues of socialism with Chinese characteristics. Wang has published more than 30 academic monographs, and more than 400 theses and papers on a wide range of topics. Representative works include On the Contradictions in Socialist Society, Theory of Interest and others.