This volume goes beyond a conventional analysis of Asia’s energy relationships and explores the premise that energy relations in Asia in the 21st century should reinforce mutual interdependence. Conventional analyses of international energy relations stress the asymmetric nature of the risks...

Introduction : the evolution of the East Asian eco-developmental state / Mary Alice Haddad, Stevan Harrell -- East Asian environmental advocacy / Mary Alice Haddad -- China's low-carbon energy strategy / Joanna Lewis -- Energy and climate change policies of Japan and South Korea / Eunjung Lim --...

A broad consensus exists that carbon pricing is key for cost-effective emission reductions and that it must play a major role in driving the transition to a climate-neutral economy. However, despite significant progress in wider climate policy uptake in recent years, the vast majority of...

Bedarf, Ressourcen und Konflikte in globaler PerspektiveChinas jüngste Versuche, Ölvorräte einzukaufen, weisen auf ein drängendes Problem hin: Der Energiebedarf in der Region Ostasien, unter anderem Chinas, Japans und Südkoreas, steigt rasant, während weltweit die Rohstoffe knapper werden...