Climate Change and Green Growth： New Thinking Guest Editors＇ Words

Over the past three decades, few factors have changed the world economy more than China＇s growtk Hundreds of millions of people have experienced massive improvements in their conditions of living. As a result, the aspiration of billions of people worldwide to escape poverty has become a realistic prospect in the 21 st century. However, the Chinese experience also shows that realizing this prospect comes with the huge challenge of reducing environmental disruption fast enough.