Abstract
East Asia Summit (EAS) countries are at the centre of a paradigm shift towards low-carbon green growth. This shift must incorporate energy security, economic growth and carbon emission reductions in the strategic policy making and implementation. Many ASEAN Member states have started this paradigm, bringing clean and renewable energy access, industrial and household energy efficiency improvement, competitiveness, developing green technology markets, and supporting decent job creation. What has been the initial experience in the paradigm shift? What can policy makers learn from the experience and further advance the policy agenda at national level? How can actions further be accelerated through market based and non-market approaches of regional cooperation? This chapter addressees those questions using scenario analysis and analysis on policy effectiveness. Grounded in theories of decoupling and energy security, this chapter focus on both energy supply side (clean coal, renewable energy) and energy demand side (energy efficiency in industry and household sectors) energy management and needed regional cooperation initiatives (trade and investment, capacity building). This chapter concludes by recommending a set of policy actions to decision makers in ASEAN to work collectively and beyond along with future research directions for scholars.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Investing in Low-Carbon Energy Systems |
| Subtitle of host publication | Implications for Regional Economic Cooperation |
| Publisher | Springer International Publishing Switzerland |
| Pages | 185-214 |
| Number of pages | 30 |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 9789811007613 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9789811007606 |
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| Publication status | Published - 22 Sept 2016 |