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Climate change mitigation and green growth in developing Asia
Howes, Stephen; Wyrwoll, Paul - 2012
Developing Asia is the driver of today's emissions intensive global economy. As the principle source of future emissions, the region is critical to the task of global climate change mitigation. Reflecting this global reality and a range of related domestic issues, the governments of the People's...
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Greening the G7 economies through a more inclusive Climate Club
Barbier, Edward - 2023
Despite some progress, the Group of Seven (G7) have yet to act collectively to foster a low-carbon transition of their economies. This paper outlines such a strategy, which would also encourage other economies to follow suit. This strategy has three elements. First, the G7 should agree to end...
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Small and medium-sized enterprises in Nepal : examining constraints on exporting
Kharel, Paras; Dahal, Kshitiz - 2020
faced by manufacturing small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Nepal, a landlocked least developed country, in … firm-level information, with qualitative primary data. It finds that Nepal lacks a concrete policy framework for SMEs, let … tailored to, the needs of SMEs. Incentives granted in one legislation being repealed through another has created policy …
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Proposing regulatory-driven blue finance mechanism for blue economy development
Yoshioka, Nagisa; Wu, Hsing Hao; Huang, Michael C.; … - 2020
The ocean is being jeopardized because of the adverse effects of climate change and human activities, such as marine plastic pollution, extreme weather events, sea level rises, and others. In addressing these ocean risks, ensuring sufficient finance to sustain the ocean economy is an...
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Energy insecurity and renewable energy sources : prospects and challenges for Azerbaijan
Aydin, Ulviyye - 2019
This study investigates the prospects and challenges of renewable energy source (RES) usage in Azerbaijan within the context of the country's energy security goals. As one of the hydrocarbon producers of the world, Azerbaijan is looking to generate 20% of its electricity from renewable sources...
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Environmental challenges and sustainable economic development in the People's Republic of China : the role of renewable energy across provinces
Paramati, Sudharshan Reddy; Shi, Yukun; Zhao, Yang - 2019
In recent times, the People's Republic of China (PRC) has faced significant challenges in terms of managing its environment and moving forward with the concept of sustainable economic development. The environmental challenges concern the increasing consumption of fossil fuel energy, which has...
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Why is green finance important?
Sachs, Jeffrey; Thye, Woo Wing; Yoshino, Naoyuki; … - 2019
In 2017, global investment in renewables and energy efficiency declined by 3% and there is a risk that it will slow further; clearly fossil fuels still dominate energy investment. This could threaten the expansion of green energy needed to provide energy security and meet climate and clean air...
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Green finance in the Republic of Korea : barriers and solutions
Oh, Deokkyo; Kim, Sang-Hyup - 2018
The Republic of Korea fully launched its green finance scheme in 2009 and then introduced the environmental information disclosure system and the emission trading scheme in 2013 and 2015, respectively. However, their use has not increased dramatically, as the public sector has taken the major...
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Asia's wicked environmental problems
Howes, Stephen; Wyrwoll, Paul - 2012
The developing economies of Asia are confronted by serious environmental problems that threaten to undermine future growth, food security, and regional stability. This study considers four major environmental challenges that policymakers across developing Asia will need to address towards 2030:...
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Services as a new engine of growth for ASEAN, the People's Republic of China, and India
Shepherd, Ben; Pasadilla, Gloria O. - 2012
An increasing services orientation is likely to be a key feature of the economies of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), the People's Republic of China, and India (collectively referred to as "ACI") over the medium-term. This paper aims to present a compendium of relevant data on...
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