Global Warming and East Asia: The Domestic and International Politics of Climate Change

by Harris,Paul G.; Harris,Paul G.

• ISBN13: 9780415315449
• ISBN10: 0415315441
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2003-09-09
• Publisher: RoutledgeCurzon

Summary

Global Warming and East Asiaanalyses the domestic politics, foreign policy and international relations of climate change in East and Southeast Asia. The countries of this important region are often disproportionately affected by climate change and, as they expand and develop, their contribution to the problem grows. The contributors investigate the increasingly widespread and disparate efforts to address global warming at international, national and local levels, and in so doing increase our understanding of a region vital to mitigating and coping with climate change. This unique volume includes in-depth studies of China and Japan, two of the most important countries in East Asia with regard to global warming, and examines the role of East and Southeast Asian countries, such as Indonesia and the Philippines, in combating the problem.

Table of Contents

List of illustrations	ix
List of contributors	xi
Preface	xiii
Acknowledgments	xv
Abbreviations	xvi
PART I Perspectives on the politics of climate change in East Asia	1	(40)
1 Introduction: the politics and foreign policy of global warming in East Asia	3	(16)
PAUL G. HARRIS
2 Climate change priorities for East Asia: socio-economic impacts and international justice	19	(22)
PAUL G. HARRIS
PART II China and the politics of climate change	41	(92)
3 Chinese politics, energy policy, and the international climate change negotiations	43	(23)
MICHAEL T. HATCH
4 The forces behind China's climate change policy: interests, sovereignty, and prestige	66	(20)
ZHIHONG ZHANG
5 Navigating between "luxury" and "survival" emissions: tensions in China's multilateral and bilateral climate change diplomacy	86	(23)
YUKA KOBAYASHI
6 The Clean Development Mechanism and China's energy sector: opportunities and barriers	109	(24)
AXEL MICHAELOWA, SHOUCHUAN (JUSEN) ASUKA-ZHANG, KARSTEN KRAUSE, BERNHARD GRIMM, AND TOBIAS KOCH
PART III Formulating climate change policy in Japan	133	(74)
7 Climate change as Japanese foreign policy: from reactive to proactive	135	(17)
YASUKO KAMEYAMA
8 Development assistance and Japan's climate change diplomacy: priorities and future options	152	(15)
SHOUCHUAN (JUSEN) ASUKA-ZHANG
9 Knowledge in the global atmospheric policy process: the case of Japan	167	(20)
ATSUKO SATO
10 Beyond Kyoto: the formation of a Japanese climate change regime	187	(20)
DANA R. FISHER
PART IV The costs and opportunities of climate change in Southeast Asia	207	(52)
11 The Philippines in the climate change arena	209	(12)
JOY V. GALVEZ
12 Cashing in on Kyoto?: lessons from Indonesia for emissions offset projects	221	(16)
FRANK JOTZO, AGUS P. SARI, AND OLIVIA TANUJAYA
13 Climate change investment and technology transfer in Southeast Asia	237	(22)
TIM FORSYTH
Index	259