3rd Tsinghua Area Studies Forum
Call for Papers
2023 Forum: Developing Countries in
the Age of Uncertainties – Risks, Resilience and Interdependency
Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
July 3rd to 5th, 2023
I.
Forum Introduction
Tsinghua
Area Studies Forum is organized by the Institute for International and Area
Studies (IIAS) of Tsinghua University. Upholding the principles of academic
freedom, equality and scholarly autonomy, this Forum aims to build an
international academic platform for area studies where scholars from all
countries share their academic ideas, scientific research outcomes and research
methods, and thus gain a deeper and more comprehensive understanding of the
root causes of the changes, development and problems in developing areas. The
Forum seeks to amplify the voice of scholars from developing countries,
facilitate mutual inspiration among these scholars, and advance common
development in the aforementioned regions. The first and second editions of the
Forum were successfully held in 2019 and 2021 under the theme of “Innovating
New Approaches to Common Challenges in Asia, Africa and Latin America” and
“Areas of the World and the World in Areas”, respectively, and attracted a
total of 257 outstanding scholars from different regions, with 47 panels held.
A collection of forum proceedings in Chinese and English was published.
The 3rd Tsinghua Area Studies Forum is scheduled on July 3-5, 2023, on the
campus of Tsinghua University, jointly organized by the IIAS and other academic
institutions in China and abroad, with the theme of “Developing Countries in
the Age of Uncertainties – Risks, Resilience and Interdependency”. From the
COVID-19 pandemic to the Russia-Ukraine conflict, the world is entering an age
of ongoing uncertainties. Developing countries bear the brunt of the ensuing
risks, and the recession and disorder brought about by global turmoil have
worsened their already fragile living environment. Compared with the age of
globalization where rapid growth was pursued, the age of uncertainties demands
more sustainable ways of production and life, so as to be more resilient in the
face of risks. At the same time, while a fractured and decoupled world has lost
its original close ties, the resulting uncertainties have brought home to
countries the reality of interdependency, leading to a regional reconnection.
In a word, this year’s Forum wishes to explore the commonalities and
differences of developing countries in the age of uncertainties.
The Forum will cover research topics concerning Sub-Saharan Africa, West
Asia and North Africa, South Asia, Eurasia, Latin America and the Caribbean,
and Southeast Asia, etc., and focus on hot issues, theoretical research and
policy discussions in various areas from the perspective of different
disciplines such as political science, foreign language and literature,
sociology, anthropology, economics, law, history, etc.
The 2023 Forum will be comprised of three sections: a keynote forum,
interdisciplinary panels for each area, and panels for cross-regional topics.
The Forum will invite prestigious area studies scholars at home and abroad to
give keynote speeches. All participants are required to submit written papers
which must be unpublished with the submitter as the primary author, and must
not infringe upon any intellectual property rights or expose any confidential
information. The author takes full responsibility for the views expressed in
his or her submitted paper. After the conclusion of the Forum, papers that are
deemed to have made an outstanding contribution to the field of area studies
will be selected for publication in a book, which is intended to improve the
quality and promote the standardization of research in area studies.
II.
Panel Topics
- Governance
in Africa and Regional Development
- African
Social Resilience and Its Generation in an Age of Uncertainty
- African
Political Development in an Age of Change
- West Asia and North Africa in the Shadow of Major Power
Competition
- State Building Crisis and Governance in West
Asia and North Africa
Location:
Tsinghua University, Beijing, China Time: July 3-5, 2023
Topics for the interdisciplinary and cross-regional panels
are as follows:
Sub-Saharan Africa
1. Governance in Africa and Regional
Development
2. African Social Resilience and Its
Generation in an Age of Uncertainty
3. African Political Development in an Age
of Change
West Asia and North Africa
2. West Asia and North
Africa beyond Nations: Research Unit Recalibration and Reconceptualization
3. West Asia and North
Africa in the Shadow of Major Power Competition
4. State
Building Crisis and Governance in West Asia and North Africa
Eurasia
1.
Social Governance
2.
Multidimensional Conflicts
3.
Political Resilience
Latin America and the Caribbean
1.
The “New” Left Turn and Resource Nationalism in Latin America
2.
The Resilience of the Latin American Left: Theory and Practice
3.
Coping with Inequality: Reforms and Challenges of Social Policy
in Latin
American Countries
4.
State-Business Relations in Latin America
5.
New Features of Latin American Social Movements
6.
