The Disciplinary System,Academic System,and Discourse System Construction of Climate Change Economics
Climate change is not solely a scientific issue but also encompasses environmental,economic,political,and diplomatic issue,fundamentally implicating the sustainable development of humanity.Consequently,climate change economics innately possesses a multidisciplinary character.As an emerging discipline dedicated to examining the efficiency and equity of resource allocation in the face of climate change,climate change economics necessitates adopting a cross-disciplinary perspective,fostering interdisciplinary integration,and pursuing comprehensive endeavors across three domains:disciplinary system,academic system,and discourse system.These endeavors will facilitate the advancement of climate change economics as a discipline,foster academic innovation,and enhance the dissemination of discourse.This article provides an in-depth analysis of the pivotal tasks involved in constructing the disciplinary system of climate change economics,encompassing its origins,positioning,cross-disciplinary interactions,and degree programs.It also emphasizes the critical tasks associated with constructing the academic system of climate change economics,encompassing research subjects,methodologies,focal areas,and academic community building.Furthermore,it elucidates the key tasks involved in constructing the discourse system of climate change economics by considering its mission in the current era,human concerns,and Chinese characteristics.Climate change economics,emerging in response to the times,bears the important mission of providing solutions for global climate governance and offering decision-making support for advancing China's"dual-carbon"goal.It is bound to usher in a significant period of development opportunities.