Economic instruments to combat climate change in Asian countries
By: edited by Ken'ichi Matsumoto, Anton Ming-Zhi Gao
Series: Energy and environmental law & policy series supranational and comparative aspects -- volume 29
Publisher: Wolters Kluwer, Law & Business
Published: 2015
Place of publication: Alphen aan den Rijn, The Netherlands
Language: eng
Number of pages: 232
ISBN-13: 9789041154088
Subjects: Climatic changes; Law and legislation; Emissions trading
Description: "Asia, where most of the countries do not currently have emission reduction obligations, is an important region to address climate change issues because of its large GHG emissions. The total emissions of eight key Asian countries (Japan, Korea, China, Taiwan, Vietnam, Indonesia, Thailand, and India) represent 44% of the world emissions. Thus, regimes in these countries addressing climate change, if successful, would make significant progress towards climate mitigation. Recently, economic instruments, particularly carbon tax and emissions trading scheme (ETS), have attracted the most attention to combat climate change because of their cost efficiency to reduce emissions. This book presents the recent development of economic instruments in eight representative Asian countries. Each chapter shows the legal design of each economic instrument. Furthermore, the effect of the instruments, and the challenges to and improvement of the instruments are also described." -- Page four of cover.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Using Economic Instruments for Combating Climate Change in Asia / Ken'ichi Matsumoto & Anton Ming-Zhi Gao; title: Tax for Climate Change Mitigation in Japan / Kanako Morita & Ken'ichi Matsumoto; title: Greenhouse Gases Emissions Trading and Carbon Tax Scheme in the Republic of Korea / Sunhee Suk; title: Recent Development of Carbon Emissions Trading Schemes in China / Haifeng Deng; title: Recent Development of an Emissions Trading Scheme and Energy/Carbon Tax in Taiwan / Jeffrey Shih-Jey Chen & Anton Ming-Zhi Gao; title: Development of an Emissions Trading Scheme and CDM in Vietnam / Nguyen Tung Lam; title: Recent Development of an Emissions Trading Scheme and Carbon Tax in Indonesia / Martha Maulidia & Joni Jupesta; title: Recent Development of an Emissions Trading Scheme in Thailand / Robert Brian Smith, Nucharee Nuchkoom Smith & Darryl Robert Smith; title: Addressing Climate Change in India : Developing Market Mechanism and Economic Instruments / Aashish Deshpande & Manmohan Kapshe; title: Conclusion : The Unusual Pace in Addressing Climate Change in Asia / Anton Ming-Zhi Gao & Ken'ichi Matsumoto.