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Why common interests and collective action are not enough for environmental cooperation – Lessons from the China-EU cooperation discourse on circular economy

  • Scholars have argued that circular economy (CE) must be upscaled and globalized to address excessive resource extraction and waste generation. Many CE practitioners consider the first international CE agreement between China and the EU a milestone towards such an effort. This analysis shows why this expectation is premature. European and Chinese stakeholders’ optimistic and depoliticized CE narratives disable communication regarding development disparities, negative competition and distrust, which shape geopolitical rivalry. While skeptical narratives that address political barriers exist, they fall short of suggesting alternatives. Based on 72 stakeholder interviews, 40 documents and participant observation, these results highlight the critical importance of investigating narrative strategies to repoliticize environmental cooperation. Such narrative strategies would support contestation and negotiation on development disparities and open channels for joint conceptualization of implementation scales for environmental strategies,Scholars have argued that circular economy (CE) must be upscaled and globalized to address excessive resource extraction and waste generation. Many CE practitioners consider the first international CE agreement between China and the EU a milestone towards such an effort. This analysis shows why this expectation is premature. European and Chinese stakeholders’ optimistic and depoliticized CE narratives disable communication regarding development disparities, negative competition and distrust, which shape geopolitical rivalry. While skeptical narratives that address political barriers exist, they fall short of suggesting alternatives. Based on 72 stakeholder interviews, 40 documents and participant observation, these results highlight the critical importance of investigating narrative strategies to repoliticize environmental cooperation. Such narrative strategies would support contestation and negotiation on development disparities and open channels for joint conceptualization of implementation scales for environmental strategies, circular or otherwise. We therefore propose using constructivist perspectives of international relations to explore discursive barriers and enablers to global environmental action.show moreshow less

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Author:Anran Luo, Mehwish ZuberiORCiD, Jiayu Liu, Miranda Perrone, Simone Schnepf, Sina Leipold
URN:urn:nbn:de:kobv:eb1-opus-2554
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2021.102389
Parent Title (English):Global Environmental Change
Publisher:Elsevier
Document Type:Article
Language:English
Year of Completion:2021
Date of first Publication:2021/11/02
Publishing Institution:Hochschule für nachhaltige Entwicklung Eberswalde
Release Date:2023/06/05
Tag:China; Circular economy; Development; EU; Environmental cooperation; International trade; Trust
Volume:71
Article Number:102389
Page Number:10
Institutions / Departments:Fachbereich Wald und Umwelt / Centre for Econics and Ecosystem Management
open_access (DINI-Set):open_access
University Bibliography:University Bibliography
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Licence (German):License LogoCreative Commons - CC BY-NC-ND - Namensnennung - Nicht kommerziell - Keine Bearbeitungen 4.0 International
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