A Path to Win the War on Pollution? Environmental Law Reform in China
The pressure on polluters in China is likely to intensify with the revisions of the Air Pollution Prevention and Control Law and moving towards the creation of a national framework for emissions trading.
Overview
In order to meet the country’s increasingly ambitious air emission targets, Chinese policymakers have unleashed a wave of environmental reforms—from increasing pollutant discharge disclosure requirements and ratcheting up pollution penalties, to authorizing NGOs to bring public interest lawsuits against polluters. The pressure on polluters is likely to intensify with the revisions of the Air Pollution Prevention and Control Law and moving towards the creation of a national framework for emissions trading. Speakers will assess the prospects of these environmental reforms, as well as discuss how these new laws are linked to broader governance reforms to enhance transparency, public participation, and capacity in environmental protection.
(Photo credit to Asia Society Center on US-China Relations)
Speakers
Jay Monteverde
Jing Jing Zhang
Steve Wolfson
Hosted By
China Environment Forum
Since 1997, the China Environment Forum's mission has been to forge US-China cooperation on energy, environment, and sustainable development challenges. We play a unique nonpartisan role in creating multi-stakeholder dialogues around these issues. Read more
Global Risk and Resilience Program
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