Lecture | Lunch Research Seminar
Rising Power Divided: China and India in International Environmental Politics
- Date
- Tuesday 12 November 2024
- Time
- Address
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Lipsius
Cleveringaplaats 1
2311 BD Leiden - Room
- 2.37
Registration
All are welcome, however please register in advance at l-peg@hum.leidenuniv.nl to receive a copy of the chapter and lunch.
Abstract
Dr. Yang will present a chapter of her monograph titled ‘Rising Power Divided: China and India in International Environmental Politics’.
Abstract: This book identifies and explains divergences between two rising powers -China and India – in global environmental politics. Since 2009, the global South has fragmented into a diverse array of coalitions and individual states who sometimes are at odds with each other. Its leaders, India and China, have also replaced coordination with differing positions and open discord. How can we understand the diverging environmental foreign policy between the two rising powers?
This book proposes a framework to understand divergences between rising powers at global environmental politics. It takes into account the distinct national situations of rising powers and postulate how self-perception, developmental strategies, and political institutions. Empirically, this book examines three cases where various levels of divergence has emerged between China and India: an international environmental regime with strong institutions (the ozone regime), one with weaker institutions (UNFCCC), and foreign policy initiatives of each country (Belt and Road Initiative and International Solar Alliance). Findings in these cases suggest that the growing divergence between rising powers in global environmental politics are endogenous and likely to stay, with implications for global climate governance, energy, and security.