Climate Change Policies of Canada and China

Abstract

The climate issue has become one of the topics of common concern today. Therefore, climate change policies have become increasingly crucial in domestic economic development and participation in international affairs. However, throughout the development of climate governance, there are similarities and differences in the formulation of climate policies between east and west countries. This paper chooses Canada as the representative of the western countries and China as the representative of the eastern countries to make a comparative analysis of the two countries’ climate governance process, the domestic climate actions, and the participation in International Climate Governance in recent years and uses the realism theory to explain. This paper finds that due to the differences in economic development and political systems in the history of Canada and China, the climate policies of the two countries develop differently. However, today, when the climate issue is becoming more urgent, the two countries face the common pressure brought by the climate issue and the common interests in solving the climate issue. Their climate change policies are highly similar.