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Climate Smart Development in Asia - Transition to Low Carbon and Climate Resilient Economies (Paperback, New)
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Climate Smart Development in Asia - Transition to Low Carbon and Climate Resilient Economies (Paperback, New)
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Asia is rapidly becoming a major contributor of global greenhouse
gas emissions. Also many countries in the region are highly
vulnerable to impacts of climate change. With a growing consensus
that there is limited time to avoid dangerous climate change,
scientists, engineers, economists and policymakers worldwide have
begun exploring how developing Asia can capitalize on the
transition to a climate-smart development paradigm. Most
discussions, however, have focused primarily on the transfer of
technologies from developed to developing countries and have
overlooked other equally important issues such as financing,
governance, and capacity. This book covers all critical aspects of
climate-smart development and attempts to integrate both
market-based and technology-based solutions into a comprehensive
approach for creating a roadmap for low carbon, climate-resilient
economies in Asia. It examines strategies, policies and incentives
in selected countries for reducing greenhouse gas emissions in the
energy, transportation, land use, and buildings sectors. It also
identifies policies that are essential to improve resilience to
both current and future impacts of climate change. The book
highlights technical, economic, financial, and institutional
challenges and opportunities for realizing climate-smart
development in Asia at the national and sub-national levels. How
the international climate regime can facilitate appropriate
enabling environment in developing Asia is also examined. This book
is essential reading for policy makers, students, practitioners,
and researchers concerned with climate change mitigation and
adaptation, and sustainable development in Asia and the wider
world. It is hoped that the book will contribute to discussions on
the theme of "green economy in the context of sustainable
development and poverty eradication" in the run-up to the United
Nations Conference on Sustainable Development or "Rio +20" and
beyond.
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