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Policy Article

Chinas Energy Transition: Problem or Possibility for the German Mittelstand?

Authors

  • DU
  • L.
  • Hanley
  • A.

Publication Date

JEL Classification

F64 L91 P18 Q53 R11

Key Words

5-year plan

Belt and Road initiative

China

Mittelstand

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In tandem with the current climate talks in Glasgow (COP26), Aoife Hanley and her co-author Limin DU (Zheijiang University, China) draw  on their research experience of China's carbon footprint, to write an opinion piece for the Deutscher Mittelstands-Bund (DMB). Highlights include evaluating how China's controversial Belt and Road Initiative work together with German container shipping to reduce carbon emissions.

Kiel Institute Expert

  • Prof. Aoife Hanley, Ph.D.
    Kiel Institute Researcher

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