Chinese Research Perspectives on the Environment, Special Volume

Wang Weiguang is President, of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS); CPC Party Secretary; Chair, CASS Academic Presidium; Ph.D. Philosophy; doctoral advisor, professor; member, CASS Academic Council. Areas of specialty include Marxist theory and philosophy, theoretical and practical issues of socialism with Chinese characteristics.Zheng Guoguang is the the Administrator of the China Meteorological Administration (CMA), responsible for CMA's overall administration. He also serves as Chairman of the National Climate Committee of China, Chairman of the Chinese Committee of the Global Climate Observing System (CGOS), Member of the National Leading Group to Address Climate Change and Energy Conservation & Pollutant Discharge Reduction, deputy Director of the Office of the National Leading Group to Address Climate Change, Vice President of the Chinese Meteorological Society, Permanent Representative of China with the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), member of the WMO Executive Council, Focal Point of China for the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), principal member of China for the Intergovernmental Board on Climate Services (IBCS).

• List of Figures and Tables1 Low-carbon Urbanization: China’s Strategic Choice in Response to Climate ChangePreparation Group of the General Report2 Global Achievement of 2°C Temperature Rise and China’s Emission Peak ValueJiang Kejun3 Progress of Negotiations on Funding Mechanisms of Climate Change and Suggestions on China’s Participation in Constructing Funding MechanismsZhang Wen and Pan Xun4 Energy and Carbon Emission Issues in China’s UrbanizationHu Xiulian5 Evaluation of the Progress of the Low-carbon Work in the Pilot Provinces and CitiesDing Ding and Yang Xiu6 Viewing China’s Green Building Development from a Green Building Label EvaluationLi Xun and Li Congxiao7 Review of the Urban Low-carbon Transportation System in the Pilot RegionsHuang Liya8 Preparation Methods for and Content Framework of the Chinese Urban Greenhouse Gas InventoriesBai Weiguo9 Collaborative Governance of Low-carbon Development and Adaptation: Based on the Perspective of Sustainable UrbanizationZheng Yan10 Effects of Climate Change on China’s Typical Urban Agglomerations and Its Potential RisksXu Ying, Zhou Botao, Guo Wenli, Mu Haizhen and Xie Xinlu11 Climate Change and the Layout of Urban Planning: Taking Beijing as an ExampleFang Xiaoyi12 Analysis and Countermeasures of China’s Fog and Smog TrendZhang Ying, Gao Rong and Chao Qingchen13 Countermeasure Analysis for Urban Climate Vulnerability and Adaptability: Taking the Beijing “July 21” Extraordinary Rainstorm as an ExampleXie Xinlu, Ye Dianxiu and Zhang Cunjie14 Impact of Land Use Change on Low-carbon City Construction in ShenzhenLiu Weiling, Zhang Linbo and Zhang Lili15 Migration Planning and Its Practice for Adaptation to Climate Change: Ningxia Climate Migration CaseMeng Huixin16 Constructing a Low-carbon Urban Area, and Promoting Intelligent Development: Experimentation and Practice in Xiacheng District, Hangzhou CityBao Jianqiang and Ye Ruike17 Positive Interaction between Low-carbon Urban Construction and Industrial Development: Taking Jiyuan City as an ExampleCong Jianhui, Liu Xuemin and Zhu Jing18 Synergy Research on Overall Urban-rural Planning and Low-carbon Development: Taking Guangyuan City as an ExampleHuang Liming, Zhou Yong and Liu Jianbo19 Socio-economic, Energy and Carbon Emission Indexes of Various Countries, Regions and CitiesData Handling: Zhu Shouxian20 Global Climatic Disaster and Loss StatisticsData Arrangement and Calculation: Su Buda and Huang Jinlong21 Historical Statistics of Climatic Disasters in ChinaData Arrangement and Calculation: Su Buda and Huang JinlongIndex