Harris, Paul G., ed. 2010. China's Responsibility for Climate Change: Ethics, Fairness and Environmental Policy. Bristol, UK: The Policy Press

摘要

Substantial participation from all stakeholders is essential in responding to tragedy-of-the-commons problems as large as global climate change. As the largest national source of greenhouse gas (GHG) pollution causing global warming and resulting changes to the Earth's climate, China faces more and more pressure both internally and externally for substantial reduction of GHGs and meaningful participation in international climate regimes. But for China, there are two convenient excuses for not making legally binding commitments: the historical emissions from developed countries are the main cause for the problem the world presently faces, and China is a developing country with millions of poor people, so (the argument goes) China should not have to make any legally binding commitments before the developed countries do so. This book is a timely contribution to the debate on China's reasonability in global climate regime and trying to answer the question of "whether and how China is responsible for climate change" (p. 13) from ethical, moral, and policy perspectives.