From Ideas to Action: Clean Energy Solutions for Asia to Address Climate Change

摘要

This report analyzes the role that clean energy can play in Asia's development, with a focus on Asia's six largest developing economies: China, India, Indonesia, the Philippines, Thailand, and Vietnam. The report adopts a regional lens in assessing the potential for clean energy options in Asia. It was prepared as a collaborative effort with numerous partners and stakeholders in these countries. The objective of the report is to review forecasts of energy supply and demand trends, synthesize information on projections in the growth of GHG emissions, and identify interventions with the potential to slow the rate of increase in emissions when implemented on a regional level. Furthermore, it highlights the importance of addressing energy security for the Asian region an issue of increasing concern, as the limited availability of energy resources within the region will require countries to rely more and more on energy imports. This increasing reliance on energy imports is important, since sustained high oil prices could lower annual GDP growth rates in Asias developing economies by 0.5 to 1.7 percentage points (ADB, 2004). This report presents an objective analysis of technical solutions to Asia's clean energy challenges. It is not intended to address the complex issues raised in official international climate change negotiations. The clean energy options discussed in this report have been developed in a transparent and consultative manner, and they represent a set of priority solutions to common barriers faced by the six focus countries.