The research on the conversion efficiency of"Green Mountains into Clear Water"(Green)and"Gold and silver Mountains"(Gold)is of great significance to promote the coordination between natural resourc...The research on the conversion efficiency of"Green Mountains into Clear Water"(Green)and"Gold and silver Mountains"(Gold)is of great significance to promote the coordination between natural resource conservation in national park and the local economic and social development.This paper pays attention to the linking role of ecosystem services in different stages of the conversion process between the Green and Gold.Based on the twostage division,this paper constructs the accounting framework for conversion efficiency of Green and Gold.That is,the comprehensive conversion efficiency of Green and Gold is decomposed into the I-stage efficiency of ecological inputs conversion to Green and the II-stage efficiency of ecosystem services conversion to economic output.Furthermore,the Qilian Mountain National Park in China and its surrounding area Zhangye City,is taken as an example.Using a two-stage non-oriented super-efficiency network EBM model and panel data from 2007 to 2018 to empirically analysis the dynamic evolution characteristics of the conversion efficiency of Green and Gold.Based on this,the heterogeneity improvement strategy is proposed.The results show that:(1)the comprehensive efficiency of the Two Mountains conversion in Zhangye City decreased first and then increased.The highest was 1.715 in 2007;the lowest was 1.367 in 2012;since 2012,the development has gradually improved.The main reason for the decrease in the comprehensive efficiency from 2007 to 2012 is the lower conversion efficiency in IIstage.(2)Spatial difference analysis shows that the areas with low the comprehensive efficiency were concentrated in Sunan,Minle,and Shandan Counties along the Qilian Mountains.The comprehensive efficiency was 0.406,0.489 and 0.482 respectively.The key to improving the comprehensive efficiency of Sunan County and Minle County is II-stage,while the focus of improving Shandan County is I-stage.(3)Redundancy analysis found that the main factor affecting the comprehensive efficiency of the Two Mountains conversion is insufficient output.In the future,we should focus on expanding effective pathways for the Two Mountains conversion and innovating institutional mechanisms for realizing ecological value.展开更多
The failure of the USD 100-billion climate finance pledge under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change(UNFCCC)could be attributed to a series of reasons:the inconsistent rules,the ambiguity of accou...The failure of the USD 100-billion climate finance pledge under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change(UNFCCC)could be attributed to a series of reasons:the inconsistent rules,the ambiguity of accountability issues,the political and economic motivations of donor countries,the weak governance capability of developing countries,etc.In addition to the predicament of climate finance commitments made by industrialized nations,South-South cooperation is becoming an important supplemental approach and is acknowledged by the Paris Agreement as an essential means of support.Through studying a broad set of literature on climate finance governance,the study aims to provide a clear picture of the current muddle in climate finance and China’s new role in the architecture.We do this by first looking into the disjointed system of reporting and accounting standards for climate finance as well as what causes the international climate finance gap.On the one hand,the self-interests and geopolitical concerns of donor countries led to considerable challenges to distributive justice in climate finance allocation.On the other hand,climate finance from rich countries has yet to make a substantial dent in enhancing developing countries’resilience to climate change.Finally,we argue that China-led climate-related development assistance and South-South cooperation on climate change has a tremendous potential for vulnerable countries to realize their climate action priorities and address the climate injustice.展开更多
基金funded by National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.:42461046)the Postdoctoral Science Foundation of China(Grant No.:2020M673641XB).
文摘The research on the conversion efficiency of"Green Mountains into Clear Water"(Green)and"Gold and silver Mountains"(Gold)is of great significance to promote the coordination between natural resource conservation in national park and the local economic and social development.This paper pays attention to the linking role of ecosystem services in different stages of the conversion process between the Green and Gold.Based on the twostage division,this paper constructs the accounting framework for conversion efficiency of Green and Gold.That is,the comprehensive conversion efficiency of Green and Gold is decomposed into the I-stage efficiency of ecological inputs conversion to Green and the II-stage efficiency of ecosystem services conversion to economic output.Furthermore,the Qilian Mountain National Park in China and its surrounding area Zhangye City,is taken as an example.Using a two-stage non-oriented super-efficiency network EBM model and panel data from 2007 to 2018 to empirically analysis the dynamic evolution characteristics of the conversion efficiency of Green and Gold.Based on this,the heterogeneity improvement strategy is proposed.The results show that:(1)the comprehensive efficiency of the Two Mountains conversion in Zhangye City decreased first and then increased.The highest was 1.715 in 2007;the lowest was 1.367 in 2012;since 2012,the development has gradually improved.The main reason for the decrease in the comprehensive efficiency from 2007 to 2012 is the lower conversion efficiency in IIstage.(2)Spatial difference analysis shows that the areas with low the comprehensive efficiency were concentrated in Sunan,Minle,and Shandan Counties along the Qilian Mountains.The comprehensive efficiency was 0.406,0.489 and 0.482 respectively.The key to improving the comprehensive efficiency of Sunan County and Minle County is II-stage,while the focus of improving Shandan County is I-stage.(3)Redundancy analysis found that the main factor affecting the comprehensive efficiency of the Two Mountains conversion is insufficient output.In the future,we should focus on expanding effective pathways for the Two Mountains conversion and innovating institutional mechanisms for realizing ecological value.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(72322013,72234001,72234002,72121002)the National Key Research and Development Program of China(2020YFA0608600)the Shanghai Talent Development Fund(2021098).
文摘The failure of the USD 100-billion climate finance pledge under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change(UNFCCC)could be attributed to a series of reasons:the inconsistent rules,the ambiguity of accountability issues,the political and economic motivations of donor countries,the weak governance capability of developing countries,etc.In addition to the predicament of climate finance commitments made by industrialized nations,South-South cooperation is becoming an important supplemental approach and is acknowledged by the Paris Agreement as an essential means of support.Through studying a broad set of literature on climate finance governance,the study aims to provide a clear picture of the current muddle in climate finance and China’s new role in the architecture.We do this by first looking into the disjointed system of reporting and accounting standards for climate finance as well as what causes the international climate finance gap.On the one hand,the self-interests and geopolitical concerns of donor countries led to considerable challenges to distributive justice in climate finance allocation.On the other hand,climate finance from rich countries has yet to make a substantial dent in enhancing developing countries’resilience to climate change.Finally,we argue that China-led climate-related development assistance and South-South cooperation on climate change has a tremendous potential for vulnerable countries to realize their climate action priorities and address the climate injustice.
