Comparative Analysis of Domestic Climate Policies Between China and the United States

Abstract

Climate change is one of the most complex issues in the current human society and almost all countries in the world are facing various degrees of climate challenges. Each country is implementing climate policies according to its own special national conditions, but there are also similarities in the ways different countries deal with climate change. Therefore, the research theme of this article is the comparison of domestic climate policies between China and the United States (US), which are the two major “contributors” to global climate change. Whether these two countries can effectively manage the environmental crisis is the key to the progress of global climate mitigation. Through listing and comparing the domestic climate policies of two countries, this article finds that China and the US have something in common in the areas and limitations of their climate policies, but the processes of policy implementations of the two countries are different from each other.