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Title Energy sustainability and climate change in ASEAN / Han Phoumin, Farhad Taghizadeh-Hesary, Fukunari Kimura, Jun Arima, editors
Published Singapore : Springer, [2021]
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Description 1 online resource : illustrations (chiefly color)
Series Economics, law, and institutions in Asia Pacific
Economics, law, and institutions in Asia Pacific.
Contents Impacts of Climate Change on Agriculture in South-East Asia: Drought Conditions and Crop Damage Assessment -- Management of Natural Forests for Carbon Emission Reductions through Improved Logging Practices and Wood Bioenergy Use -- Vehicle Technology Impact Assessment Model for Indonesia (VEIA-ID): Concept and First Results -- Assessment of the Forest Carbon Balance due to Deforestation and Plantation Forestry in Southeast Asia -- ASEAN Energy Landscape and Emissions: The Modelling Scenarios and Policy Implications
Summary This book provides several up-to-date empirical policy-oriented studies on assessing the impacts of climate change on various economic sectors and the role of renewable energy resources in mitigating pollution and climate change. It suggests various policy recommendations on how to increase the share of renewable energy resources in the energy baskets of the members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and the rest of the world to ensure energy sustainability. As of 2020, most of the world's energy investment still went to carbon-emitting sources, namely, fossil fuels. On the other hand, the Covid-19 pandemic and the economic Project Overview 20 March 2021 08:39 Page 6 of 9 downturns shrank the global energy demand, including fossil fuels, resulting in a sharp drop in their prices. Low fossil fuel prices are harmful to developing renewable energy projects, making solar, wind, and other renewable energy resources less competitive as sources of electricity. This is endangering the Paris agreement and the Climate Action goal of the United Nations. Given the high share of fossil fuels in the energy mix of the members of ASEAN, tremendous challenges must be faced for their energy transition in the post-Covid-19 world. The authors call for sound policy and applicable technologies to ensure sustainable energy availability, accessibility, and affordability to reach emission reduction targets
Notes Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed August 2, 2021)
Subject Climatic changes -- Southeast Asia
Climatic changes -- Economic aspects -- Southeast Asia
Renewable energy sources -- Southeast Asia
Climatic changes
Climatic changes -- Economic aspects
Renewable energy sources
Southeast Asia
Form Electronic book
Author Phoumin, Han, editor
Taghizadeh-Hesary, Farhad, editor
Kimura, Fukunari, editor
Arima, Jun, editor
ISBN 9789811620003
9811620008