Trade, Investment, and Climate Change in Asia and the Pacific
Channel: Asian Development Bank
Date: 2023-02-06

Trade and investment play an outsized role in the economic development story of the Asia and Pacific region, but it has come with environmental costs. Asia and the Pacific is on the frontline of climate change and is responsible for about half of global annual carbon dioxide emissions. The theme chapter of the Asian Economic Integration Report 2023 seeks to better understand how trade and investment contribute to climate change, and how trade and investment policies can become part of the climate solutions.

Chapters:
0:00 Asia and the Pacific: On the Frontline of Climate Change
0.28 Asia as Net Exporter of Carbon Emissions
0.44 How Can Trade and Investment Become Part of Climate Solutions?
1.15 Promotion of Environmental Goods and Services
1:28 Importance of International and Regional Cooperation for the Development of a Green and Sustainable Trading System
1:55 Development of International Carbon Markets

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