Wang Weiguang

Chinese Research Perspectives on the Environment, Special Volume: Annual Report on Actions to Address Climate Change Wang Weiguang

Marc Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index. Biographical Note: Wang Weiguang is President, of the "Chinese Academy of Social Sciences" (CASS); CPC Party Secretary; Chair, CASS Academic Presidium; Ph. D. Philosophy; doctoral advisor, professor; member, CASS Academic Council. Areas of specialty include Marxist theory and philosophy, theoretical and practical issues of socialism with Chinese characteristics. Zheng Guoguang is the the Administrator of the "China Meteorological Administration" (CMA), responsible for CMA's overall administration. He also serves as Chairman of the National Climate Committee of China, Chairman of the Chinese Committee of the Global Climate Observing System (CGOS), Member of the National Leading Group to Address Climate Change and Energy Conservation & Pollutant Discharge Reduction, deputy Director of the Office of the National Leading Group to Address Climate Change, Vice President of the Chinese Meteorological Society, Permanent Representative of China with the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), member of the WMO Executive Council, Focal Point of China for the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), principal member of China for the Intergovernmental Board on Climate Services (IBCS). Pan Jiahua is general director at the Institute for Urban and Environmental Studies, the "Chinese Academy of Social Sciences"; research fellow and doctoral supervisor. His research specialties include world economics, climate change economics, urban development, energy and environmental policies. Table of Contents: Foreword "Steven A. Leibo and Li Yang" 1 Doha Planning for the Future: Extension of the Kyoto Protocol and Outlook for the Durban Platform "Wang Mou, Pan Jiahua, and Lian Huishan" 2 South-South Cooperation against Climate Change and Future Prospects "Chao Qingchen and Jia Pengqun" 3 China s Sustainable Development in a Shifting Global Context "Wang Yi" 4 Distribution and Implementation of Energy Saving and Low Carbon Development Targets For the 12th Five-Year Plan "Chen Ying" 5 Progress of Low-Carbon Urban Construction in China "Zhuang Guiyang and Wang Chunli" 6 Status of the Chinese Trading Scheme for Carbon Credits and Future Prospects "Hongbo Chen, Wei Lin, and Zheng Zhou" 7 Analysis of Synergistic Effects of Low-Carbon Actions and Climate Change Adaptive Measures "Wang Wenjun and Zheng Yan" 8 Carbon Dioxide Emissions Policies and Actions of Low-Carbon Development in China s Transport Sector "Cai Bofeng and Feng Xiangzhao" 9 Demand for and Policies to Improve Low-Carbon Financing "Pan Jiahua, Hongbo Chen, Xiang Yu, and Lijuan Wang" 10 China s Green Climate Fund: Innovation and Experience "Li Nuyun and Li Jinliang" 11 Weather Index Insurance and Commercial Applications in China "Su Buda, Tan Feng, Fang Yu, Thomas Fischer, and Zhan Mingjin" 12 Development of Renewable Energy and New Energy in China and Market Prospects "Wang Yu and Zhang Xiliang" 13 Development Potential for Wind and Solar Energy Resources in China "Zhu Rong" 14 Meteorological Disaster Trends and Impacts in China "Gao Ge, Zhao Shanshan, and Xu Ying" 15 Extreme Climate Projections and Risks in China "Ying Xu, Chonghai Xu, and Jing Feng" 16 Coastal Cities Adaptation to Climate Change "Cao Lige, Su Buda, Zhai Jianqing, Marco Gemmer, and Zhan Mingjin""Brief Description: An edited collection of articles selected from the Chinese language Annual report on actions to address climate change (2012): climate finance and low carbon development. Publisher Marketing: This volume provides information on how China views the challenge of climate change and seeks to rectify the extraordinary confusion found in the West on China s green energy future and its larger perspectives on this extraordinarily crucial topic.