Survival Governance: Energy and Climate in the Chinese Century

To deal with the climate crisis we need a new paradigm of technological and social development aimed at the restoration of ecological systems—the bio-digital energy paradigm—and China is the world power best positioned to lead this change.

The climate and energy crisis requires a strong state to change the direction, speed, and scale of innovation in world capitalism. There are only a few possible contenders for catalyzing this governance of survival: China, the European Union, India, and th...