本期論文英文摘要

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Critical Climate Education： Studying Climate Justice in Time and Space

☉Hanne Svarstad， trans.， Liu Kui & Chen Pingping

As the climate crisis has become a current concern， children and youth should be offered education about climate mitigation choices. Drawing on critical pedagogy， political ecology， and environmental justice， I here suggest the elaboration of a critical climate education that would provide citizens with knowledge and skills to respond to the climate crisis with responsible action. I argue that students need to learn to critically examine options in their own countries for reducing greenhouse emissions and to discuss whether or not each of these measures may contribute to climate justice in time and space. A critical climate education should also offer insight into reasons why some climate mitigation alternatives have been embraced instead of options that could provide more climate justice in time and space. The need for a critical climate education is illustrated with a case study about climate mitigation choices that have been made in Norway without concern for climate justice.

Conceptual Analysis and Philosophical Reflection on Ecological Civilization☉Zhang Wen

The term “ecological civilization” has double connotations. Ecological civilization A refers to the environmental protection of industrial civilization， and ecological civilization B refers to a new civilization after industrial civilization. There is a misunderstanding in the current academic circles that confuses the two. As a result， although ecological civilization B is set as a brand new civilization， the interpretation of ecological civilization B is still based on environmental protection. The true connotation of ecological civilization B is to replace the object-based relationship between people and the world with the co-existence relationship between them， and then on the whole solve the problem of subject-object opposition formed by industrial civilization， thereby constructing a completely new form of human civilization. The Chinese-style path to modernization is a holistic transcendence of industrial civilization and a communal civilization built on the foundation of co-existence thinking. It is highly aligned with ecological civilization B.

Practice and Reflection on Green Finance Promoting the Construction of Ecological Civilization in Jiangxi Province in the New Era☉Zhang Liren & Jiang Rong

As an important supportive force for promoting ecological civilization， green finance is of great significance in driving green， low-carbon， and circular economic and social development. In recent years， Jiangxi Province has given full play to its ground-breaking and pioneering roles in reforms and made achievements in different stages. Jiangxi Province has vigorously promoted reforms and innovations in green finance by focusing on the construction of the green finance reform experimental zone in the Ganjiang New District， enhancing institutional mechanisms and supporting carbon peak and carbon neutrality goals， as well as the realization of ecological product values. The proposal of carbon peak and carbon neutrality goals has given rise to substantial financing demands for the real economy and green investment， bringing considerable opportunities for the development of green finance in Jiangxi Province， but many difficulties and challenges as well. Therefore， it is necessary to further optimize the development mechanisms of green finance with transformative finance and sustainable finance as effective complements. Moreover， innovative green financial products and services should be developed to provide support for the development of key sectors and put the principles of green development into practice. All this will offer more powerful support for the construction of the National Ecological Civilization Pilot Zone in Jiangxi Province and the making of a “Jiangxi model” for building a beautiful China.

Study on Evolution of Development Models from the Perspective of Environmental Governance： Based on a Comparation of the Gengche Model and Its Associated Patterns☉Chen Ajiang

The Gengche Model was one of the development models of modernization with Chinese characteristics in the 1980s. Due to the intertwined nature of the environment and industry， subsequent environmental governance became an important influencing variable in its development. A comparative study of Gengche Town and its associated Guangwu Town and Shaji Town has been conducted based on on-site investigations and literature reviews. It is found that through environmental governance Gengche Town prohibited highly similar waste plastic recycling and processing industry which emerged at the early stage and replaced it with the furniture e-commerce industry. Guangwu Town， in contrast， took relatively moderate measures for environmental governance and developed towards plastic deep processing. Gengche Town implemented rigorous environmental remediation in the furniture e-commerce industry after its prohibition of waste plastic industry， while Shaji Town， located on the fringe of administrative regions， did not take radical rectification actions. The comparative analysis suggests that environmental governance to a certain degree influences local economic growth， but the inherent determinants of economic development still play dominant roles.

Common Sense， Knowledge and Science： An Interview with Professor Chen Ajiang on Research Methods in Environmental Sociology☉Chen Ajiang & Wang Jing

Since the beginning of the 21st century， environmental sociology in China has been rapidly developing. Professor Chen Ajiang from the Department of Sociology at Hohai University is one of the forerunners and representative scholars in this field. He has long been dedicated to various topics on environmental sociology， such as industrial pollution， non-point source pollution， environmental health， waste management， climate change， green development， etc.， with fruitful research achievements. Professor Chen Ajiang not only equips himself with profound and rich academic theories， but also employs unique research methods with his own insights. Commissioned by Poyang Lake Journal， Associate Professor Wang Jing， the director of the Department of Sociology at Guizhou University， invited Professor Chen Ajiang for an interview on his research methods in environmental sociology. Professor Chen Ajiang talked about how to apply scientific knowledge in environmental sociology research， how to deal with local knowledge， how to learn， select and create suitable research methods for specific environmental issues and special social contexts， and how to utilize comprehensive comparative methods to seek truth from facts in research. In general， he stressed that in environmental sociology research， it is of great importance to acquire real knowledge from reality ， delve deep into Chinese society， and adhere to the principle of accurately presenting scientific and social facts to the greatest extent possible. He also thought it necessary to cast off methodological dogmatism and scholasticism in textual presentation， formulate research methods with Chinese characteristics and disciplinary attributes， promote the development of environmental sociology as a discipline， and eventually gain research results that meet Chinas reality and social needs.

