Economics, Politics and Public Policy in East Asia and the Pacific
Authors: Jianxin Wu, Jinan University, Yanrui Wu, University of Western Australia and Xiumei Guo, Curtin University
As the world’s largest emitter of carbon dioxide, China faces enormous carbon abatement challenges. These challenges are concentrated in cities. One estimate for 2006 suggested that some 84 per cent of China’s total commercial energy use occurred in urban areas. Read more…
Authors: Kurnya Roesad and Frank Jotzo, ANU
Is Indonesia missing out on the global renewable energy revolution? Looking at Indonesia’s plan to boost coal-fired power generation, the answer may unfortunately be yes. Read more…
Authors: Biliang Hu, BNU, Jia Luo, ICBC, Chunlai Chen and Bingqin Li, ANU
China was responsible for 25 per cent of global carbon dioxide emissions in 2012. According to World Bank research, cities consume more than 65 per cent of global energy and emit some 70 per cent of greenhouse gases. Read more…
Author: Paul Pryce, UPH Analytics
The newly elected Taiwanese government led by President Tsai Ing-wen and the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) will be faced with significant challenges in energy policy. Most urgently, viable replacements for Taiwan’s ageing fleet of nuclear reactors must be found.
Author: Michael Henry Yusingco, Melbourne
The Philippine presidential campaign period officially begins on 9 February. But amid the same old spiels about political piety, not one of the five presidential candidates — current Vice-President Jojo Binay, Senator Miriam Defensor-Santiago, Mayor Rodrigo Duterte, Senator Grace Poe and Secretary Mar Roxas — has raised the most pressing issue facing the Philippines, the country’s massive population. Read more…
Authors: R. Quentin Grafton and John Williams, ANU, and Qiang Jiang, Sichuan University
Asia’s food systems are under an unprecedented confluence of pressures. Balancing future food demand and supply in ways that protect the most vulnerable, while also being sustainable, must be a first order policy priority. Read more…
Author: Frank Jotzo, ANU
China has submitted its formal pledge to the UN climate negotiations. China’s target is a 60–65 per cent reduction in the emissions intensity of its economy compared to 2005 levels by 2030, with carbon dioxide emissions peaking around 2030, and ‘best efforts’ made to peak earlier. Read more…
