Energy, Environmental and Economic Sustainability in East Asia
Policies and Institutional Reforms
Routledge Studies in Sustainability Series

This book looks at institutional reforms for the use of energy, water and resources toward a sustainable future in East Asia.

The book argues that developments in the East Asian region are critical to global sustainability and acknowledges that there is an increasing degree of mutual reliance among countries in East Asia ? primarily China, Japan, Korea and Taiwan. It analyzes environmental impacts stemming from the use of energy, water and mineral resources via economic development in East Asia in the medium to long term (through 2050) through theoretical and empirical modelling. The book also evaluates the ripple effects of environmental and resource policies on each country?s economy and clarifies the direction of institutional reform in energy systems, resources and water use for a sustainable future.

Introduction 1. Introduction to the E3ME and FTT Models Part I: Building Low-carbon Power Generation while Simultaneously Reducing the Role of Nuclear 2. Regulatory Policies to Reduce the Amount of Nuclear and Coal-fired Power Generation in East Asia3. The Economic Impacts of Reduced Reliance on Coal and Nuclear Power Generation in East Asia 4. The Impacts of Combined Policies to Promote Sustainable Low Carbon Power Generation in East Asia Part II: Innovating to Reduce CO2 Emissions in Industry, Transport and Buildings 5. Policy Mixes to Meet the CO2 Emission Reduction Targets in All Sectors of the Economy in East Asia 6. Policies to Decarbonize Steel Industry in 2050 in East Asia 7. Policies to Decarbonize Passenger Vehicles in 2050 in East Asia 8. Policies to Decarbonize Household Heating Systems in 2050 in East Asia9. Using the Revenues from Carbon Pricing Measures as a Part of Environmental Tax Reform in East Asia10. Financing the Low-carbon Transition Part III: Wider Sustainability Issues: Reducing Water and Material Consumption, and Improving Air Quality 11. Interactions between Energy and Material Consumption in East Asia 12. Sustainable Use of Water Resource in East Asia 13. Transboundary Air Pollution and related Health Effects in East Asia Concluding Remarks and Future Challenges

Soocheol Lee is Professor of Faculty of Economics, Meijo University in Japan. He graduated from Seoul National University and received his PhD at the Graduate School of Kyoto University. He had worked for the Federation of Korean Industry as a team leader of Economic Research Department. He has written many books and papers on energy and environmental policy design and cooperation for sustainable low-carbon economy in East Asia.

Hector Pollitt is Director and Head of International Modelling at Cambridge Econometrics, with extensive expertise in the development and application of macroeconomic modelling approaches for policy assessment. He has made significant contributions to several official assessments of energy and climate policy in the European Union and is responsible for development of the global E3ME simulation model.

Kiyoshi Fujikawa is Professor of Applied Social System Institute of Asia, Nagoya University in Japan. He graduated from Kobe University in Japan and received his PhD there. He had worked at the Department of Economics and Social Affairs in the United Nations as a statistician before teaching in Japan. He has made significant contributions to application of input-output analysis on environmental economics.