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Leveraging environment and climate change initiatives for corporate excellence
Anbumozhi, Venkatachalam; Kimura, Mari; Isono, Kumiko - 2011
This paper reviews selected initiatives taken by Asian countries to comply with emerging global sustainability standards, reporting, and management systems, and tracks the response of Asian businesses to global environmental concerns, examines market based innovations including new regulations...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009406443
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Environmental performance in Asia : overview, drivers, and policy implications
Huang, Bihong; Xu, Yining - 2019
policymakers and the public across countries in Asia. This paper overviews the environmental performance, disentangles its drivers …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012059439
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How low-carbon green growth can reduce inequalities
Anbumozhi, Venkatachalam; Bauer, Armin - 2013
Half of the world’s population - 3 billion people - lives below the poverty line, and Asia has the largest share. In … institutions and policies in Asia that have successfully generated and tapped into the potentials of low-income households. Low …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009740731
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Green growth and equity in the context of climate change : some considerations
Sachs, Jeffrey; Someshwar, Shiv - 2012
Green growth entails several different kinds of processes: conversion to low-carbon energy, climate resilience, and response to climate shocks. Equity implies a fair sharing of the costs, within countries and between countries. The authors set out to explore some of the ways that equity has been...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009562983
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Managing credit risk and improving access to finance in green energy projects
Dhruba, Purkayastha - 2018
The cost of finance has a relatively high impact on the returns and viability of clean energy projects compared with fossil fuel-based energy projects, because the operating costs for renewable energy projects are very low. Credit risk assessment and ratings, which have usually been an...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011881765
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Policies and measures to mitigate the potential environmental impacts of cross-border infrastructure projects in Asia
Zhang, ZhongXiang - 2011
While bringing positive impacts and benefits, cross-border infrastructure projects face additional challenges relative to national projects. Moreover, such projects involve a variety of technical, regulatory, institutional, and legal factors, and their obstacles constrain the development of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008907813
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Exploiting complementarity of carbon pricing instruments for low-carbon development in the People's Republic of China
Wu, Jie; Fan, Ying; Timilsina, Govinda R.; Xia, Yan - 2022
There is an urgent need to mitigate global warming for all countries around the world. The People's Republic of China (PRC) has announced a series of energy and climate policy targets in contributing its efforts towards meeting the ambitious goals in the Paris Agreement and the newly pledged...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013280057
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The role of fintech in unlocking green finance : policy insights for developing countries
Nassiry, Darius - 2018
blockchain technology. The paper explores the implications for developing economies in Asia and draws preliminary recommendations …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011925722
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Cross-economy dynamics in energy productivity : evidence from 47 economies over the period 2000-2015
Liu, Yang; Zhong, Sheng - 2021
This study investigates the long-run cross-economy dynamics in energy productivity across the world. We construct a data set comprising value-added and energy use data on 18 productive sectors in 47 economies over the period 2000-2015. First, we analyze the cross-economy distribution of energy...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012425283
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Lifestyle choices and societal behavior changes as local climate strategy
Mohanty, Brahmanand; Scherfler, Martin; Devatha, Vikram - 2012
The Asia-Pacific region is witnessing rapid economic growth. Along with rising incomes, the lifestyles of the large … pressure to adjust their lifestyles that respect the Earths' carrying capacity. As far as countries in the Asia and Pacific … the Asia-Pacific can join hands with businesses and civil society to accelerate this transition - from a consumption …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009669738