University of Helsinki
The outcome of the Academy of Finland project “Climate Change Mitigation and Energy Efficiency Legislation, Finland/EU–China”, led by Professor Ari Ekroos (Aalto University) and Professor Qin Tianbao (Wuhan University), has been published in “Climate Law in Finland and China: Outlines of European and Chinese climate change mitigation and energy efficiency regulation”.
This book aims to present an outline of climate change legislation and policy in both Finland and China. The focus is predominantly on policy and legislation concerning mitigation of climate change. Although climate legislation is extensive and it is developing fast, this volume covers its most important parts and is definitely a unique and up-to-date comparison of climate change policy and legislation in China.
The publication is divided into five parts: overall view of climate change policy and legislation in China and Finland, emission trading schemes, renewable energy policy and legislation, energy efficiency regulation, and carbon capture and storage regulation.
The book has been presented during the project’s closing seminar on 10th June 2015. The seminar brought once again together the Finnish and Chinese researchers composing the research team, as well as scholars and practitioners working in the field of environmental law. The in-depth discussion was a continuation of the previous seminars and workshop held in Wuhan, Helsinki, Tallinn and Kaifeng. Although the project came to an end, all participants consider the importance of furthering comparative research in the field of climate law.