Food Security and Food Sovereignty in Latin America
Southeast Asia
1. Southeast Asian Studies as a Sub-discipline of
Area Studies
2. Development and Transition: Path and
Sustainability
3. History and Culture: Change and Legacy in the
Age of Uncertainties
4. Order and Change: Southeast Asia’s Role and
Response
South Asia
1. Development of South Asia in the
Post-Epidemic Era
2. History, Culture, and Social Governance
in South Asian Countries
Cross-Regional Panels
1. Regional Development in South and Southeast Asia:
History and Impacts
2. Global South Asia: Connection and Change
III.
Submission Requirements
The
working languages of the Forum are Chinese and English. Translation between the
two languages will be provided. No registration fee will be charged.
Accommodation and round-trip travel expenses of invited scholars will be
covered by the Organizing Committee. If you are interested, please submit the
following materials:
1.
Email the abstract of your research paper (in Chinese or English, about 300
words), application form (see Annex 2), and full CV to
iias-research@tsinghua.edu.cn. prior to March 1, 2023;
2.
The completed paper (in Chinese or English) must be submitted before May 1,
2023. The paper should meet the norms of academic writing, and should be no
less than 6,000 words in English, or no less than 10,000 in Chinese.
Within
two weeks after receiving the abstract of your paper and application form, the
Organizing Committee will send you a letter of acceptance and a notice on how
to register for the Forum website and submit the full paper.
After
the full paper is received, reviewed and accepted, the Organizing Committee
will send you an official invitation letter before June 1, 2023. Following the
conclusion of the Forum, selected papers of high quality will be collected and
published by well- known publishing houses.
Experts
and scholars at home and abroad engaged in area studies are most welcome to
submit their paper and attend the Forum.
Sub-Saharan Africa
1. Governance in Africa and
Regional Development
Governance and regional development in Africa
have always been a global concern; from public sector administration to
business activities involving all types of enterprises, from the continuous
improvement of the business environment to the effective development of the
regional economy, governance at all levels is closely related to the development
of the region. In the post-epidemic era, the change and adaptability of
governance in the African areas, as well as their ability to adapt to various
types of changes in governance, largely determine the effectiveness and
foresight of their regional development. This panel aims to explore the
mechanisms of interaction between governance and regional development through
the analysis of governance systems at all levels, the integration of different
cases and the use of multidisciplinary perspectives. The panel will cover
topics such as, but not limited to, political-business relations, regional
governance, spatial interventions, the business environment, urban development,
land reform and the park economy in Sub-Saharan Africa.
2. African Social Resilience and
Its Generation in an Age of Uncertainty
For any society, resilience is the core of its
culture; it is not only the result of the joint influence of social structures
and actors, but also a key force in coping with internal and external changes.
Like many other societies, Sub-Saharan Africa is characterized by a complex
social structure and cultural diversity, which profoundly influences the
decisions and actions of individuals, societies, and countries. Despite the
great strides made, African societies are still under the lingering effects of
colonialism and neoliberalism while extensively faced with such external
influences as climate change, public health security, energy crises, and food
security. In the face of these internal, and external factors with combined and
mutual influence, what role will Africa’s social resilience and its generation
process play again? How can different actors show their self-determination? To
answer these questions, this panel will focus on broad, specific or emerging
social issues and the extended academic issues in Sub-Saharan Africa, and gain
insight into the deep logic of Africa’s social development and change by
elaborating on the resilience of African society and its generation process in
the age of uncertainty.
3. African Political Development
in the Age of Change
Change is an eternal topic in the political and
social development of mankind. In recent years, the extraterritorial power
competition and public health crisis sweeping the world have not only changed
the international development environment faced by Sub- Saharan African
countries, but also profoundly affected their political development process. In
a changing world, African countries and societies have shown their unique
resilience in adapting and responding to challenges, while actively embracing
new opportunities that arise. Through an in-depth discussion of the
institutional arrangements, history, discourse and practice of political
development in Africa, this panel hopes to enhance the understanding of
Sub-Saharan Africa’s development in terms of state and nation building,
political parties and their systems, ethnic and identity politics, and
transnational cooperation for international development in the age of change.
