Climate policy innovation in the South – Domestic and international determinants of renewable energy policies in developing and emerging countries

This article attempts to disentangle the determinants of the adoption of renewable energy support policies in developing and emerging countries. By analyzing policies already implemented in industrialized countries, we focus on the diffusion but not the invention of climate-relevant policies. We look at four different types of policies (renewable energy targets, feed-in tariffs, other financial incentives and framework policies) and consider both domestic factors and international diffusion mechanisms utilizing a discrete-time events history model with a logit link on a self-compiled dataset of grid-based electricity policy adoption in 112 developing and emerging countries from 1998 to 2009. In general, we find stronger support for the domestic determinants of policy adoption, but also substantial influence of international factors. Countries with a larger population and more wealth have a higher probability of adopting renewable energy policies. Only in some specific cases do natural endowments for producing renewable energy encourage governments to adopt policies, and hydro power resources even correlate negatively with the adoption of targets. Among the international determinants, emulation from colonial peers and membership within the EU seem to facilitate policy adoption. International climate finance is less relevant, as the Global Environmental Facility and the Clean Development Mechanism may only increase the adoption of frameworks and targets, but they have no influence on tariffs and incentives.     

中国资源外交的地缘政治分析

资源外交寓于国际地缘政治的长期博弈之中。地缘政治是一国对外交往所要考虑的重要因素之一。本文立足于内线周边和外线外围的地缘关系分析,总结了中国资源外交地缘政治的总体态势和潜在风险,并试图提出我国资源外交的基本思路。在全球地缘政治格局中,中国的资源外交包括内线地带和外线地带两个层次：内线由接壤的邻国以及接近的近邻组成,是中国资源外交的战略依托地带;外线由涵盖美洲、欧洲、非洲和澳洲大陆的资源生产大国和消费大国组成,是中国资源外交的战略腾挪空间。在这两个层次上,我国的地缘风险主要来自其他大国的地缘战略遏制、“走出去”战略的地缘选择权旁落、资源通道和贸易路线受制于人。要突破这些地缘限制与束缚,我国的资源外交需统筹国内、国际两个大局,分清内线、外线战略方向的轻重缓急,以周边关系为首要、以大国关系为关键、以发展中国家关系为基础,积极拓展对外友好关系的发展空间,有序扩展资源合作领域,坚定维护国家资源权益。     

蓝田膨润土的发现及其物化性能研究

蓝田膨润土系笔者首次发现,本文初步研究了该膨润土的成分、属性、物化性能及其地质特征等。经研究认为,蓝田膨润土属钙镁基土,是比较少见的类型;除含大量蒙脱石外,还含一定数量的有益组分——凹凸棒石和高岭石;物化性能尚好;沉积成因,具有一定的规模和应用价值,建议应进一步进行普查找矿和应用开发研究。     

关中盆地潜水化学特征及其变化趋势

本文在阐明关中盆地环境水文地质条件的基础上,论述了关中盆地潜水化学特征及其成因,并着重对盆地潜水化学变化的几个主要问题,诸如常规组份的升高及水化学类型的改变、潜水硬度的升高、硝酸盐的富集及微量重金属元素的污染等进行了分析。讨论了上述问题的因果及今后工作意见。     

安徽省淮北平原地下水环境与工作方向

安徽省淮北平原位于该省北部,平原西部阜阳市地面沉降中心最大沉降量1501mm,采水型地面沉降进一步扩大,推测平原西部地区已发生大范围的地面沉降.淮北平原区饮水型高氟地方病广布,地氟病区占全区总面积的40%.其中轻病村17942个,占病村总数79.5%;中度病村4529个,占20.0%;重病村148个,占病村总数0.65%.病区乡人口总数1344.4万人,占淮北平原总人口的66%.区域地下水水位持续下降,地下水质量不断劣化.本文通过对以上主要水环境问题的论述,提出了平原区今后工作方向的建议.     

国外钻井工具与仪器新进展及国内发展建议

页岩气、致密油气、深井超深井油气和深水油气的勘探开发对钻井工具与仪器提出了更高要求。本文介绍了国外钻井工具与仪器的新进展,钻井工具包括高效破岩钻头（Aegis铠装合金钻头、Crush＆Shear?混合式钻头、智能自适应钻头、StrataBlade*凹面金刚石元件钻头和HyperBlade*双曲面金刚石元件钻头）、辅助破岩工具（Navi-Drill DuraMax井下马达、NitroForce?高性能螺杆和耐温300 ℃螺杆钻具）和循环短节（iCWD智能循环短节、iDisc智能循环和丢手工具、MOCS G2循环短节和JetStream?RFID循环短节）,而钻井仪器包括旋转导向工具（Lucida高端旋转导向系统、RST旋转导向系统、VectorEDGE旋转导向系统、HALO高性能旋转导向系统和NeoSteer@bit导向系统）和随钻测量仪器（TruLink*高分辨率动态MWD、IriSphere*随钻前视LWD、HEX200℃高温LWD和Quest^TM随钻陀螺测斜仪）。在此基础上,对国内钻井工具与仪器的未来发展提出了建议。最后指出我国应尽快完成核心钻井工具与仪器的国产化,继续加大低成本替代技术的研究力度,以实现经济有效开发。     

Changing power relations in the WTO – Why the India–U.S. trade agreement should make us worry more,rather than less,about global trade governance

This review offers a critical reading of the November 2014 India–U.S. trade deal that unblocked an impasse in the World Trade Organization’s (WTO) Doha round and considers what it means for the way we govern global trade. It argues that the agreement, rather than being a ‘victory’ for the developing world or a cause for celebration, may simply reinforce an unfair and problematic system of distributing trade opportunities among WTO members. It may also obscure further the need for a fundamental overhaul of the way global trade is governed. In so doing, the review speaks to broader debates about what happens when ‘rising’ powers replace established states in global institutions in the absence of wider processes of reform; and it adds to growing concerns about the increasing precariousness of least developed countries (LDCs) in international economic regimes.     

太阳能热水器雷电防护技术分析

太阳能热水器的雷电防护隐患很大,每年都有不少雷击案例发生。通过调查发现,大多数热水器无雷电防护装置;多安装在屋顶,易招致雷击;安装人员多为非专业人员,缺乏必备的雷电防护知识。对太阳能热水器造成危害的不仅有直击雷,还有感应雷。因此,太阳能热水器的雷电防护,既要采取防直击雷防护措施,也要采取防雷电感应措施。     

2006年以来《气象与减灾研究》期刊评价指标分析

对2006年以来《气象与减灾研究》的多项期刊评价指标进行统计分析,并对期刊稿源及网站建设情况进行细致调查。结果表明：1） 自2006年更名以来,期刊发展较快,然而期刊的进一步发展已经遇到“瓶颈”,即缺乏长期稳定的优质稿源;2） 拓宽优质稿源是期刊进一步发展的首要任务;3） 编辑部须重视期刊网站的建设、维护及更新,为读者、作者提供优质服务,以利期刊更好发展。     

Action targets: a new approach to international greenhouse gas controls

Abstract

This article introduces and explores a new form of international commitment to limit greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, called an action target. Action targets differ from other forms of targets, such as the Kyoto Protocol's fixed targets, in that they define a quantity of GHG abatement to be achieved, rather than a future emission level to be reached. This article explains the basic mechanics of how action targets might operate, and analyses the approach across a range of criteria, including uncertainty management and contributions to sustainable development in non-Annex I (developing) countries. The analysis suggests that action targets might improve the prospects of widening and deepening developing country participation in the international climate regime.