ABSTRACT

Global Warming and East Asia analyses the domestic politics, foreign policy and international relations of climate change in East and Southeast Asia, The countries of this important region are often disproportionately affected by climate change and, as they expand and develop, their contribution to the problem grows. The contributors investigate the increasingly widespread and disparate efforts to address global warming at international, national and local levels, and in so doing increase our understanding of a region vital to mitigating and coping with climate change. This unique volume includes in-depth studies of China and Japan, two of the most important countries in East Asia with regard to global warming, and examines the role of East and Southeast Asian countries, such as Indonesia and the Philippines, in combating the problem.

part I|39 pages

Perspectives on the politics of climate change in East Asia

chapter 1|16 pages

Introduction

The politics and foreign policy of global warming in East Asia

chapter 2|21 pages

Climate change priorities for East Asia

Socio-economic impacts and international justice

part II|91 pages

China and the politics of climate change

chapter 4|20 pages

The forces behind China's climate change policy

Interests, sovereignty, and prestige

chapter 5|23 pages

Navigating between “luxury” and “survival” emissions

Tensions in China's multilateral and bilateral climate change diplomacy

part III|73 pages

Formulating climate change policy in Japan

chapter 7|17 pages

Climate change as Japanese foreign policy

From reactive to proactive

chapter 8|15 pages

Development assistance and Japan's climate change diplomacy

Priorities and future options

chapter 9|20 pages

Knowledge in the global atmospheric policy process

The case of Japan

chapter 10|19 pages

Beyond Kyoto

The formation of a Japanese climate change regime

part IV|51 pages

The costs and opportunities of climate change in Southeast Asia

chapter 12|16 pages

Cashing in on Kyoto?

Lessons from Indonesia for emissions offset projects