Breadcrumbs Section. Click here to navigate to respective pages.
Book

Book
Climate Smart Development in Asia
DOI link for Climate Smart Development in Asia
Climate Smart Development in Asia book
Climate Smart Development in Asia
DOI link for Climate Smart Development in Asia
Climate Smart Development in Asia book
Get Citation
ABSTRACT
The future of China, India and Asia’s other emerging economies and their ability to take a ‘low-carbon’ and ‘climate-resilient’ development path determine the future of global carbon emissions and climate change. Indeed, the battle to confront global climate change will be won or lost in Asia. The transition to a low-carbon, climate-resilient economy (LCE), which involves many steps towards improved energy efficiency, alternative energy sources and transport systems, sustainable land use, eco-friendly consumption and proactive adaptation, may be regarded as the world's fourth revolution, after the industrial revolution, agricultural revolution, and the information revolution.
Asia is highly vulnerable to impacts of climate change. Yet because of its dynamic economies and massive populations, Asia offers the greatest opportunity for overcoming the trade-offs and pursuing low-carbon development pathways. With a growing consensus that there is limited time to avoid the worst impacts of climate change, scientists, engineers, policymakers, and economists across Asia have recently begun discussions on how Asia can make a transition to LCE. Most discussions, however, focused on transfer of technologies from developed to developing countries and overlooked other equally important challenges such as financing, governance, and information dissemination.
This book is the first to look at these neglected aspects of LCE and attempt to integrate both market-based and technology-based solutions into a comprehensive strategy to creating a roadmap for LCE in Asia. This book is an essential reading for economists, policy makers, practitioners, engineers and researchers concerned with climate change, energy production and development in Asia and the impacts and potential for the world.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part |1 pages
SECTION I Introduction
chapter 1|15 pages
Climate smart development in Asia: An overview
part |1 pages
SECTION II Case Studies
chapter 2|20 pages
The potential for low carbon climate resilient economy (LCE) in Japan
chapter 4|16 pages
Challenges and opportunities for LCE in China: A case study of policies for wind power development
chapter 5|17 pages
LCE in Indonesia: A review of national programs for climate mitigation and resilience
chapter 6|17 pages
The potential for voluntary approaches to realize a climate smart economy: Private–public partnerships in Taiwan
part |1 pages
SECTION III Enabling Conditions
chapter 7|17 pages
Technologies for climate smart development: A case study of carbon capture and storage
chapter 8|22 pages
Financing the low carbon energy sector in the context of future climate regime negotiations
chapter 9|36 pages
Enabling the transition to climate smart development in Asian cities
chapter 10|16 pages
Policy frameworks for climate smart development: The case of hydropower
chapter 11|17 pages
Bioenergy deployment for climate smart development: The case of biogas for cooking in India
part |1 pages
SECTION IV The Way Forward