Publication Type
Journal Article
Version
acceptedVersion
Publication Date
12-2023
Abstract
Energy governance at the international level is fraught with difficulties due to the 'competition among purposes' between different bodies of international law. In this paper, we extend this thesis to argue that the same tension may be found in domestic energy governance. Drawing from China's experience in the governance of climate change and energy transition, we analyse how the misalignment of incentives between different actors and the incomplete market reform led to a drastic shift in policy in 2021. We also compare the different approaches in China's energy governance and trade governance and draw some general lessons on how developing countries might overcome such governance problems.
Keywords
China, Climate Change, Energy Transition, Carbon Peak, Carbon Neutrality, Energy Governance, Trade Governance
Discipline
Asian Studies | International Trade Law
Publication
Journal of International Economic Law
Volume
26
Issue
4
First Page
803
Last Page
816
ISSN
1369-3034
Identifier
10.1093/jiel/jgad027
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Citation
GAO, Henry S. and ZHOU, Weihuan.
Competition among purposes: The Chinese experience in the governance of climate change and energy transition. (2023). Journal of International Economic Law. 26, (4), 803-816.
Available at: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/sol_research/4300
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Additional URL
https://doi.org/10.1093/jiel/jgad027