Description
In the past decade, China has enacted strong domestic environmental reforms through the country’s Ecological Civilization paradigm. More recently, in a bid to build a “global Ecological Civilization,” China is expanding environmental activities beyond their own borders. Engaging in environmental diplomacy through South-South cooperation across the developing world, the country is experimenting with ways to share lessons learned from ecological projects to prevent desertification, flooding, pollution, and climate change. This talk examines China’s recent engagements with environmental diplomacy across the Global South and their consequences for the future of global environmental governance, with a specific focus on nature-based solutions (NbS). Coined just over ten years ago, NbS refers to the underexplored potential of leveraging the natural world to address socio-environmental challenges. The concept finds particular resonance in China, where it demonstrates strong parallels with the concept of Ecological Civilization. Building on the global discourse, NbS has been adapted to the Chinese context, creating what some call “Chinese-style” NbS. Internationally, China’s overseas involvement in NbS serves as a tool for helping the country’s vision of an Ecological Civilization go global. Through South-South environmental cooperation on NbS and other forms of environmental diplomacy, China is transforming longstanding North-South dynamics when it comes to the global environment.| Period | 10 Dec 2024 |
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| Event title | Grounding Global China Conference |
| Event type | Conference/symposium |
| Location | Melbourne, AustraliaShow on map |
| Degree of Recognition | International |