{"product_id":"will-china-save-the-planet-9781509532636","title":"Will China Save the Planet?","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNow that Trump has turned the United States into a global climate outcast, will China take the lead in saving our planet from environmental catastrophe? Many signs point to yes. China, the world's largest carbon emitter, is leading a global clean energy revolution, phasing out coal consumption and leading the development of a global system of green finance. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut as leading China environmental expert Barbara Finamore explains, it is anything but easy. The fundamental economic and political challenges that China faces in addressing its domestic environmental crisis threaten to derail its low-carbon energy transition. Yet there is reason for hope. China's leaders understand that transforming the world's second largest economy from one dependent on highly polluting heavy industry to one focused on clean energy, services and innovation is essential, not only to the future of the planet, but to China's own prosperity.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A hugely informative and readable book about how much China is doing - and needs to do - to spur the clean energy revolution that is a crucial element in the fight against climate change. I highly recommend it.\"\u003cbr\u003e—\u003cb\u003eTodd Stern, Former Special Envoy for Climate Change under President Obama\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Finamore has written an impressively well-researched and truly fascinating account of China's fitful odyssey to climate consciousness. In an otherwise pretty bleak global tableau, this progress offers some welcome grounds for hope.\"\u003cbr\u003e—\u003cb\u003eOrville Schell, Arthur Ross Director, Center on US-China Relations, Asia Society\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"A must-read.\"\u003cbr\u003e—\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMake Wealth History\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Barbara Finamore has written a highly readable and informative overview of China's role in the global climate change battle. \u003ci\u003eWill China Save the Planet?\u003c\/i\u003e is a good primer for environmental policy analysts and anyone else interested in studying feasible solutions to climate change, humanity's greatest threat.\"\u003cbr\u003e—\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eEurasia Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"If you want to read one book on China's energy and environmental transformation, Finamore's lucid volume is the one.\"\u003cbr\u003e—\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eAsian Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Authoritative and comprehensive.\"\u003cbr\u003e—\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe South China Morning Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Finamore is the right person to write such a concise and informative book. . . . She takes a balanced approach—being an outsider but drawing on her firsthand knowledge and experience of an insider, thus making the narrative and analysis concrete and convincing.\"\u003cbr\u003e—\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eChina Review International\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"For all its importance, it is quite hard to follow environmental developments in China. One the most useful resources I've come across is Barbara Finamore's book \u003ci\u003eWill China Save the Planet?\u003c\/i\u003e\"\u003cbr\u003e—\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Earthbound Report\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAcknowledgements\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eList of Abbreviations\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIntroduction: China: The New Climate Torchbearer?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter One: China’s Climate Diplomacy\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter Two: Dethroning Old King Coal\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter Three: Catalyzing the Clean Energy Revolution\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter Four: Jumpstarting the Electric Vehicle Industry\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter Five: Greening China’s Financial System\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEpilogue: China in the Driving Seat\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"John Wiley and Sons Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49409529741655,"sku":"9781509532636","price":38.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781509532636.jpg?v=1730507117","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/will-china-save-the-planet-9781509532636","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}