Global Warming and the Asian Pacific

About this book

Examines the problem of global warming from the perspective of Asian Pacific countries, which have shown unprecedented economic and demographic growth over the past 2 decades. Focuses on 4 main issues: baseline emissions, abatement costs, impacts of global warming, policy solutions and instruments.

Contents

Global warming and the Asian Pacific, Ching-Cheng Chang, Daigee Shaw and Robert Mendelsohn. Part 1 Baseline emissions: forecasting carbon dioxide emissions in Vietnam, Vu Xuan Quang; baseline forecasting for greenhouse gas reductions in Taiwan - a dynamic CGE analysis, Ping-Cheng Li et al; forecasting baseline CO2 emissions in Japan, Masahiro Kuroda and Koji Nomura; analysis of economic and environmental interdependency in East Asian countries, Hikaru Sakuramoto et al. Part 2 Abatement cost: effect of energy tax on CO2 emissions and economic development in Taiwan, 1999-2020, Chi-Yuan Liang and Dale W. Jorgenson; impact of carbon tax and reduced CO2 discharge on Chinese economy - a static CGW analysis, Yuxin Zheng and Gang Ma; cost of reducing CO2 emissions in Japan, Masahiro Kuroda and Koji Nomura; greenhouse gas mitigation through energy crops in the US with implications for Asian-Pacific countries, Uwe A. Schneider and Bruce A. McCarl. Part 3 Warming impacts: climate change and crop yield distribution in Taiwan, Ching-Cheng Chang and Chi-Chung Cheng; will global warming cause heat stress?, Robert Mendelsohn and Daigee Shaw; the impact of climate change on Asian Pacific countries, Robert Mendelsohn. Part 4 Policy instruments: reducing cost uncertainty and encouraging ratification of the Kyoto protocol, Raymond Kopp et al; a better alternative to Kyoto Protocol, Warwick J. McKibbin; joint implementation, clean development mechanism and the baseline - an economic analysis, Ekko C. van Ierland et al; economic issues related to design of a domestic permit trading system, Carolyn Fischer.

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