Governments Responses to Climate Change Selected Examples From Asia Pacific [Paperback]

This multidisciplinary?volume?articulates?the?current?and?potential public?policy?discourse?between energy security and climate change in the Asia-?Pacific?region, and the efforts taken to address global warming. This volume is unique as it analyses two important issues climate change and energy security through?the?lens?of?geopolitics?at the?intersection?of?energy?security.?It?elaborates?on?the?current?and potential?steps taken by state and non-?state?actors, as well as the policy innovations?and diplomatic efforts (bilateral and multilateral, including regional) that states are pursuing. This Brief stems from the assumption that its audience is aware of the consequences of climate change, and will therefore, only look at the issues identified. It provides a useful read and reference for a wide-?range of scholars, policy?makers, researchers and post-?graduate students.

Climate Change and Energy Security Post-Canc?n:?Indonesia Perspective.- Engaging Emerging Countries: Implications of Chinas Major Shifts in Climate Policy.- Indias?Efforts?to?Maintain?and? Enhance? Energy? Security? While? Reducing? Greenhouse? Gas Emissions.- Koreas New Vision of Low Carbon Green Growth.- Singapores Policy Response to Climate Change: Towards A Sustainable City.- Policy Responses to Climate Change and Energy Security Post.- Cancun: Implications for the Asia.- Pacific? Regions Energy Security-Australian Perspective.

Each chapter provides historical context along with discussion of international committees, state policies, energy and economic issues, and environmental impacts of climate policies. & This book is useful for policy-makers, researchers and scholars in presenting energy and climate issues being faced by states in a globalized economy. It provides a persuasive comparative analysis of how Asia-Pacific governments are working to change policies and business practices in an effort to benefit current and future climate conditions. (Nicole Gerber,l#0