Energy Transition and Energy Democracy in East Asia

This is an open access book.The subject of this book is to provide down-to-earth information on what kind of actions are being taken by the Government, Local community, Businesses, Researchers, NGOs on the energy transition in this region. It gives an updated picture of the energy transition in the East Asian countries, where the economic growth, as well as CO2 emission growth, is significant.This book focuses not only on the technological perspective of the energy transition but also on the relationship between democracy and energy transition. Readers of this book can understand what kind of international support and pressure is needed to promote the energy transition in this region.Since energy transition is needed not only for combatting climate change but also for the Green Recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic, publishing this book is very helpful to promote the Green Recovery and the Green New Deal world-widely.

This book is open access, which means that you have free and unlimited access Presents the current and future energy/climate policy in this important as well as the interesting region. Covers the Green Recovery/Green New deal from the COVID-19 pandemic. A good combination of authors includes academics, think tanks, and NGOs.

Autorentext

Jusen Asuka Center for Northeast Asian Studies , Tohoku University, Sendai, Miyagi, Japan

Dan Jin Center for Northeast Asian Studies , Tohoku University, Sendai, Miyagi, Japan

Klappentext

Chapter 1. Challenging the Transition of Civilization - Theory and Practice of "Energy Democracy.- Chapter 2. Global Trend - How to overcome a combination of crises?.- Chapter 3. Energy Democracy for Energy Transition in South Korea?: Focusing on Politicization of Media.- Chapter 4. China's Energy Transition: How to Overcome Financial, Societal, and Institutional Challenges in the Long Term.- Chapter 5. Energy Democracy and Energy Transition in Taiwan.- Chapter 6. Japanese Green New Deal to Bring Happiness and Prosperity.- Chapter 7. Transboundary cooperative governance toward energy transition in East Asia, A review of historical development and future perspective.

Inhalt

Chapter 1. Challenging the Transition of Civilization Theory and Practice of Energy Democracy.- Chapter 2. Global Trend - How to overcome a combination of crises?.- Chapter 3. Energy Democracy for Energy Transition in South Korea?: Focusing on Politicization of Media.- Chapter 4. China's Energy Transition: How to Overcome Financial, Societal, and Institutional Challenges in the Long Term.- Chapter 5. Energy Democracy and Energy Transition in Taiwan.- Chapter 6. Japanese Green New Deal to Bring Happiness and Prosperity.- Chapter 7. Transboundary cooperative governance toward energy transition in East Asia, A review of historical development and future perspective.