Borrowing Power: Climate Governance in the Pacific Islands Region

• 作者: Chen Xiaochen
• 来源期刊: 中国国际问题研究
• 年，卷（期）: 2021,（4）
• 页码范围: 89-111
• 页数: 23页
• 语种: 英文

摘要

Climate governance in the Pacific Islands region has witnessedsignificant progress in recent years. Prominent regional organizations have made climate change a priority issue, with relevant wording in the documents they release giving more consideration to the interests of Pacific Island Countries (PICs).1 An integrated framework for regional climate governance has been established, giving birth to governance concepts with regional characteristics, the most representative being the Blue Pacific.2 Climate governance solutions owned and led by PICs, such as the Pacific Resilience Facility, have also been implemented. All these efforts have constituted a joint force to address climate change at the regional level. Given the weakness of discussions among China's academic community on the causality of relevant developments, this article will review how the PICs have overcome difficulties and advanced climate governance in recent years in the hope of putting climate cooperation and high-quality construction of the Belt and Road Initiative between China and PICs on a more solid footing.