From Reflection to Construction： The Logical Turn in Chen Ajiangs Environmental Governance Research☉Feng Yan & Wu Jinfang

Environmental governance is a systematic project， and how to reconcile the contradiction between economic development and environmental protection is a universal dilemma encountered by modern society in terms of environmental governance. Chen Ajiang profoundly reflects on the current “campaign-style” paradigm， technicism paradigm， and localism paradigm in Chinas environmental governance. By critically integrating Western environmental governance thoughts and examining and absorbing traditional Chinese environmental governance wisdom， he has constructed the concept of “good governance”. The concept of “harmony between man and water” and the concept of “ecological awareness” are the best interpretations of the concept of good governance. At the same time， he explores valuable experiences of modern social environmental governance， forming the practical types of “good governance”， that is， co-governance （with governance）， comprehensive governance and no governance. He emphasizes the adaptability of environmental governance to local communities， proposing a governance mode that can achieve the win-win effect of economic development and environmental protection. Chen Ajiangs research contributes Chinese wisdom to global environmental governance.

The Social and Cultural Roots of Chinas Environmental Problems： Chen Ajiangs Sociological Interpretation of Chinas Environmental Issues☉Tang Guojian & Zhou Yi

The explanation of social causes for environmental issues should center on the “social nature of environmental problems”. Different from social transition theories and political economic integration theories that directly determine the“social nature” as social transition， industrial technology， and institutional policies， researchers of social cultural theories represented by Chen Ajiang take interested parties as analytical tools to expound the driving logic of social actors from different levels of social cultural elements， and establish a social cultural interpretation framework composed of microscopic social action theory， mesoscopic structure-mechanism theory， and macroscopic social history theory. The impact evaluation of this interpretation framework shows that this theoretical model has a strong universality across diverse fields of Chinas environmental problems. It is an important theoretical paradigm to understand the causes of contemporary environmental crisis in China， and also an important achievement in building a localized discourse system of environmental sociology in China.

A Review of Chen Ajiangs Environmental Health Research☉Zhang Guanli

Environmental Health Research focuses on the relationship between environmental factors and human health and its theme has distinct spatiotemporal characteristic. The issue of environmental health is an important branch of Chen Ajiangs environmental sociology research which is focused on the water pollution. He and his team have always kept thinking on the nature of the causal linkage between the environment and health. Chen Ajiangs environmental health research centers around the relationship between environmental factors and human health， explores the source， manifestations and social effects of problems through both scientific and social paths， and proposes an analytical framework. His environmental health research has been conducted in two main ways： one is based on scientific facts and faced with the scientific uncertainty of environmental health issues; the other is based on social facts， capturing the social construction logic of environmental health issues. Chen Ajiangs environmental health research holds practical significance in that it provides a theoretical basis and empirical support for formulating regional development policies that balance economic and environmental factors.

What is Georgics Relation to Pastoral？☉Terry Gifford， trans.， Xie Chao

“The Georgics and the georgic continue to be frequently overlooked”， writes Laura Sayre， even by ecocritics who have， from the beginning， been refining their interest in the pastoral tradition. Ironically， it is eighteenth century georgic scholars， like David Fairer and Juan Christian Pellicer， who have been exploring the relationship between the georgic and the pastoral. Their work， which argues for an overlap as well as a distinction， is critically considered in this essay. Clearly there is a need for a new framing of the pastoral-georgic tradition that recognises texts that complicate any simple polarisation of idealisation and responsibility， the aesthetic and the practical， repose and labour， otium and negotium. Here Gifford argues that some forms of overlap in georgic and pastoral can produce post-pastoral insights that go beyond the limitations of each mode. This idea is tested out by comparing George Monbiots Feral and Isabella Trees Wilding for their pastoral and georgic elements. The conclusion is that if georgic can be adopted as a reading strategy， as this essay suggests， it is possible to observe the continuing tradition of georgic writing right up to the present day， as Giffords final examples demonstrate.

A Review of Overseas Research on the Environmental History of Northeast China

☉Zhang Shiyao

The strategic location and resource endowment of Northeast China have made it the subject of international attention. Since modern times， a large number of overseas explorers， politicians， military officials， and scholars have been highly concerned about this region， leaving behind a wealth of early materials such as geographical travelogues， research reports， and scientific studies， which have become one of the? cornerstones of overseas environmental history research. Since the beginning of the 21st century， overseas scholars have explored the environmental history of Northeast China from such perspectives as forests and forestry， ecological anthropology， land and agriculture， and so on and have published many research findings. Although overseas scholars have made considerable achievements in research perspectives and theoretical construction， there are also challenges such as new fields in need of exploration， colonial discourse， etc. For the domestic academia， it will be of great necessity and significance to systematically translate and actively promote the early materials and research results of overseas Northeast environmental history， open up new perspectives， and construct new theories for establishing a Northeast environmental history research system with Chinese characteristics.

On the Environmental Protection Effect of Green Taxation☉Liu Zhongjun & Guo Yongyuan

On the basis of redefining the concept and connotation of green taxation， this paper empirically tests the impact of green taxation on pollution reduction， energy conservation， and consumption reduction by selecting relevant panel data of 30 provinces from 2001 to 2019 and using the method of system generalized moment estimation. The results indicate that green taxation has a significant impact on pollution reduction， but its effect on energy conservation and consumption reduction needs to be improved. Policies are proposed in the paper to promote green taxation for pollution reduction and energy conservation from specific aspects such as optimizing pollutant measurement and tax collection methods， expanding the scope of taxation， improving dedicated tax and fund adjustment mechanisms， and implementing carbon taxes， etc.

責(zé)任編輯：王俊暐