West Asia and North Africa
1. West Asia and North Africa
beyond Nations: Research Unit Recalibration and Reconceptualization
For
a long time, the nation-state has been the basic research unit for West Asia
and North Africa studies and even area studies. On the one hand, it provides a
set of universally-recognized research frameworks and delineates clear research
boundaries for researchers in the field. On the other, it imposes invisible
restrictions on academic and theoretical development. The formation of the
nation-state is closely linked to a specific worldview that presupposes the
natural justification of artificially demarcated boundaries, assumes
homogeneity within borders and heterogeneity outside, while masking the
complexity of the real world. The establishment of area studies as a level- 1
discipline provides us with an opportunity to reflect on and reconstruct the
basic research units. This panel encourages participants to discuss the
formation process of historical boundaries of West Asian and North African
countries, sub-national identity and secession movements, the underlying
dynamics of border conflicts, the cross- border flow of people, goods, and
ideas, and the regional influence of supranational organizations and actors,
and propose new research units and conceptual frameworks on this basis.
2. West Asia and North Africa in
the Shadow of Major Power Competition
The West Asia and North Africa
region is a hub connecting East and West and has unique geostrategic
importance. Historically, empires with world influence such as the Alexander
Empire, the Roman Empire, the Persian Empire, the Arab Empire, and the Ottoman
Empire, all competed for control over the region. In modern times, with the
decline of the Ottoman Empire and the Safavid dynasty, Britain, France and Russia
successively established colonies and spheres of influence in West Asia and
North Africa. At the beginning of the 20th century, the infamous Sykes-Picot
Agreement and the partitioning of the Ottoman Empire by British and French
troops after World War I led to the incorporation of most of West Asia and
North Africa into the Anglo-French colonial system. After World War II,
although countries in West Asia and North Africa successively gained
independence amid the tide of national liberation movements, the region still
could not get rid of the influence of foreign powers. The five Middle East wars
involved not only old colonial powers such as Britain and France, but also the
rising superpowers of the United States and the Soviet Union. In the 21st century, the
US consolidated its position in West Asia and North Africa through the Gulf War
and the Iraq War; Britain and France actively intervened after the Arab Spring
to expand their influence in the region; Russia also made a comeback by
intervening in the Syrian civil war. Amid the strategic competition of major
powers, countries in West Asia and North Africa are also seeking changes and
actively explore independent diplomatic strategies and development models. For
example, Turkey maneuvers between the US, Russia and the European Union to
strengthen its influence in regional affairs. Iran, under pressure from the US,
has strengthened strategic cooperation with China and Russia to safeguard its
national security and interests. Gulf countries, which are allies of the US,
have also begun to “look east” and actively diversify their diplomatic
strategies. This panel aims to explore the influence of foreign powers on West
Asia and North Africa in history and reality, and the passive response and
active exploration of West Asian and North African countries amid the game of
major powers.
3. State Building Crisis and
Governance in West Asia and North Africa
At
the beginning of the 20th century, after the political loyalty and solidarity of the
Muslim community (Ummah) based on a common faith failed, the political elites
of the countries of West Asia and North Africa tried to replace the legitimacy
of traditional Islam with the ideological legitimacy of secularization and
nationalization and its social mobilization. In the process of modern state
building, countries in West Asia and North Africa experienced to varying
degrees value and policy swings. As a result, traditional social ties such as
ethnic groups, religion, family clans, and region still have a strong impact on
national political operation and social life. The fundamental reason for this
phenomenon lies in the marginalization of West Asia and North Africa in global
political and economic system, which has always trapped the region in the
contradiction between foreign modernity and local tradition in its process of
state building. When this contradiction becomes too intense to reconcile, the
state-building crisis would occur and repeat itself. But countries in West Asia
and North Africa are not passively adapting
Eurasia
1. Social Governance
History and tradition are the rich heritage of
Eurasian countries, and also important links that transcend and connect the
boundaries of time and space. The social governance methods selected by
Eurasian countries according to the characteristics of the times and their
development needs clearly embody their unique pursuit of a balance between
tradition and modernity.
2. Multidimensional Conflicts
Geography gives Eurasia its distinctive
characteristics, and brought different influences and interpretations to the
countries in the region in many historical stages. At present, Eurasian
countries are facing a complex situation on the road of development, with
intertwined conflicting factors, and it is urgent for them to identify and
clarify multidimensional issues and positions.
3. Political Resilience
Eurasian countries have entered a new cycle of
development, and many of them are faced with more prominent new problems and
challenges in the political field. Their real-life solutions to finding a
suitable path for safeguarding tradition and reforming governance at the same
time are an important topic worth studying.
