Crucial issues in climate change and the Kyoto Protocol : Asia and the world / / editors, Koh Kheng-Lian, Lye Lin- Heng , Jolene Lin.

• Author: ProQuest (Firm)
• TeilnehmendeR: Koh, Kheng Lian.; Lye, Lin Heng.; Lin, Jolene.; ProQuest (Firm)
• Year of Publication: 2010
• Language: English
• Physical Description: xix, 576 p. :; col. ill., map.

Table of Contents

Climate disruption : remaking the agenda of MEAs in Asia and the world / Nicholas A. Robinson -- Reframing global warming : toward a strategic national planning network / Scott Victor Valentine -- Climate change : living in the Anthropocene / Jeff Obbard -- An overview of the clean development mechanism in Southeast Asia / Jolene Lin -- CDM in China / Yang Xing and Wang Xi -- Empirical considerations in the development of CDM projects in Asia / William I.Y. Byun and Felix H.C. Chan -- Making markets work : a review of CDM performance and the need for reform / Charlotte Streck and Jolene Lin -- Regional framework : the European Union emissions trading scheme : past, present, and future / Kurt Deketelaere and Marijke Schurmans -- Trends in carbon trading : practical lessons / Andrew Beatty and Evan Williams -- Singapore's national climate change strategy / K. Suresh -- Japan : achieving its Kyoto target / Hiroji Isozaki -- Compliance under the Kyoto Protocol and its implications for the Asian region / Maria Socorro Manguiat -- Climate change as a threat to peace & security : glacial melting & human security in the Himalayas / Kishan Khoday -- The Kyoto Protocol and beyond : a South Asian perspective / Asanga Gunawansa -- Beyond Kyoto : climate change including a discussion of the AP6 initiative from the Australian perspective / Michael I. Jeffrey -- Protecting forests to mitigate global climate change / Charlotte Streck.