Sustainability in China: Bridging Global Knowledge with Local Action

Sustainability

Bing Xue¹  Mario Tobias² 

[1] Institute of Applied Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang 110016, China;The Potsdam Chamber of Commerce (IHK), 14467 Potsdam, Germany; E-Mail:

关键词: human-natural complex system;    sustainability governance;    sustainable transformation;    China;   

DOI  :  10.3390/su7043714

来源: mdpi

【 摘 要 】

As the biggest emerging and developing country, and the second largest economy on the planet, China’s road to sustainability has attracted global attention; therefore, we need to have a deeper understanding to address this issue at very different levels. This editorial mainly reviews the contributions of the published papers in the Special Issue of “Sustainability in China: Bridging Global Knowledge with Local Action”, the main findings in this special edition suggest that the concept of sustainability is more comprehensive and complex, and the transformation process from scientific knowledge to local action still has a long way to go, not only in China, but also in many developing countries. More research on the fundamental and innovative processes of sustainable transformations should be conducted. China needs to make more efforts to strengthen its road to sustainability, by merging all relevant types of knowledge, both within and outside science, as well as locally and globally.

【 授权许可】

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