Latin America and the
Caribbean
1. The “New” Left Turn and
Resource Nationalism in Latin America
Latin
America is a region rich in natural resources. Under the global trend of green
development, expanding renewable energy and accelerating energy transition has
become the priority of the post-covid economic recovery. Resource nationalism
may affect domestic policy debates and decision-making, implicating potential
dynamics in the development model. This panel attempts to discuss the past and
current situation of resource nationalism and its implication for related
development policies in the region. It welcomes both theoretical research and
empirical evidence with a country-specific focus.
2. The Resilience of the Latin
American Left: Theory and Practice
The
Latin American left has a long history and considerable resilience, and is
diverse in theory and practice. With its recent resurgence, an understanding of
the roots, manifestations and development paths of its resilience can help us
better grasp the pattern of evolving political ecosystem in Latin America.
3. Coping with Inequality:
Reforms and Challenges of Social Policy in Latin American Countries
The
problem of income inequality is a challenge facing many developing countries,
and social policy is an important tool for the public sector to alleviate
social inequality. Since the 1980s, Latin America has been an important pilot
area for social policy innovation. In this panel, participants may evaluate the
drivers, outcomes and effects of policy changes in Latin American countries covering
such social policy areas as pension, health care, education and family support,
and discuss how to promote the new round of reform given the macro environment
of economic austerity and political uncertainty in the post-covid world.
4. State-Business Relations in
Latin America
State-business
relations are an important perspective for understanding the economic
development models and policy choices of many developing countries. While
participating in economic globalization, Latin American countries have seen
drastic changes to their state-business relations. This panel may cover
research on the Latin American state-business relations in history,
cross-country comparisons, and specific cases in specific industries.
5. New Features of Latin American
Social Movements
Social
movements in Latin America have taken on a variety of new characteristics in
recent years: they have attracted more heterogeneous groups, employed new
organizational methods, and set more diverse goals and purposes. This new trend
of social movements in Latin American countries have reference value for the
world’s social movements and political changes.
6. Food Security and Food
Sovereignty in Latin America
Food
security is an important aspect of national security. As revealed by shocks
such as the COVID-19 pandemic and the Russia-Ukraine conflict, the
vulnerability of developing countries in agriculture can’t be ignored. Although
Latin America is rich in agricultural products and exports are booming, there
are still structural imbalances, which are reflected within countries,
categories and classes. This panel aims to focus on the food security
governance tactics adopted by actors of different levels in these countries and
the dilemmas they face from the perspective of domestic food security
governance, and analyze the particularities and complexities of defending
national food security and achieving food autonomy in these countries from the
perspectives of history, culture, ecology, politics and economy.
Southeast Asia
1. Southeast Asian Studies as a
Sub-discipline of Area Studies
In
September 2022, the Academic Degrees Committee of the State Council and the
Ministry of Education of China jointly issued The Catalog of Postgraduate
Programs (2022), that listed “Area Studies” as a first-level discipline
under the category of interdisciplinary studies. As an emerging
interdisciplinary discipline, Area Studies undertakes the important task of
promoting the construction of China’s independent knowledge system of area
studies, and provides important support for the construction of China’s area
studies discipline system, academic system and discourse system. Meanwhile, it
shoulders the mission of strengthening interdisciplinary research and
interdisciplinary integration and innovation.
In
the past three decades, China’s Southeast Asian Studies has undergone three
major stages of transformation: 1) increase of visibility and popularity; 2)
diversification of disciplines and research methods; and 3) expansion in
breadth and depth of research. The teaching and learning of Southeast Asian
Studies have also been institutionalized. Nevertheless, controversies still
remain on how to develop the disciplines, set up degree programs, increase the
output of teaching and research results, and then realize China’s independent
knowledge production with Southeast Asian Studies under the first-level
discipline of Area Studies. In view of this, this panel intends to invite
scholars for a discussion on ‘Southeast Asian Studies as a Discipline’,
especially its development under the discipline of Area Studies. This panel
also dedicates to a discussion on the core of Southeast Asian Area Studies,
internal paradigm, basic theory group, research content and boundary,
methodological norms and characteristics from the ontological, epistemological
and methodological perspectives, as well as the formation of discipline
awareness, the development direction of the discipline, its academic evaluation
standards, and student training models.
