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Scientists and their monsters: China’s carbon neutrality imaginary

科学者とその怪物：中国のカーボンニュートラル想像 (AI 翻訳)

Adrian Julius Herzberg, G. C. S. Kanarp, Jianhua Xu

Sustainability Science📚 査読済 / ジャーナル2026-06-04#政策Origin: CN
DOI: 10.1007/s11625-026-01862-4
原典: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11625-026-01862-4
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日本語

中国の有力科学者によるカーボンニュートラル想像を調査。44のアンケートと17のインタビューから、排出を問題視し市場と技術で解決する楽観的な想像を特定。調和と人間福祉という要素的想像が補完する。

English

This study examines Chinese scientists' climate imaginaries, identifying a hegemonic Carbon Neutrality Imaginary that problematizes emissions and relies on market tools and technology, complemented by Harmony and Human Well-Being elemental imaginaries. Based on surveys and interviews, findings show widespread optimism in China's capacity. The study critically engages with normative assumptions and policy implications.

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📝 gxceed 編集解説 — Why this matters

日本のGX文脈において

中国のカーボンニュートラル政策の背後にある科学者の認識を理解することで、日本のGX戦略における中国の動向把握に貢献。特に生態文明政策との関連が示唆に富む。

In the global GX context

This paper adds a sociocultural dimension to carbon neutrality discussions, revealing how techno-market optimism shapes Chinese climate governance. It complements top-down policy analysis with actor-centered imaginaries, relevant for understanding international climate negotiations and technology transfer.

👥 読者別の含意

🔬研究者:定性手法による気候想像力の研究事例として有用。

🏢実務担当者:中国市場との連携時に政策背景の理解に役立つが直接的な実務適用は限定的。

🏛政策担当者:中国の科学者の考え方を知ることで国際協力の枠組み作りに示唆を与える。

📄 Abstract（原文）

Abstract China’s approaches to climate change are becoming increasingly important and influential. While previous studies have found that the Chinese approach to climate governance has been shaped by the ecological civilisation policy framework, the underlying assumptions and reasoning shaping climate policy in China have received less attention. To address this gap, we examine climate imaginaries and their monsters reproduced by Chinese scientists at elite institutions. Scientists are influential actors and provide insights into underlying reasoning. Climate imaginaries are collectively-held visions of desirable futures that reveal the values and assumptions shaping climate knowledge production. Climate imaginaries are particularly distinctive in their problem definitions, which we conceptualise as monsters. Building on 44 survey responses and 17 interviews, we identify one fully-fledged climate imaginary (Carbon Neutrality Imaginary) and two elemental imaginaries (Harmony and Human Well-Being Elemental Imaginaries). The hegemonic Carbon Neutrality Imaginary’s monster problematises emissions and relies on market tools and technology to achieve carbon neutrality. The Carbon Neutrality Imaginary is complemented by the Harmony and the Human Well-Being Elemental Imaginaries, which offer the ideological framework and represent the cultural context. The three (elemental) imaginaries are paired with widespread confidence and optimism in China’s capacity to address climate change. We argue that scientists’ monsters do not fear survival or dystopia, and that they are mainly divided over the priorities guiding society’s development. Finally, this study critically engages with the monsters and their normative assumptions, and draws conclusions from the relationship between (elemental) imaginaries and policy developments.

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