Hidden Dimensions of Injustice in the Green Transition of China’s Coal Mining Industry

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Autor(a) principal: Zhang, Guanli
Data de Publicação: 2024
Outros Autores: Zhang, Bingyi
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
Texto Completo: https://doi.org/10.17645/si.7588
Resumo: The social impact of China’s policy of phasing out excess coal production since the 2010s is examined through the lens of “just transition.” Qualitative fieldwork undertaken in Liupanshui, Guizhou province, focussed on seven mines, among which three were decommissioned. Against the backdrop of top‐down policy imperatives aimed at rapidly reducing coal production capacity, more powerful stakeholders took action to safeguard their own perceived interests, thereby transferring the costs of transition to the least powerful actors while exacerbating existing injustices. At the same time, Confucian traditions and modern civic education in China—which prioritise endurance and compliance—limited individual voice and agency. By adopting just transition as a policy tool, China could avoid errors made by countries that transitioned earlier.
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title Hidden Dimensions of Injustice in the Green Transition of China’s Coal Mining Industry
spellingShingle Hidden Dimensions of Injustice in the Green Transition of China’s Coal Mining Industry
Zhang, Guanli
China; coal mining industry; green transition; just transition; social injustice
title_short Hidden Dimensions of Injustice in the Green Transition of China’s Coal Mining Industry
title_full Hidden Dimensions of Injustice in the Green Transition of China’s Coal Mining Industry
title_fullStr Hidden Dimensions of Injustice in the Green Transition of China’s Coal Mining Industry
title_full_unstemmed Hidden Dimensions of Injustice in the Green Transition of China’s Coal Mining Industry
title_sort Hidden Dimensions of Injustice in the Green Transition of China’s Coal Mining Industry
author Zhang, Guanli
author_facet Zhang, Guanli
Zhang, Bingyi
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Zhang, Bingyi
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv China; coal mining industry; green transition; just transition; social injustice
topic China; coal mining industry; green transition; just transition; social injustice
description The social impact of China’s policy of phasing out excess coal production since the 2010s is examined through the lens of “just transition.” Qualitative fieldwork undertaken in Liupanshui, Guizhou province, focussed on seven mines, among which three were decommissioned. Against the backdrop of top‐down policy imperatives aimed at rapidly reducing coal production capacity, more powerful stakeholders took action to safeguard their own perceived interests, thereby transferring the costs of transition to the least powerful actors while exacerbating existing injustices. At the same time, Confucian traditions and modern civic education in China—which prioritise endurance and compliance—limited individual voice and agency. By adopting just transition as a policy tool, China could avoid errors made by countries that transitioned earlier.
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