Euro-China GE: Dynamics of Green Growth in European and Chinese Cities

拟议研究项目的目标是为欧盟和中国城市绿色增长战略的范围、路径和潜在限制提供强有力的证据，并吸取经验教训，促进学习，以促进欧盟和中国城市向低碳发展过渡。欧盟和中国不同城市的绿色增长将有不同的重点。在欧洲城市推动绿色增长通常会对现有基础设施进行“改造”。反过来，推动中国城市的绿色增长往往与新基础设施或未来基础设施的“未来契合度”有关。我们将通过解决一些相互关联的挑战来处理这些问题。挑战1：在不同背景和不同发展阶段的城市中，经济-能源-环境（E3）关系的动态是什么？WP2为欧盟和中国城市构建绿色增长清单，衡量欧洲和中国城市绿色增长的技术、经济、社会和政治指标。挑战2：在不同背景和不同发展阶段的城市中，推动E3关系变化的因素是什么？WP3使用建模方法来探索和比较欧盟和中国城市随时间的发展趋势和排放变化的驱动因素。挑战3：在不同背景和不同发展阶段的城市中，通过改变E3关系来促进绿色增长的机遇和限制是什么？WP4将开发各种分析工具，以帮助了解不同城市绿色增长的范围和潜在限制，从而得出成功因素和障碍。挑战4：在不同背景和不同发展阶段的城市中，哪些干预措施可以通过解耦E3关系来促进绿色增长？WP5利用政治能力和机会支持地方层面的绿色增长，并评估从欧洲到中国的良好实用绿色增长政策和技术的可转移性。此外，该研究计划将在研究生命周期的各个阶段与来自不同层面（国际、国家、区域、地方）和部门（公共、私人和公民）的主要利益相关者进行接触，以加强项目成果。

GOAL of the proposed research programme is to develop robust evidence on the scope for, the routes to and the potential limits of green growth strategies in both EU and Chinese cities, and to draw lessons and promote learning to facilitate a transition towards low carbon development in EU and Chinese cities.Green growth in different cities in the EU and China would have distinctive focus. Promoting green growth in European cities often creates a 'retrofit' challenge of existing infrastructures. In turn, promoting green growth in Chinese cities is frequently about 'future fit' of new or future infrastructures.We will engage with these issues by addressing a number of inter-related challenges.Challenge 1: What are the dynamics of economy-energy-environment (E3) relations in cities in diverse contexts and at different stages of development? WP2 constructs green growth inventories for EU and Chinese cities to measure technical, economic, social and political indicators for green growth in European and Chinese cities. Challenge 2: What factors are driving changes in E3 relations in cities in diverse contexts and at different stages of development? WP3 uses modelling approaches to explore and compare development trends and drivers of emission changes in EU and Chinese cities over time.Challenge 3: What are the opportunities and limits to promote green growth by changing E3 relations in cities in diverse contexts and at different stages of development? WP4 will develop various analytical tools for assisting understanding of the scope for, and the potential limits of, green growth in different cities in order to derive success factors and barriers. Challenge 4: What interventions can promote green growth by decoupling E3 relations in cities in diverse contexts and at different stages of development? WP5 exploits political capacities and opportunities to support green growth at the local level and assesses the transferability of good practical green growth policy and technology from Europe to China.In addition, this research programme will engage with key stakeholders from different levels (international, national, regional, local) and sectors (public, private and civic) at all stages in the life-cycle of the research in order to strengthen the project outcomes.