Green Technologies: Decarbonizing Development in East Asia and Pacific - Softcover

Mattoo, Aaditya; Tran, Trang Thu; De Nicola, Francesca

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1464821984 ISBN 13: 9781464821981

Publisher: The World Bank, 2025

Synopsis

The East Asia and Pacific region is helping the world decarbonize and is encouraging the domestic adoption of renewables. But there is an imbalance: while the region’s innovation and investment improve global access to green technologies, its own emissions continue to grow because of the reluctance to penalize carbon-intensive practices. The disparity between domestic supply and demand spills over into international trade, provoking measures by other countries that limit access to markets and technologies. Green Technologies: Decarbonizing Development in East Asia and Pacific argues that deeper reform of the region’s own policies will encourage the domestic diffusion of cleaner technologies and may also foster greater international cooperation―on climate as well as on innovation and trade in green goods. The book proposes a framework to guide policy on green technology development and diffusion. It will be of interest to policy makers, businesses, and researchers working at the intersection of economics and environmental policy.

Edition details

• Publisher: The World Bank
• Publication date: 2025
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1464821984
• ISBN 13: 9781464821981
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 142