Climate change governance in Asia

Cover -- Half Title -- Series Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- List of figures -- List of tables -- List of contributors -- 1 Introduction -- PART I Framework of climate change governance in Asian countries -- 2 Climate change governance in Japan: critical review on Japan's INDC and its energy policy -- 3 Climate change governance in Taiwan: the transitional gridlock by a high-carbon regime -- 4 Climate change governance in Korea: focusing on the process of the establishment of its NDC -- PART II Risks and transition -- 5 Climate change governance in China: the role of international organisations in the Guangdong emission trading scheme -- 6 Governing climate knowledge: what can Thailand Climate Change Master Plan and climate project managers learn from lay northern Thai villagers? -- 7 Risk perceptions and attitudes toward national energy choices and climate change in Japan and European countries -- 8 Governing the climate-driven systemic risk in Taiwan - challenges and perspectives -- 9 Ecological modernization, new technologies and framing in the environmental movement: a climate change mitigation technology (CO 2 capture and storage) and its environmental risk -- PART III Local governance on climate change adaptation -- 10 Tracing sustainability transitions in Seoul governance: enabling and scaling grassroots innovations -- 11 Rethinking adaptation to climate change for the policy landscape of India -- 12 Disaster risk governance in northern Philippine communities: issues and prospects in climate change talks -- 13 Assessing climate governance of Tainan City through stakeholder networks and text mining -- Index.

"Asian countries are among the largest contributors to climate change. China, India, Japan and South Korea are among the top ten largest carbon emitters in the world, with South Korea, Japan and Taiwan also some of the largest on a per capita basis. At the same time, many Asian countries, notably India, Taiwan, Japan, the Philippines and Thailand are among those most affected by climate change, in terms of economic losses attributed to climate-related disasters. Asia is an extremely diverse region, in terms of the political regimes of its constituent countries, and of their level of development and the nature of their civil societies. As such, its countries are producing a wide range of governance approaches to climate change. Covering the diversity of climate change governance in Asia, this book presents cosmopolitan governance from the perspective of urban and rural communities, local and central governments, state-society relations and international relations. In doing so it offers both a valuable overview of individual Asian countries' approaches to climate change governance, and a series of case studies for finding solutions to climate change challenges"--