1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910462402903321

Autore

Srinivasan Ancha

Titolo

Climate smart development in Asia : Transition to Low Carbon and Climate Resilient Economies in Asia

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Hoboken, : Taylor and Francis, 2012

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (266 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

LingFrank Hiroshi

MoriHideyuki

Disciplina

338.95/07

338.9507

Soggetti

Carbon dioxide mitigation -- Economic aspects -- Asia

Climatic changes -- Economic aspects -- Asia

Economic development -- Environmental aspects -- Asia

Energy policy -- Environmental aspects -- Asia

Sustainable development -- Asia

Business & Economics

Economic History

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Front Cover; Climate Smart Development in Asia; Copyright Page; Contents; List of illustrations; List of contributors; Foreword; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Section I: Introduction; 1. Climate smart development in Asia: An overview: Ancha Srinivasan, Frank Hiroshi Ling and Hideyuki Mori; Section II: Case Studies; 2. The potential for low carbon climate resilient economy (LCE) in Japan: Frank Hiroshi Ling and Junichi Fujino; 3. The potential for LCE in India: Surender Kumar and Shunsuke Managi

4. Challenges and opportunities for LCE in China: A case study of policies for wind power development: Xiaomei Tan and Brett Rose5. LCE in Indonesia: A review of national programs for climate mitigation and resilience: Frank Hiroshi Ling and Ancha Srinivasan; 6. The potential for voluntary approaches to realize a climate smart economy: Private-public partnerships in Taiwan: Ju-Han Zoe Wang and Wen-Cheng Hu;



Section III: Enabling Conditions; 7. Technologies for climate smart development: A case study of carbon capture and storage: Frank Hiroshi Ling, Xiangyang Xu and Ancha Srinivasan

8. Financing the low carbon energy sector in the context of future climate regime negotiations: Kentaro Tamura and Koji Fukuda9. Enabling the transition to climate smart development in Asian cities: Heike Schroeder, Jun Li, Harriet Bulkeley, Carine Barbier, Jimin Zhao, Michel Colombier, Shu Yi Chu and Shibani Ghosh; 10. Policy frameworks for climate smart development: The case of hydropower: Yadu Nath Pokhrel, Taikan Oki and Shinjiro Kanae; 11. Bioenergy deployment for climate smart development: The case of biogas for cooking in India: Hoysala N. Chanakya and Patil Balachandra

Section IV: The Way Forward12. Climate smart development in Asia: The way forward: Ancha Srinivasan and Frank Hiroshi Ling; Index

Sommario/riassunto

The future of China, India and Asia's other emerging economies and their ability to take a 'low-carbon' and 'climate-resilient' development path determine the future of global carbon emissions and climate change. Indeed, the battle to confront global climate change will be won or lost in Asia. The transition to a low-carbon, climate-resilient economy (LCE), which involves many steps towards improved energy efficiency, alternative energy sources and transport systems, sustainable land use, eco-friendly consumption and proactive adaptation, may be regarded as the world's fourth revolution, af



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Record Nr.

UNINA9910647791103321

Titolo

Interactions : studies in communication & culture

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Bristol, England : , : Intellect

ISSN

1757-269X

Disciplina

302.205

Soggetti

Mass media

Communication

Culture - Study and teaching

Médias

Culture - Étude et enseignement

Periodicals.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Periodico

Note generali

Refereed/Peer-reviewed

Sommario/riassunto

"Interactions aims to encourage the development of the widest possible scholarly community both in terms of geographical location and intellectual scope in the fields of media, communication and cultural studies"--Publisher's description.