A Study on Public Perceptions of Carbon Neutrality in China: has the Idea of ESG Been Encompassed?

Li, Rita Yi Man; Wang, Qianqian; Zeng, Liyun; Chen, Hong

doi:10.3389/fenvs.2022.949959

Cited by 18 publications

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“…The cluster analysis uses the statistical technique, and the frequency of coword occurrence studies the co-occurrence network and the relationships between various groups. A research field can be inferred intuitively from multidimensional scaling analysis, which determines the topic structure by calculating the distance between topic words (Li et al, 2023). Clustering is accomplished using the KH Coder.…”

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Perception of sponge city for achieving circularity goal and hedge against climate change: a study on Weibo

Zeng

Zeng³

et al. 2023

IJCCSM

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Purpose Global climate change speeds up ice melting and increases flooding incidents. China launched a sponge city policy as a holistic nature-based solution combined with urban planning and development to address flooding due to climate change. Using Weibo analytics, this paper aims to study public perceptions of sponge city. Design/methodology/approach This study collected 53,586 sponge city contents from Sina Weibo via Python. Various artificial intelligence tools, such as CX Data Science of Simply Sentiment, KH Coder and Tableau, were applied in the study. Findings 76.8% of public opinion on sponge city were positive, confirming its positive contribution to flooding management and city branding. 17 out of 31 pilot sponge cities recorded the largest number of sponge cities related posts. Other cities with more Weibo posts suffered from rainwater and flooding hazards, such as Xi'an and Zhengzhou. Originality/value To the best of the authors’ knowledge, this study is the first to explore the public perception of sponge city in Sina Weibo.

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Section: Methodsmentioning

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Perception of sponge city for achieving circularity goal and hedge against climate change: a study on Weibo

Zeng

Zeng³

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IJCCSM

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“…Since the beginning of the 21st century, China has implemented a series of low-carbon governance systems and policies at the national level to control carbon emissions. More than 20 related policies have been promulgated from 2003 to 2021 [ 5 ], such as China’s Action Plan for Sustainable Development (2003), Several Opinions on Promoting the Sustainable Development of Resource-Based Cities (2008), Carbon Emission Reduction Trading Management (2015), Energy-saving product certification Management Measures (2015), Carbon Trading Management Measures (2021), Opinions on Establishing and Improving the Value Realization Mechanism of Ecological Products (2021), Pollution Reduction and Carbon Reduction (2022) and so on. These systems and policies have been gradually improved, forming a policy support system led by binding targets, focusing on key industries and regions, including planning, law, administrative orders, pilots, market, fiscal and taxation, and other aspects.…”

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“…Low-carbon governance refers to a series of policies and actions implemented by local governments to reduce carbon emissions, including energy structure transformation, energy conservation and energy efficiency improvement, low-carbon transportation, carbon trading market construction, and ecological civilization construction. In the 21st century, China has implemented various low-carbon governance policies to reduce carbon emissions [ 5 ], and achieved remarkable results in promoting the green development of enterprises.…”

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Low-carbon governance, fiscal decentralization, and enterprise green development: Evidence from China

Liu,

Kuang,

Ding

et al. 2024

PLoS ONE

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Simultaneously achieving economic development and environmental protection is a shared global challenge. While the positive effect of environmental regulations on protecting the environment has been widely recognized, the attention paid to low-carbon governance and corporate green transformation remains insufficient. Based on the two-stage least square regression model (2SLS) of instrumental variables, this paper utilizes panel data from China to identify the influence mechanism of government low-carbon governance on enterprise green development. It explores the effect of low-carbon governance on enterprise green development from the perspective of fiscal decentralization. The findings show that (1) Low-carbon governance significantly promotes corporate green development, primarily through improving industrial structure and technological innovation; (2) Low-carbon governance notably promotes the green development of private enterprises but has little effect on state-owned enterprises. There are also geographical differences, and the results are better in Eastern China than in the Central and Western parts of China; (3) Fiscal decentralization at both central and local levels inhibits the effect of low-carbon governance on driving corporate green development by causing a mismatch of human resources. Therefore, to promote corporate green development, low-carbon governance must prioritize green development, actively guide industrial structural upgrading and enterprise technological innovation, implement differentiated low-carbon governance measures tailored to different ownership enterprises, and optimize the assessment indicators for fiscal decentralization. This paper helps deepen the understanding of the relationship between government low-carbon governance and enterprise green development in developing countries. It can be used as a reference for government departments to formulate relevant policies.

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“…China’s carbon emissions have become an increasingly hot issue in the international community. China has pledged to become carbon neutral by 2060 and has employed various strategies to minimize carbon emissions [ 20 ]. To better understand the research status, evolution law, and development trend in this field, scholars have adopted bibliometrics to analyze and summarize the issues related to China’s carbon emissions and achieved rich research results.…”

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Advances and future trends in research on carbon emissions reduction in China from the perspective of bibliometrics

Chen

Liu

2023

PLoS ONE

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Addressing global warming is one of the most pressing environmental challenges and a crucial agenda for humanity. In this literature study, we employed bibliometrics to reproduce nearly two decades of research on carbon emission reduction in China, the largest carbon emitter worldwide. The scientometrics analysis was conducted on 1570 academic works published between 2001 and 2021 concerning China’s carbon emission reduction to characterize the knowledge landscape. Using CiteSpace and VOSviewer, the basic characteristics, research forces, knowledge base, research topic evolution, and research hotspots were identified and revealed. The analysis results show that the attention to and research on China’s carbon emissions have increased in recent years, giving rise to leading institutions and relatively stable core journal groups in this field. The research disciplines are relatively concentrated, but the research collaboration needs strengthening. The research hotspots are mainly carbon emission causes, impacts, and countermeasures in China, and the research frontiers have been constantly advanced and expanded. In the future, research on countermeasures needs more effort, and research cooperation needs to strengthen. The changing landscape of hotspot clusters reveals China’s transition towards a low-carbon economy. Through comprehensive analysis of the potential and obstacles to China’s transition to low-carbon development, we identified three promising areas of action (low-carbon cities, low-carbon technologies and industries, and transforming China’s energy system) and proposed research directions to address remaining gaps systematically.

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A Study on Public Perceptions of Carbon Neutrality in China: has the Idea of ESG Been Encompassed?

Cited by 18 publications

References 14 publications

Perception of sponge city for achieving circularity goal and hedge against climate change: a study on Weibo

Perception of sponge city for achieving circularity goal and hedge against climate change: a study on Weibo

Low-carbon governance, fiscal decentralization, and enterprise green development: Evidence from China

Advances and future trends in research on carbon emissions reduction in China from the perspective of bibliometrics

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