There is an ongoing debate amongst scholars as to whether democratic or authoritarian political systems are more effective in achieving climate policy outcomes. In this article, we follow the latte...

When it comes to the green transition, China poses an inconvenient but important challenge to liberal democracies.

The emergence of unparalleled amounts of green technology is causing widespread regression on policies designed to combat climate change.

World needs cheap green technologies to decarbonise, and efforts to reduce reliance on China risk slowing the transition, researchers say.

Editorial: The world’s most populous country needs state-generated demand to industrialise, decarbonise and avoid China’s overcapacity trap

As happened in the 2000s, the security implications of relying on expensive imports through geopolitical bottlenecks will encourage China to invest in renewables.

In this paper, the authors propose green economic planning as a framework for states to set ambitious climate plans.

Abstract. The problem of climate change further confounds the already complex relationship between states and markets in modern capitalism. In this state o

As China increasingly leads the world in green industries, the country is a critical case for the debate on climate change in political economy. While climate change is now less of a blind spot tha...

“Et frasalg af Ørsted vil svække Danmarks energisikkerhed”Konservative, Liberal Alliance, Dansk Folkeparti og Danmarksdemokraterne har for nylig markeret sig i valgkampen med et fælles udspil om at fr

Over the last decade, green technologies have been deployed at record-breaking speeds across the world. No actor has been more important to this process than China, which now dominates what is cons...

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The growth split in the climate movement only benefits the far right

Government direction has spurred PBoC to adopt green monetary policy measures, argue economists Mathias Larsen and James Jackson.

This paper explores the relationship between independence and climate action through an in-depth study of the PBoC, comparing it with Western central banks.

When imagining how a green transition can take place, the relationship between economic growth and environmental sustainability is commonly viewed in …

Rather than climate ambitions, compatibility with investment and exports is why China supports both green and high-emission technologies.

A new China Low Carbon Technology FDI Database

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Beijing’s prioritization of political security necessitates a reliance on investment and exports – not consumption – to power the economy.

State financing in different forms is the core of green industrial policy. In spite of severe domestic and international financial constraints, India’…

Driven by the urgency of the climate crisis, political economists are debating how the state can best ensure financing for a green transition. Providing a conceptual scaffolding for discussing diff...

China's green transformation has come about more from financing green than greening finance, write <strong>Calvin Quek</strong> and <strong>Mathias Larsen</strong>

Abstract. Over the past 15 years, Chinese overseas financing has reached a staggering $2 trillion. Differing from neoliberal principles, Chinese finance is

The political economy literature has witnessed a proliferation of ‘green’ interpretations of long-standing analytical subjects in recent years. This includes green industrial policy, green macrofin...

The US dollar and decarbonization: Exploring constraints

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