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With experience in international climate negotiations, China has gained an increasingly mature concept of climate governance. From the initial emphasis on “impossibility” to undertaking emission reduction obligations, then the belief that mandatory emission reductions are “inappropriate,” to setting voluntary quantitative emission reduction targets and the 2030 carbon emissions peak, China has shifted from a passive follower to an active leader in global climate governance, thus showing its willingness to take responsibility for emission reduction.
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Zhuang, G. (2021). China is Capable of Leading Global Climate Governance. In: Pan, J., Gao, S., Li, Q., Wang, J., Wu, D., Huang, C. (eds) Beautiful China: 70 Years Since 1949 and 70 People’s Views on Eco-civilization Construction. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-33-6742-5_71
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