Towards an Integrated Environmental Permit in China

This book examines the extent to which the regulatory design of the emissions permit system in China, taking into account the EU's regulatory experience with integration and from the perspective of the specific Chinese situation, provides opportunities for or hinders the implementation of integrated pollution prevention and control. It was found that China's permitting system provides regulatory opportunities for integrated control of emissions to air, water, and land, but that some challenges remain, particularly in terms of environmental effectiveness and environmental trade-offs.

This book is not only aimed at the academic community, but may also benefit policy makers by providing an explanation of the rationale for integrated environmental permitting, together with a critical reflection on the current state of emissions permitting in China. It may also be helpful to the ENGOs that focus on and are willing to comment on the choices of regulatory instruments to be made by the Chinese government, particularly in the light of achieving a high level of environmental protection as a whole.

Develops a conceptual framework on how to assess the integrated environmental permit Provides a comparative analysis between the EU and Chinese emissions permit systems Identifies regulatory possibilities for and barriers to implementing an integrated environmental permit system in China

Autorentext

Xiheng Chen got her doctorate degree in January 2023 at the Maastricht Sustainability Institute (MSI), Maastricht University, and got another doctorate degree in August 2023 at Faculty of Law, Sun Yat-sen University. She started in 2014 with studying environmental law. Since then, she has been focusing on understanding how an integrated approach to environmental protection can be effectively and efficiently reached based on the rule of law. She has published several articles in CSSCI regarding China's emissions permit system, including Institutional Foundation and Barriers for Implementing Integrated Emissions Permit System, Emissions Permit System in the Development of Modern Environmental Governance System in China, etc.

Inhalt

Chapter 1 Introduction.- Chapter 2 The Concept of An Integrated Environmental Permit.- Chapter 3 The EU Regulatory Approach Regarding the Integrated Emissions Permit System.- Chapter 4 China's Regulatory Approach Regarding the Integrated Emissions Permit System.- Chapter 5 Comparative Discussion and Conclusions.