This
panel aims to build an academic exchange platform where participants can
explore the theory and practice of area studies with Chinese characteristics in
the context of changes unseen in the past century, tap the potential of
Southeast Asian studies as a discipline, realize its mutual learning and
integration with traditional disciplines, achieve innovation in theories and
the knowledge system, and lay the foundation for building Southeast Asian
Studies as a discipline.
2. Development and Transition:
Path and Sustainability
There
has been a lot of discussion about the concept of development around the world.
According to Amartya Sen’s theory of development as freedom, development is the
process of expanding the freedoms that people can exercise. People’s
understanding of development has expanded from economic development to more
comprehensive and sound development. Among all the complex concepts and
practice paths of development, how to view the choice of development paths made
by different countries in Southeast Asia? How do we assess the relations
between state and society in Southeast Asia’s transition and development? How
to view the social inequalities arising from development and transformation?
Are there any common problems faced by developing countries in Southeast Asia
in the process of development? How can they realize the vision of sustainable
development? This panel will try to answer these questions.
3. History and Culture: Change
and Legacy in the Age of Uncertainties
In the age of uncertainties where disruption and innovation
are often beyond people’s
experiences,
how should we examine and understand the meaning of history and culture?
What
is our response to the context of the time in historiographies and deep
description of cultures? How should the historical writings and cultural
practices left by predecessors be continued or criticized in this era? In the
age of risks and anxieties, innovation and hope, this panel invites
participants to discuss and explore the possibilities dealing with the
confusion of our time, reflecting on the legacies and responding to an
innovative future, with the answers and responses rooted in the context of the
diversity, in the rich historical subjects and diversified historical
narratives, in the mixed cultural contexts and vivid cultural practices of
Southeast Asia.
4. Order and Change: Southeast
Asia’s Role and Response
Today’s
world is witnessing changes in the international and regional order. As the
great power competition continues, regional security is threatened by such
factors as armed conflicts and public health crises, and countries are also
experiencing changes and shocks at home. In this changing world, Southeast
Asian countries should rise up to the new geopolitical challenges, find their
new positions in the ever-changing international order, and participate in the
shaping of the world order and regional order. Moreover, they should also deal
with the impact of various ideological trends and external changes on domestic
politics, economy, society and people’s livelihood, and navigate their own
development in the ever-changing world. In this context, this panel will
discuss the relationship between Southeast Asia and the current world order and
changes, and observe how governments and people in Southeast Asia respond to
challenges in the changing world order.
South Asia
1.
Development of South Asia in the Post-Epidemic Era
Since
the global spread of the epidemic from the year of 2020, South Asia has been
severely impacted by the high population density of a quarter of the world's
population and faces many challenges to its social development. The epidemic
has profoundly changed the development of South Asia, with Sri Lanka,
Bangladesh, Nepal, India, and Pakistan all experiencing economic and social
problems in varying degrees. with respect to the momentum of political
radicalization, the region is at risk of a new round of political unrest. In
2023, South Asia has entered the post-epidemic era, and South Asian countries
are facing many development opportunities. This panel will analyze the
development of South Asia from the perspectives of economics, politics,
sociology, history and literature.
2. History, Culture, and Social
Governance in South Asian Countries
One
of the common features of South Asian countries is that they all have diverse
societies and cultures, which have shaped different social forms and vibrant
societies. South Asian countries are rich in literature, history, religion, and
ethnicity, which have been influential in social development. Based on the
profound history, social governance in South Asia also faces many practical
problems. Social governance encompasses a wide range of actors, including
governments, social organizations, business groups, and individuals, who
jointly participate in important social affairs and work together to maximize
the public interest. Topics such as cross-boundary water management, climate,
forests, religious temples, basic education, and the status of women all have
some historical and cultural influences and social forces involved. This panel
attempts to discuss the historical and cultural factors of South Asian
countries and the important issues of social governance within the countries,
and based on that, to explore regional historical and cultural issues and
transnational social issues.
Cross-Regional Panels
1. Regional Development in South and
Southeast Asia: History and Impacts
South
Asia and Southeast Asia have historically close ties. The two regions have had close
contact and interaction in culture, language, politics, religion, and
architecture, and the Southeast Asian region has been deeply influenced by the
culture of South Asia. In the contemporary world, both South Asia and Southeast
Asia are experiencing high economic growth and are simultaneously facing
political, economic, and social issues such as post-colonial modernization,
globalization, and nationalism. This panel will focus on the long history of
interaction between these two regions and the impact of this interaction on
both regions at various periods of history, as well as how South Asia and
Southeast Asia respond to the common regional development issues they face
contemporarily, in order to explore the commonalities between the South and Southeast
Asia regions.
