Environmental Policy and Governance Performance

Dear Colleagues,

With the world’s economic growth, rapid industrialization and urbanization have led to more and more serious climate change and environmental pollution. The remarkable achievements in economic development have caused countries around the world, especially developing countries, to discharge a large number of carbon emissions and environmental pollutants. Excessive emissions of CO₂ cause the greenhouse effect, which in turn leads to climate change. Environmental pollutants have many hazards. High levels of sulfur dioxide emissions lead to the formation of acid rain, causing considerable damage to ecosystems. High soot emissions are associated with a significant increase in PM_2.5 and an increase in the risk of cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases. Severe water pollution leads to high infant mortality rates (Greenstone and Hanna, 2014). Faced with the discharge of CO₂ and environmental pollutants and their harm, a real problem that needs to be solved is: how can various environmental protection regulations effectively control the discharge of carbon emissions and environmental pollutants? So far, developed and developing countries have established multi-participation environmental policy systems, including command-and-control policies, economic incentive policies, and public participation policies. It is of important theoretical value and practical significance to explore various environmental policies for the governance performance of the economy, society, environment, and health. This Special Issue of the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (IJERPH) focuses on the current state of knowledge on the links between environmental policy and governance performance.

Dr. Zhenhua Zhang
Dr. Yanchao Feng
Prof. Dr. Bing Xue
Guest Editors

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