Global warming and East Asia : the domestic and international politics of climate change / / edited by Paul G. Harris

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910451433803321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2003
• ISBN: 1-134-37621-9; 1-134-37622-7; 0-203-56340-9; 1-280-02290-6; 9786610022908
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (284 p.)
• Collana: Routledge research in environmental politics ; ; 4
• Altri autori (Persone): HarrisPaul G
• Disciplina: 363.738/74/095; 363.73874095
• Soggetti: Climatic changes - Environmental aspects - East Asia; Climatic changes - Environmental aspects - Southeast Asia; Climatic changes - Government policy - East Asia; Climatic changes - Government policy - Southeast Asia; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of illustrations; List of contributors; Preface; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Perspectives on the politics of climate change in East Asia; Introduction: the politics and foreign policy of global warming in East Asia; Climate change priorities for East Asia: socio-economic impacts and international justice; China and the politics of climate change; Chinese politics, energy policy, and the international climate change negotiations; The forces behind China's climate change policy: interests, sovereignty, and prestige; Navigating between ~luxury~ and ~survival~ emissions: tensions in China's multilateral and bilateral climate change diplomacyThe Clean Development Mechanism and China's energy sector: opportunities and barriers; Formulating climate change policy in Japan; Climate change as Japanese foreign policy: from reactive to proactive; Development assistance and Japan's climate change diplomacy: priorities and future ; options; Knowledge in the global atmospheric policy process: the case of Japan; Beyond Kyoto: the formation of a Japanese climate change regime; The costs and opportunities of climate change in Southeast AsiaThe Philippines in the climate change arena; Cashing in on Kyoto?: lessons from Indonesia for emissions offset projects; Climate change investment and technology transfer in Southeast Asia; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Examines the domestic politics, foreign policy and international relations of climate change in China, Japan and Southeast Asia, often disproportionately affected; increasing our understanding of a region vital to mitigating and coping with climate