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Singapore in a post-Kyoto world : energy, environment and the economy / / Tilak K. Doshi [[electronic resource]]



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Autore: Doshi Tilak Visualizza persona
Titolo: Singapore in a post-Kyoto world : energy, environment and the economy / / Tilak K. Doshi [[electronic resource]] Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Singapore : , : Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, , 2015
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xxi, 305 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)
Disciplina: 333.790957
Soggetto topico: Energy policy - Singapore
Energy development - Environmental aspects - Singapore
Power resources - Economic aspects - Singapore
Soggetto geografico: Singapore Economic conditions
Singapore Economic policy
Note generali: Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Jun 2017).
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.
Nota di contenuto: 1. Economy, energy and emissions -- 2. Climate change negotiations: from Copenhagen to Durban via Cancun -- 3. Climate change finance: who pays and who receives? -- 4. Singapore's external sector: impact of emission mitigation policies -- Energy and emissionsL the five strategies -- Concluding remarks: "the three E's".
Sommario/riassunto: Singapore had, by the 1980s, emerged as one of the world's great oil refining and trading centres, with the 'East of Suez' region within its sphere of influence. The city-state's policy-making went against the grain in much of its practice of economic development. It ensured that energy products were bought and sold in the domestic market at essentially global prices, in contrast to the common practice in developing countries of subsidizing energy fuels for social equity. Without a drop of oil of its own, Singapore also managed to attract large foreign investments in the capital-intensive oil refining and petrochemical manufacturing sectors in an export-oriented strategy. This was at a time when governments of most newly independent countries were busy trying to promote heavy industry by protectionist trade policies and import-substituting industrialization. The purpose of this book is two-fold. It is intended to introduce a host of energy-related discussions relevant to a wider group of readers who do not 'do energy' for a living, yet are keenly interested in understanding the many complexities of modern industrial societies which need to balance economic, environmental, and security priorities of ordinary citizens. It is also meant to serve as an introductory assessment of key energy-related issues, with a particular relevance for small advanced countries such as Singapore.
Titolo autorizzato: Singapore in a post-Kyoto world  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 981-4620-67-X
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910796225503321
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