Climate change in Asia : perspectives on the future climate regime / edited by Yasuko Kameyama ... [et al.].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Kameyama, Yasuko.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Climatic changes--Asia.

Climatic changes.

Climatic changes--Government policy--Asia.

Sustainable development--Environmental aspects--Asia.

Sustainable development.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (297 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : United Nations University Press, c2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Looking beyond the Kyoto Protocol's first containment period, an intense international debate over the future climate change regime has emerged. Countries in Asia have particularly high stakes in this regime, given the region's large population, growing greenhouse gas emissions, burgeoning economies, and vulnerabilities to the impact of climate change. Climate Change in Asia is the result of a two-year study of domestic institutional processes in Asia to address climate change issues, national circumstances that impede countries from fully participating in the international debate, and elements of a plausible climate regime from an Asian perspective. The book identifies the institutional dimensions of climate change as well as links between climate change and sustainable development.

Contents:

""Contents""; ""Figures and tables""; ""Contributors""; ""Preface""; ""Acknowledgements""; ""Abbreviations""; ""Part I The imperatives of ��beyond 2012��""; ""1 Introduction: Climate change and sustainable development in Asia""; ""Climate change: From science to politics""; ""The long-term insights of climate change""; ""Climate change and development: The policy nexus""; ""The research agenda""; ""Structure of the book""; ""Note""; ""2 Evolution of debates over the ��beyond 2012�� climate regime""; ""Introduction""; ""Evolution of debate: Three stages""; ""Conclusion""

""3 The long-term challenge of climate change � Possible allocations for Japan and Asian countries in 2050""""Introduction""; ""International trends on mid-to long-term targets""; ""A policy support tool and scenario-planning approach in preparation for calculating country- based emission caps""; ""Four paradigms of international political change""; ""International political change scenarios and differentiation schemes""; ""Differentiating GHG emissions: Asian challenges for 2050""; ""Conclusion and further work""; ""Notes""

""Part II Country studies on processes for ��beyond 2012��""""4 Development and climate change policy-making process in Bangladesh""; ""Introduction""; ""Key features of Bangladesh""; ""Key characteristics of the policy-making process""; ""National climate change policy""; ""On ��beyond 2012��""; ""5 China: Policy-making process on climate change""; ""Review of existing situation""; ""On process""; ""Note""; ""6 India: Sustainable development and climate change policy contexts""; ""Introduction""; ""Poverty reduction and sustainable development policies in India""

""National climate policy: Conspicuous by its absence""""India and the post-2012 climate regime""; ""Climate change and sustainable development: Challenges and opportunities for India""; ""Acknowledgements""; ""Notes""; ""7 Climate change policy-making process in Indonesia""; ""Country profile""; ""Indonesia and climate change""; ""Beyond 2012""; ""The way forward""; ""Note""; ""8 The ��beyond 2012�� debate in Japan""; ""Yasuko Kameyama""; ""National circumstances of Japan""; ""Sustainable development and poverty reduction: Japan�s perspective""

""Climate change and Japan: Greenhouse gas emissions trend and climate policy""""Japan�s decision-making process in the past""; ""Current changes in Japan�s decision-making process""; ""Future climate institutions: Debates at domestic level""; ""Future climate institutions: Japan�s view at international level""; ""Conclusion: Towards the future""; ""9 The Republic of Korea: Growing awareness at the domestic level""; ""Sungin Na""; ""Introduction""; ""National circumstances: Review of socio- economic situation""; ""Sustainable development policies of Korea""; ""Climate change policies""

""Climate regime beyond 2012""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

92-808-7121-8

OCLC:

367689790