2. Global South Asia: Connection and
Change
For complex historical reasons, a significant
number of people from South Asia migrated to Africa, West Asia, Oceania and
other regions since the 19th century. They gradually integrated into these
regions and formed a large and stable diaspora, which has greatly enriched
local cultural pluralism while participating deeply in local economic and
political development as well. In the age of the many uncertainties that the
world is facing today, these South Asians abroad maintain ties and bonds with
their countries of origin in terms of historical memory, cultural identity,
emotional closeness and economic aspirations, while at the same time they have
also developed different worldviews and behavioral patterns in their new living
environment. Against this backdrop, the theme of this panel aims to explore the
complex changes and existences of the concept ‘South Asia’ outside its original
borders, both in terms of the survival and development of overseas South
Asians, and the relationship between South Asia, a complexus of geographical,
geopolitical and cultural concepts, and its political, economic, socio-cultural
interactions with countries and societies outside its borders.
3. Developing
Countries in the Context of the Russia-Ukraine Conflict
After
the outbreak of the Russia-Ukraine conflict, Ukraine has become the front line
and main battlefield of confrontation between Russia and the Western camp
represented by the United States and the European Union. As the conflict
continues, its consequences and effects have quickly spilled over, and the
refugee crisis and the energy crunch first swept across Europe. The
Russia-Ukraine conflict has also affected developing countries in Eurasia, West
Asia and North Africa, South Asia, Sub-Saharan Africa, Latin America and the
Caribbean to varying degrees. In Eurasia, after Russia announced the partial
mobilization order, some Russians began to flock to neighboring countries to
avoid military service, and Kazakhstan became a popular destination. In West
Asia and North Africa, oil-exporting countries such as Saudi Arabia and the
United Arab Emirates are inevitably involved in the “oil and gas war” between
the United States and Russia. In South Asia, both the United States and Russia
want to woo India over to their side. In Sub-Saharan Africa, countries have
suffered greatly from soaring fuel and food prices caused by Western sanctions
against Russia. In Latin America and the Caribbean, some countries are under pressure
to “pick their side” either with the US or Russia, and meanwhile have become
the first victims of price hike of energy, food and other commodities. This
panel aims to explore the impact of the Russia-Ukraine conflict on developing
countries and their response.
4.
The Impact on Developing Countries of the Changing Global Economic Order
The
panel focuses on the impact, both positive and negative, which the changing
economic order is having on the peoples of the Global South. Some papers are
expected to focus on the content and nature of the changing economic order,
while others will look at the effects of these policies. These effects may
include changes in the dynamics of the economies (in the pattern of
state-business relations, development strategies pursued, labour organization
and labour relations, etc), but the main emphasis will be on changes in the
social conditions, well-being, and political dynamics confronting and
experienced by the population. Attention is expected to be given to changing
patterns of inequality, seen through the prisms of changes in the global
distribution of wealth between different regions of the world, and the changing
distribution of wealth within countries.
5.
Conflict and Conflict Resolution in the Developing Countries
The
panel takes a broad perspective on conflict. This perspective includes
intra-societal conflict (such as conflicts based on ethnic, religious, class,
race, rural-urban and pastoralist-farmer divisions); intra-state civil conflict
(such as domestic insurgency, resource-based political struggles, and system-
and personality-based political conflicts); and regional and international
conflict. Particular attention will be given to the social and economic factors
shaping conflict at all levels, and to the techniques and potential for
conflict resolution in each case. The effectiveness of existing structures for
conflict resolution will be assessed, and the scope for developing new
institutions for conflict resolution will be given consideration.
6.
The Dilemmas and Challenges for the Developing Countries in Confronting Climate
Change
Intensifying
global warming has made climate change an important public issue in today’s
world. To address the negative effects of climate change, major countries
including China and regional organizations have proposed their own carbon
neutrality plan to accelerate the energy transition. Developing countries, as
they are more vulnerable in terms of capital, technology and state governance
capacity, face a more serious challenge imposed by the cumulative effects of
climate change. This panel encourages participants to discuss the impact of
climate change and energy transition on developing countries, plans and
measures of developing countries to cope with climate change and energy
transition, and the game between developed and developing countries toward the
goal of carbon
neutrality.
