[EN] Asia Trends #1 – China’s South-South Cooperation on Climate change Strategy: a Balance between domestic Needs and international Aspirations – Florence Geoffroy
In recent years, China has become a global leader in promoting and supporting South-South cooperation against climate change, demonstrated by its national policies and involvement in multilateral negotiations. Given the millions of lives at stake, addressing climate change is one of the most important challenges facing the international community and requires forming strong partnerships in which South-South cooperation necessarily plays a pivotal role. More than ever, an American retreat from global stage and climate change commitment under the Trump administration could significantly increase China’s global leadership role.Reflecting on an important turning point in history, this paper discusses China’s double-pronged strategy to lead climate change cooperation with other developing countries by balancing its domestic needs with its international aspirations to maximise its national interests…
The whole article is published in the first issue of Asia Trends: Key Insights & Analysis, l’Asie à la source.
OpenEdition vous propose de citer ce billet de la manière suivante : Asia Centre (9 juin 2017). [EN] Asia Trends #1 – China’s South-South Cooperation on Climate change Strategy: a Balance between domestic Needs and international Aspirations – Florence Geoffroy. Les carnets d’Asia Centre. Consulté le 16 juin 2026 à l’adresse https://doi.org/10.58079/mj7n
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