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Intro -- 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 |
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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 -- Concluding remarks -- Notes -- 10 Capacity-building for the post-2012 climate change regime in Thailand -- Sitanon Jesdapipat -- Review of existing situation -- National climate change policy -- Beyond 2012 and Thailand -- Notes -- Part III Thematic studies - Components of ''beyond 2012'' -- 11 Architectures of post-Kyoto options: Asian perspectives -- Introduction -- Existing proposals -- Assessments of existing approaches -- Asian contexts for post-Kyoto options -- 12 Technology transfer under the UNFCCC framework -- Introduction -- Technology transfer under the UNFCCC framework -- Where will technology transfer go beyond 2012? -- 13 Adaptation to climate change: Beyond 2012 -- Introduction -- Beyond 2012: Discussion tracks and elements -- Strategies to adapt to climate change -- Discussion on adaptation for beyond 2012 in Asia and the Pacific -- Conclusion -- Note -- 14 Flexibility and market-based mechanisms in the beyond 2012 regime -- Introduction |
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Current flexibility mechanism under the Kyoto Protocol -- Future flexibility and market- based mechanisms -- What is needed to move forward? -- Notes -- 15 Climate and trade: Implications for post-Kyoto regimes -- Introduction -- Compatibility of trade and climate regimes -- Recommendations -- Part IV Conclusion -- 16 Conclusion: Synthesis of findings -- Introduction: Why the region? -- Overview of fundamentals in Asia -- Synthesis analysis -- Final words: Into the future -- Index |
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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2020. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries |
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Print version: Sari, Agus P. Climate Change in Asia : Perspectives on the Future Climate Regime
Tokyo : United Nations University Press,c2008 9789280811520
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Climatic changes -- Asia.;Climatic changes -- Government policy -- Asia.;Sustainable development -- Environmental aspects -- Asia
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Electronic books
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Kameyama, Yasuko
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Soejahmoen, Moekti H
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Kanie, Norichika
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