![]() There is a really useful perspective on China’s ban of imported plastic waste, something that threw Britain’s recycling industry into chaos a couple of years ago, but which spurred recycling within China. ![]() Chapters detail China’s environmental intiatives, such as the restoration of the Loess plateau, attempts to restrain coal power. The authors, both of whom are real authorities on China, take a helpfully empirical approach. It’s a nuanced account of what China has done so far, and what lessons the world can learn from the authoritarian tone of environmentalism in China. One the most useful resources I’ve come across is Barbara Finamore’s book Will China Save the Planet? Now, from the same publisher, comes China Goes Green: Coercive Environmentalism for a Troubled Planet. It is both hero and villain.įor all its importance, it is quite hard to follow environmental developments in China. Optimists and pessimists bat facts back and forth, but ultimately China is a paradox. Its leaders talk about ‘ecological civilisation’ while continuing to fund fossil fuels among its international partners. The country leads the world in both renewable energy and coal power. ![]() China has been the world’s largest emitter for over a decade, and progress there has been mixed. The future of the planet depends on what happens in Asia, as anyone following developments in climate change knows all too well.
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