Issue 1: Asia Pacific climate change policy series: Japan (pdf, 1 MB)
Issue 2: Asia Pacific climate change policy series: China (pdf, 1 MB)
Issue 3: Asia Pacific climate change policy series: Republic of Korea (pdf, 1 MB)
Issue 4: Asia Pacific climate change policy series: India (pdf, 1 MB)
Issue 5: Asia Pacific climate change policy series: Singapore (pdf, 1 MB)
Issue 6: Asia Pacific climate change policy series: Indonesia
Issue 7: Asia Pacific climate change policy series: Malaysia (pdf, 1 MB)
Issue 8: Asia Pacific climate change policy series: Thailand (pdf, 1 MB)
Issue 9: Asia Pacific climate change policy series: Vietnam (pdf, 1 MB)
Issue 10: Asia Pacific climate change policy series: New Zealand (pdf, 1 MB)
Issue 11: (pdf, 1 MB)
Asia Pacific has become the fastest growing market for climate change related investment in the world. Countries in the region acknowledge the critical importance that their national policies continue to play for the successful achievement of global emission reductions. Indeed many have made ambitious commitments to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in the Copenhagen Accord:
- China to cut emissions by 40-45 per cent as against 2005 per unit of GDP by 2020
- India to cut emissions by 20-25 per cent as against 2005 per unit of GDP by 2020
- Indonesia to cut emissions by 26 per cent by 2020
- Singapore to cut emissions by 16 per cent by 2020
These governments have been able to make these international commitments because they are already well down the road to building local green economies. For them, addressing climate change is important, but it is also about the economic opportunity afforded to them from such a carbon constrained world and the resulting green economy it gives rise to. Individual governments are therefore striving to achieve stable regulatory frameworks in order to stimulate long term investment and foster local industries. An increased level of commitment for domestic emission targets coupled with a rapidly growing export market for clean energy goods and equipment puts Asia Pacific firmly at the heart of the global green economy and all future climate change negotiations.
So, are we witnessing nothing short of a green revolution in the region?
In order to answer this question we have analysed the changing face of climate change regulation and commitments across the Asia Pacific region.
We have developed a series of regular briefings assessing the policy and regulatory regimes developed in the wake of Copenhagen incorporating regulatory frameworks, emissions trading, renewable energy mechanisms and energy efficient technology.
Countries profiled in our series include: Australia, China, India, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, New Zealand, Singapore, South Korea, Thailand and Vietnam.
The series aims to provide a detailed guide for those looking to understand and capitalise on the very real opportunities present in the Asia Pacific region.
The Asia Pacific climate change policy series follows the release of the Asia Pacific renewable energy reference manual that focuses on the outlook and challenges for renewable energy projects in key jurisdictions in the Asia Pacific region.