"This book provides a wealth of information and a critically required framework for sustainable automobile policy development in major Asian countries. It also gives a wide ranging policy options, ranging from technological and institutional solutions to automobile emission problems, based on...

Themes of the volume: Biofuels: Potential Alternatives to Fossil Fuels -- Biofuel Economics and Policy: Biofuel Standard, Blending, and Future Insecurities -- Economic Transitions: from Biomass to Biofuels -- Biofuel Economy, Development, and Food Security.

"Climate change is a key problem of the twenty-first century. China, as the largest emitter of greenhouse gases, has committed to stabilize its current emissions and dramatically increase the share of electricity production from non-fossil fuels by 2030. However, this is only a first step: in...

"After the failure of the Copenhagen conference, climate finance has become the buzzword of international climate negotiations. A "fast-track" volume of 30 billion $ has been promised by industrialised countries for emissions mitigation and adaptation activities in developing countries. A...

Chapter 1. The emerging field of Climate finance Theory, practice, and frontiers -- Chapter 2. Global climate finance architecture: Institutional development -- Chapter 3. Climate-driven financial innovations: green financial tools -- Chapter 4. Measuring climate risks and impacts -- Chapter 5....