Acknowledgements

List of acronyms and abbreviations

1 Introduction

China's role in the global transformation

Lack of transformation governance research on China

The fundamentals of policy diffusion

About this book’s approach

2 Climate governance and policymaking in China

The Tiao-Kuai system

Climate policy and ETS in China: from piloting to national policy

The ETS pilots

Institutional arrangements for climate policy in China

3 Shanghai’s ETS and diffusion experience

ETS policy developments

Shanghai’s institutional setup

Policy diffusion mechanisms

Policy entrepreneurs

4 Hubei’s ETS and diffusion experience

ETS policy developments

Hubei’s institutional setup

Policy diffusion mechanisms

Policy entrepreneurs

5 Conclusion: The role of policy diffusion in China’s climate transformation

Shanghai and Hubei: A comparison of diffusion patterns

Diffusion mechanisms

Institutions and actors

Conceptual implications

Practical implications

6 Recent developments and a view ahead

The influence of national policies and politics

Progressive regions continue to expand their carbon markets and interact with others

External influences on new dynamics in China's ETS policy diffusion

The dawn of a new era

Appendix

Index