Full Description
Greenhouse gas concentrations are rapidly increasing and as a result, fundamental economic transitions are needed to limit global warming. This essential book examines the climate and energy policies of selected jurisdictions in Europe and East Asia that have vowed to become carbon neutral.
Climate and Energy Law and Policy in the EU and East Asia provides important analyses of the respective laws and policies of the European Union, China and South Korea, and also touches upon Japan. Accounting for 43% of global CO2 emissions, these jurisdictions are critical for success. While nations share a common goal, the way policy priorities are set, and the ways in which the climate crisis is managed, differ tremendously. Chapters examine different law and policy approaches, constraints and resulting implications for cooperation, thereby contributing to the climate and energy transition discussions and offering much-needed policy insights.
This timely book will be of great interest to researchers, students and scholars focusing on climate and energy law and policy. It will additionally be beneficial for policymakers and government officials seeking to understand changes in energy policy.
Contents
Contents:
1 Climate and energy law and policy in the EU and East Asia 1
Stefan E. Weishaar and Eunjung Kim
PART I CLIMATE CHANGE PERSPECTIVES
2 South Korean green growth and climate change policies 13
Eiji Sawada
3 China's climate change governance: a perspective from
the development of carbon emission trading systems 31
Bingyu Liu
4 Three decades of learning-by-doing: the evolving climate
change mitigation policy of the European Union 47
Kati Kulovesi and Harro van Asselt
PART II ENERGY PERSPECTIVES
5 China's energy policy: towards energy transition 70
Xiaoping Zhang
6 A decade of EU energy policy 103
Claudia Kettner and Daniela Kletzan-Slamanig
7 The Dutch and German coal exit: an impact analysis of
policymaking 131
Sami Madani
PART III TRANSITION AND COOPERATION
8 Green deal transition and cooperation 154
Stefan E. Weishaar
9 Linking ETS in China, Japan and South Korea: process,
alignments and future management 181
Joseph Dellatte and Sven Rudolph
Index
