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%T China's climate- and energy-security dilemma: shaping a new path of economic growth %A Hallding, Karl %A Han, Guoyi %A Olsson, Marie %J Journal of Current Chinese Affairs %N 3 %P 119-134 %V 38 %D 2009 %K Environmental Studies; Climate change; Sustainable development; Economic growth; Climate protection; Contemporary %@ 1868-4874 %= 2010-11-18T13:16:00Z %~ GIGA %> https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:gbv:18-4-632 %U http://hup.sub.uni-hamburg.de/giga/jcca/article/view/63 %X China is undergoing modernization at a scale and speed the world has never witnessed. As climate change increasingly dominates the global agenda, China faces the challenge of shaping a new growth path in a climate-constrained world. The paper argues that China's current climate and energy policy is, at best, a "repackaging" of existing energy and environmental strategies with co-benefits for the mitigation of climate change. Nevertheless, even though policies are not climate-change driven, the quick (rhetorical) endorsement of low-carbon development and the strong momentum of green technologies indicate that political ambitions are in favour of finding a more sustainable development pathway. A new growth path would, however, require a fundamental shift, with development and energy strategies being set within climate security constraints. The eventual success of this new path remains uncertain. %C DEU %G en %9 journal article %W GESIS - http://www.gesis.org %~ SSOAR - http://www.ssoar.info