Green Civilization

Xiaoxi LI，professor at Beijing Normal University(BNU), is the honorary director of School of Economics and Resource Management at BNU and the honorary director of Institute of Development Research in Southwestern University of Finance and Economics. Prof. LI holds bachelor degree in economics from Lanzhou University in 1982, master degree in 1984 and PhD degree in economics in 1989 both from School of Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS) Beijing, China. Prof. LI worked as deputy director of General Office in Institute of Finance and Trade at CASS, director general of the Macroeconomic Research Department in Research Office of the State Council, the member of 5th Committee of China Council for International Cooperation on Environment and Development (CCICED).He has served concurrently as honorary director of UNIDO-UNEP Green Industry Platform China Chapter Office, vice-president of the China Market Association and other social duties.In recent years,Prof.LI has completed and published the research results of China Green Development Index Report for six consecutive years, Human Green Development Report 2014 in English version and Chinese version, as well as China Green Finance Report 2014.In 2009, Prof.LI was selected as one of the 100 Economists influencing the 60-year economic development of China jointly published by Journal of Economic Research and other institutes of Chinese Academy of Social Sciences. In 2010, Prof.LI was selected as the list of economics volume of Academic Achievements of Chinese Famous Scientists in 20th Century, which as a major national publishing project. In 1988, He worked as senior visiting scholar of London School of Economics and Political Science under the guidance of Professor Nicholas Stern for nearly a year in 1988. In 2014, he was invited by Professor Richard Cooper and Professor Gregory Mankiw for visiting at Harvard University a half year.

• Chapter1.An Urgent Call for Building Green Civilization: the Natural Environment is Rapidly Deteriorating.- Chapter2.Transforming our world: the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development: An Appeal of Global Cooperation for Building Green Civilization.- Chapter3.Five Components of Green Civilization.- Chapter4.Introspections on Industrial Civilization.- Chapter5.Battles between Economic Development and Environmental Protection In China's Industrialization Process.- Chapter6.Global Convention for Addressing Climate Change and Air Pollution.- Chapter7.Soil Contamination and Treatment – a Worldwide Problem.- Chapter8.Water Pollution and Treatment — Nostalgia for Ancient Water Civilization.- Chapter9.Prospects for Forest and Biodiversity Protection.- Chapter10.Building a Robust Industrial Foundation for Green Civilization.- Chapter11.Measuring the Levels of Green Development in 123 Countries.- Chapter12.The Potentialities and Contributions of the Five Major World Religions to Green Civilization.- Chapter13.Collaborate to Build Green Civilization with Reconciliation of Pluralistic Civilizations.