New study on the politics of climate adaptation in China
Shiran Victoria Shen
Dear Colleagues,
I’m happy to share my new article, just published in Nature Portfolio’s
Communications Earth & Environment, titled:
“The 2021 Henan flood increased citizen demand for government-led climate change adaptation in China.”
As we know, most climate adaptation research focuses on developed democracies where voter voices matter. But what happens after a major climate disaster strikes a developing, authoritarian context?
This study examines how citizens in China made adaptation-related demands to local governments following the 2021 Henan flood, using petitions submitted to the country’s largest state-run petition platform.
The article is open access and available here: https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-025-02745-9.
Best,
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Shiran Victoria Shen
Assistant Professor
Department of Political Science
Washington University in St. Louis