Implementation of the Targets Set in the Paris Agreement Through Transformative Development – Solution to the “Paradox of Al Gore”

Jiahua Pan ()
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Jiahua Pan: Institute for Urban and Environmental Studies, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, No. 28 Shuguang Xili, Chaoyang District, Beijing 100732, China

Chinese Journal of Urban and Environmental Studies (CJUES), 2017, vol. 05, issue 03, 1-11

Abstract: There is a long and difficult way ahead of the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the Paris Agreement. Human society needs to move fast and far on the road. Sustainable development can hardly be achieved by ostensible “reforms” and “transitions”. The only possible way is to upgrade and transform the industrial civilization to ecological civilization, in which man and nature, and man and society are in harmony, in an all-round and in-depth way. To preserve nature and improve the eco-environment is in essence to protect and boost productivity. The value of nature and ecological assets must be reflected in the System of National Accounts in a scientific and objective way. The lifestyle in developed countries and production mode in the developing world must be transformed. So far a global agenda for sustainable development has been in position, and China has obtained remarkable achievements in the construction of ecological civilization and low-carbon transformation. To realize the targets set in the Paris Agreement, institutional innovation and international cooperation prove essential.

Keywords: Transformative development; Paris Agreement targets; 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development; ecological civilization (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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