The first and most comprehensive database of cross-border environmental governance initiatives led by Chinese state and non-state actors in the 21st century. A SGAIN project output, University of Bath.
Countries shaded by the number of initiatives in which they are the primary international collaborator. Adjust the year range; click a country to explore it in Browse.
Search and filter 291 initiatives across type, region, environmental issue, and governance level.
A summary of how initiatives are selected and coded. The full codebook is available to download.
The unit of analysis is a governance initiative — an institutionalised arrangement that involves steering and is recognised as authoritative by its network, rather than mere lip service. An initiative is included when it meets all of the following:
Each initiative is classified as transnational (non-state actors and networks, decentralised), multilateral (states and IGOs, treaty-based, >2 countries), or bilateral (two states, formal agreements).
Initiatives are coded into up to three of six functional types, ordered by importance: (1) information sharing and dialogues; (2) capacity-building and training; (3) direct action and demonstration; (4) provision of funding; (5) research and scientific knowledge production; (6) rule-making and standard-setting.
Up to two primary problems are coded from the IISD typology (climate change, energy, water, biodiversity, atmosphere, oceans & coasts, forests, agriculture & food security, chemicals & wastes, cities, disaster & humanitarian relief). Initiatives spanning three or more problems are flagged as addressing broad environmental issues.
The collaboration map shades each country by the number of initiatives in which it is the primary international collaborator (Variable 23, origin per the World Bank country list). Multi-country collaborators are split and counted once each. [待补：是否在地图中排除以 China 为合作方来源的少数记录]
The China's Global Environmental Leadership (CGEL) database is the first and most comprehensive database that gathers granular data on cross-border environmental governance initiatives led by Chinese state and non-state actors in the 21st century. It systematically collects key information on efforts by Chinese actors to lead governance initiatives addressing different environmental issues through multilateral, bilateral, and transnational channels.
The database is produced as part of the SGAIN project — Sustainability Governance of China's Global Infrastructure Investments — a £1.7 million research programme led by Dr Yixian Sun at the University of Bath, funded by a UKRI Future Leaders Fellowship.
The full database will be published shortly. For use enquiries, contact sgain@bath.ac.uk. [待补：上线后补 DOI / 下载链接 / 许可协议]
Yixian Sun · Yitong Ye · Jiang Li · C. O'Brien · X. Ya · H. Zhao. [待补：确认成员全名与排序]