Yixian Sun

📊 Launch of the Earth System Governance Data Directory

A living and collaborative open-access resource to help researchers and practitioners find and share existing and upcoming datasets relevant to global environmental governance.

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In late July, team member Yuen Gu conducted field research with the UGM team in Indonesia to study the impacts of large-scale renewable energy projects contracted to Chinese companies. The fieldwork focused on two flagship sites: Karawang 100MW Solar Park, and Cirata 145 MW Floating Solar Plant.

Q&A: Will China and the BRICS fill the ‘leadership gap’ on climate change? - Carbon Brief Amid a rapidly fracturing geopolitical order, there have been growing calls for China to “step into [the] leadership gap” left by the US on climate change.

Read the article here: www.carbonbrief.org/qa-will-chin...

Featuring excellent insights from @katelogan.bsky.social @jamesnorman.bsky.social @yixiansun.bsky.social and others!

Between 15-23 August @yixiansun.bsky.social had a productive visit in South Africa.
In Johannesburg, Yixian attended the Transformations Community/Earth System Governance Conference, where he presented our CGEL database, as well as a book chapter on the future of the Sustainable Development Goals.

Honored to be part of this important book on climate politics! My chapter with Wei Shen @joannalewis.bsky.social shows how China has managed conflicts for policy stability.

Thanks for the leadership of Paul Tobin @matpaterson.bsky.social @stacydvandeveer.bsky.social! The whole book is open access.

I had an interesting conversation with @jfmorin.bsky.social and @cyncouette.bsky.social about their research on the governance of orbital debris. Please watch this video to find out more!

This is an exciting initiative of @esgproject.bsky.social to develop a useful resource for researchers and practitioners of environmental governance. If you have created or are creating an environmental governance-related dataset/database, please join us by sharing the info of your dataset/datsbase!

We argue that China's transition will hit a wall unless it 1) makes a serious plan for a just transition domestically, 2) has a more effective long-term strategy for how to operate as an electro superpower

China's astounding ability to build and deploy renewables, batteries, and EVs is perhaps the brightest spark in the global fight against climate change.

But @yixiansun.bsky.social and I ask what would it really take for China to lead www.globalpolicyjournal.com/blog/02/07/2...

The Bath Conference on China & Global Sustainability Transition is underway. Hosted by the University, the conference brings over 60 experts from more than 15 countries to explore how China can play a pivotal role in addressing the global sustainability transition.

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World leading experts from across the globe discuss role of China in #sustainability #governance.

Led by @yixiansun.bsky.social, and co-organised by @bath-iscc.bsky.social and ‪@dialogueearth.bsky.social‬, the aim is to identify pathways for engaging #China in a global sustainability transition.

We look forward to welcoming participants in our Bath conference on China and Global Sustainability Transition starting on June 24th sgain.org/bath-confere.... The event will gather leading experts around the world to identify pathways to better engaging with China for accelerating green transition!

Later this month, the Conference on China and Global Sustainability Transition will take place in Bath, in partnership with the @bath-iscc.bsky.social and @dialogueearth.bsky.social. We are pleased to now share our official brochure, including a full programme of events.

It was a lovely workshop @gvagrad.bsky.social. Thank you James for organizing it!

On 21-27 April @yixiansun.bsky.social visited China to share our work at multiple events and engage with various partners. Yixian gave talks on his book project on China’s green soft power and introduced our China’s Global Environmental Leadership Database at multiple universities.

Ahead of an international conference led by the University of Bath, academic Dr Yixian Sun calls on China to seize its unique opportunity to lead on global climate action.

#China #ClimateCrisis #ClimateSky

www.bath.ac.uk/announcement...

We're excited to share this new article by @yixiansun.bsky.social ahead of our China and Global Sustainability Transition conference later this year.
His insights set the stage for an event that will unite global experts to overcome barriers for understanding China and sustainable development.

The world needs climate change leadership – it’s time for China to step up How Beijing can protect global climate governance from Trump’s ‘America first’ strategy.

Chinese President Xi Jinping recently reiterated China's commitment to climate action. Under Trump 2.0, China may be poised to fill a leadership gap in global climate governance. Here are my thoughts on what China needs to do if it wants to become a climate leader theconversation.com/the-world-ne...

Dr Yixian Sun argues #China can lead global #climateaction as the US retreats and Europe faces security challenges. His upcoming conference at @uniofbath.bsky.social (June 24-25) will gather experts to discuss China's role in a global #sustainability transition.

www.bath.ac.uk/announcement...

Unpacking China’s climate policy mixes shows a disconnect between policy density and intensity in the post-Paris era - npj Climate Action npj Climate Action - Unpacking China’s climate policy mixes shows a disconnect between policy density and intensity in the post-Paris era

New open access publication in @natureneon.bsky.social's njp Climate action on China's Climate policy mixes. We assessed 358 national climate-related policies adopted in 2016-2022 and found discrepancies between policy density and policy intensity!
www.nature.com/articles/s44...

It was nice to have a strong presence of our @sgain.bsky.social at this year's Annual Convention of @isanet.bsky.social and have fruitful exchanges with researchers from across the globe. Looking forward to sharing more of our work next year! @isaess.bsky.social

Principal Investigator @yixiansun.bsky.social participated in roundtable discussions to share insights on the construction and use of databases in global environmental governance and politics research, climate leadership in Chinese cities and also ways to enhance diversity and inclusion at ISA.

In late February, REDEFINE hosted the ‘Researching Global China Conference’ bringing together Global China scholars to discuss methodological research in the field. We are pleased to share several SGAIN researchers attended the conference, representing the project and presenting their ongoing work.

It was nice to introduce this exciting work and related research of our @sgain.bsky.social to the interdisciplinary community of @bath-iscc.bsky.social! Thanks to the audience for their engaging questions!

Looking forward to reading your book!

@sarahtoy.bsky.social !

Zero-car households – constraint or lifestyle choice? A systematic literature review of the factors affecting non-car ownership At a time when global efforts to reduce CO2 and other emissions from transport are gaining momentum, this paper provides a novel, interdisciplinary systematic review of 106 peer-reviewed studies re...

New article: Zero-car households – constraint or lifestyle choice? A systematic literature review of the factors affecting non-car ownership co-authored with @lwhitmarsh.bsky.social & Sarah Toy www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

It's very exciting to announce our Bath conference on China & Global Sustainability Transition on 24-25 June! Looking forward to seeing colleagues and having insightful conversation! @bath-iscc.bsky.social @dialogueearth.bsky.social @tombaxter.bsky.social @samgeall.bsky.social

Happy Chinese New Year!

Our SGAIN team wishes everyone a wonderful year of the snake!

春节快乐，蛇年大吉！

In early December 2024, the ClimBio Frontiers research project hosted a Database Workshop in Utrecht, the Netherlands, bringing together environmental governance researchers and practitioners to discuss, reflect, and cooperate on transnational climate and biodiversity governance databases.