National aspirations but local realities? Regulatory stringency and policy drivers of local carbon peak in China
- 18 April 2026
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Journal of Asian Public Policy
- p. 1-13
Abstract
1. China, the world’s largest emitter, generated roughly one-third of global emissions as of 2022 (Li et al., 2024). Its domestic climate policies thus have global significance and are pivotal to r...Keywords
Funding Information
- Ministry of Education of Humanities and Social Science Project (24YJCZH360)
- China’s Foreign Expert Project (Y20240096)
- The Shaanxi Province Natural Science Project for Fundamental Research (2023-JC-QN-1006)
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