Location: Tecent meeting room ID：765 593 735

https://meeting.tencent.com/dm/3i6RSqSv2ILJ

Abstract:

With the acceleration of climate change and biodiversity loss, the effectiveness of multilateral environmental governance has become increasingly questioned. As a reform of global environmental institutions is on the agenda, the influence that China will have on the direction, scope, and outcome of this reform invites closer attention. Over the past decades, China has transformed from a veto-wielding power, resisting international commitments to address global environmental problems, into a potent leader of environmental governance. While many welcome China’s increased global involvement, others have expressed skepticism. This talk will analyze the influence of the Chinese concept of “ecological civilization” and evaluate its impact on China’s recent practice of multilateral environmental governance in the fields of climate change (COP26) and biodiversity (COP15).

Biography

Dr. Goron, Assistant Professor at Duke Kunshan University

Coraline Goron is Assistant Professor of Environmental Policy at Duke Kunshan University. She holds a double PhD Degree in Politics from the University of Warwick and the Université Libre de Bruxelles. She also holds an MA in European politics from the Université Libre de Bruxelles and an LLM in international and European Law as well as a Degree in Chinese law from the China-EU School of Law at the Chinese University of Political Science and Law in Beijing. Before coming to DKU, she was a post-doctoral research fellow at the Oxford University China Center in 2018-2019. Professor Goron’s research covers China’s politics of environmental, climate change and energy governance, both domestically and internationally. Her most recent publications include “China’s global ecological civilization and multilateral environmental governance” and “From targets to inspections: the issue of fairness in China’s environmental policy implementation”, with Genia Kostka (EP, 2020).