East Asia

Improvement in energy efficiency, by using less energy to provide the same level of economic output, is widely accepted as one of the most cost-effective means to reduce CO2 emissions. East Asian countries accounting for around 30% of the world’s energy-related CO2 emissions in 2010 have strengthened energy management and improved the energy...

Since the mid 1990s, governments have attached increasing importance to urban environmental infrastructure (UEI) development in East Asian developing countries. There are two critical strategic issues for improving urban environmental infrastructure in East Asia: the enhancement of governmental capacities in financing UEI, and the mobilization of...