Chinese Journal of International Law Advance Access originally published online on May 19, 2006
Chinese Journal of International Law 2006 5(2):423-440; doi:10.1093/chinesejil/jml018
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The Green Olympic Movement: Beijing 20081
The paper investigates the capacity of the 2008 Olympiad in Beijing to catalyse sustainable development reforms. The essence of green Games is examined and the aptitude of Beijing's ambitious Olympic Action Plan evaluated to provide solutions to key environmental problems. It concludes by outlining improvements and giving recommendations for long-term sustainable development which preserve the legacy of green Olympic Games.
* Dr Stefanie Beyer, LL.M, works as a lawyer in Cologne, Germany (email: StefanieBeyer{at}hotmail.com). This paper constitutes the second part of the master thesis Environmental Law and Policy in the PRC: Shaping an Environmental Protection Regime for "Green Olympics" 2008 in Beijing, part one of which appeared in 5 Chinese JIL (2006), pp. 185211. The paper was completed on 4 December 2005.