International Speaker Series
Chinese Global Environmentalism
Date & Time: January 10, 2025 (Friday) 11:00-12:00
Venue: Room 824, 8/F, Cheng Yu Tung Tower, The University of Hong Kong
Language: English
Please note that this is an in-person event.
Abstract:
Chinese Global Environmentalism is the story of China’s embrace of green development on the global stage. Its historical evolution and motivations. The underlying governance mechanisms used to implement it. And most of all its implications for China’s rise and the natural environment. China’s turn toward green development is being carried out through (i) green ideology; (ii) green diplomacy; (iii) green development cooperation, and (iv) green economic statecraft. Ultimately, Chinese global environmentalism is a wide-ranging economic and political strategy to unsettle traditional views of China and bolster the legitimacy of Chinese power at home and abroad. While not without its fits and starts, this effort is allowing China to make inroads globally that are only just beginning to be appreciated.
Speaker:
Alex Wang is a Professor of Law at UCLA School of Law, a Faculty Co-Director of the Emmett Institute on Climate Change and the Environment, and holds the Walter and Shirley Wang Chair in U.S.-China Relations and Communications. His research focuses on the law and politics of Chinese environmental governance. Previous work has examined Chinese climate policy, U.S.-China environmental cooperation and competition, environmental bureaucracy, information disclosure, public interest litigation, the role of state-owned enterprises in environmental governance, and symbolic uses of governance reform. He holds a J.D. from NYU School of Law and earned his B.S. in Biology from Duke University. He is a member of the National Committee on U.S.-China Relations and the Council on Foreign Relations, a board member of the Environmental Law Institute, and a Co-Chair of the Faculty Advisory Committee of the California-China Climate Institute.
Host:
Ying Xia is the Director of Philip K.H. Wong Centre for Chinese Law, Assistant Professor at The University of Hong Kong.
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