China, Danube Region and Republic of Serbia in the Light of Contemporary Environmental Challenges

Todić, Dragoljub and Jelisavac Trošić, Sanja (2016) China, Danube Region and Republic of Serbia in the Light of Contemporary Environmental Challenges. In: Thematical Proceeding from the International Scientific Conference: Danube in the Function of the New Silk Road, Belgrade, June 17, 2016. Institute of International Politics and Economics, Belgrade, pp. 535-560. ISBN 978-86-7067-234-5

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Abstract

The paper aims to review the basic similarities and differences between the Chinese environmental policy and policies of the countries in the Danube region. Contemporary environmental challenges of global character represent the general context of the debate. The Chinese response to contemporary environmental challenges is analyzed in the second part of the paper through review of the development and the basic characteristics of politics and law in China. The third part of the paper highlights some of the factors that determine the environmental situation and the strategic objectives of the Danube region countries in the context of the EU objectives. The paper also points to some specifics of importance for the Republic of Serbia as the Danube country in the process of the EU integration. In order to examine the similarities and differences between the national environmental policy of China and policies of the Danube region, the authors point to the several criteria such as a level of economic development and membership in international treaties of the global character. The indicators of importance for climate change (the difference in the level of economic development and CO2 emissions, the vulnerability of the state and the production of nuclear energy) are underlined. The authors discuss the view that the similarities and differences between Chinese and the Danube region states environmental policies should be researched primarily through the prism of the similarities and differences between Chinese and the EU policy, due to the fact the all countries in the Danube region are either member of the EU or in the process of the EU integration. However, because of the huge differences within the Danube region countries, the specifics of each country of the Danube region individually should be included in a detailed analysis. These similarities and differences represent the factors that determine the conditions for the establishment of cooperation between China and the Danube region.

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