Global Warming and East Asia

Name: Global Warming and East Asia
Brand: Taylor & Francis

Taylor & Francis

The countries of East Asia are often disproportionately affected by climate change and as they expand and develop, their contribution to the problem grows. This book addresses the forces and actors underlying their policies and behaviour, in so doing increasing our understanding of a region vital to mitigating and coping with climate change. > Global Warming and East Asia analyses the domestic politics, foreign policy and international relations of climate change in East and Southeast Asia, The countries of this important region are often disproportionately affected by climate change and, as they expand and develop, their contribution to the problem grows. The contributors investigate the increasingly widespread and disparate efforts to address global warming at international, national and local levels, and in so doing increase our understanding of a region vital to mitigating and coping with climate change. This unique volume includes in-depth studies of China and Japan, two of.