Impact of Environmental Change on Stability and Conflict Potentials in China

Heberer, Thomas; Senz, Anja

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“…Internally, along with growing social unrest over deteriorating environment, China's concern to sustain and spur economic-growth-which is severely threatened by climate change dangercompelled the country's political leaders to emphasise climate change as a threat to its economic development-the prime source for the survival and legitimacy of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) (Moore 2011;Economy 2018). It is estimated that the country loses 8 to 13 per cent of its GDP annually due to environmental pollution and climate change impact could reduce 20 per cent of the economic capacities by 2050 (Heberer and Senz 2011). The recent flood in China caused a direct economic loss of $11.8 billion (Zhang 2020).…”

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From the Climate Change Threat to the Securitisation of Development: An Analysis of China

Sahu¹

2021

China Report

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The climate change issue evolved as a significant policy priority within the China’s political establishment. The major factor that determines Beijing’s climate policy is the prevailing and potential climate change impact on the country’s economic development. As economic development is the foremost, pre-existing and abiding political concern, political leaders construct the climate change impact as a major threat to the country’s economic prosperity. Thus, political leaders’ overriding priority is to protect economic development—a referent object—from the perils of climate change. However, the interplay of climate threat and economic development drives political leaders to embrace security institution and develop military mind set to contend with climate-led development policies that trigger the securitisation of the development process in China. Employing the discourse analysis method, this paper examines the securitisation of development debate in China, especially at the domestic level, from the standpoint of the securitisation theory.

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From the Climate Change Threat to the Securitisation of Development: An Analysis of China

Sahu¹

2021

China Report

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From securitization to security complex: climate change, water security and the India–China relations

Sahu

Srinivasan

2021

Int Polit

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Streamlining Local Behaviour through Communication, Incentives and Control: A Case Study of Local Environmental Policies in China

Heberer

Senz

2011

Journal of Current Chinese Affairs

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This article describes how China uses evaluation ratings and monitoring as incentives in order to foster the implementation of environmental policies at the local level. It is argued that decentralisation in China leaves room for actors at the local levels to manoeuver and bargain with those on higher levels for flexible adjustment of implementation policies according to local conditions. However, decentralisation is accompanied by significant institutional changes in the structure of intergovernmental communication, incentives and control. Accordingly, decentralisation in China exhibits a specific design which leaves space for divergent local environmental policies while also engendering “grassroots mechanisms”. On the whole, this new institutional setting benefits the implementation of environmental policies.

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Impact of Environmental Change on Stability and Conflict Potentials in China

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From the Climate Change Threat to the Securitisation of Development: An Analysis of China

From the Climate Change Threat to the Securitisation of Development: An Analysis of China

From securitization to security complex: climate change, water security and the India–China relations

Streamlining Local Behaviour through Communication, Incentives and Control: A Case Study of Local Environmental Policies in China

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