Trade and Investment Policies to Promote Climate Friendly Technologies in APEC Economies

Climate Friendly Technologies (CFT) reduces the emissions of greenhouse gases (GHG) by reducing the carbon content of economic activity. Climate change due to greenhouse gases is expected to affect many sectors, and present risks to many Asia-Pacif...

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Main Author: World Bank
Format: Other Environmental Study
Language:English
en_US
Published: Washington, DC 2013
Subjects:
AIR
CO
CO2
GAS
GHG
OIL
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2012/01/16336367/trade-investment-policies-promote-climate-friendly-technologies-apec-economies
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topic ABATEMENT
ABSOLUTE EMISSIONS
ACID
ACID RAIN
ADAPTATION TO CLIMATE CHANGE
AIR
AIR POLLUTION
AIR POLLUTION PROBLEMS
ALLOCATION
ALUMINUM
ANNUAL GLOBAL EMISSIONS
ANTHROPOGENIC EMISSIONS
APPROACH
AVAILABILITY
BALANCE
BIOMASS
BUSINESS AS USUAL SCENARIO
CALCULATION
CAPITAL COSTS
CARBON
CARBON DIOXIDE
CARBON DIOXIDE EMISSIONS
CARBON INTENSITY
CARBON PRICE
CARBON PRICES
CARBON TAX
CEMENT
CLEAN ENERGY
CLEANER ENERGY
CLIMATE
CLIMATE CHANGE
CLIMATE CHANGE ECONOMICS
CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACTS
CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION
CLIMATE ECONOMICS
CLIMATE LEGISLATION
CLIMATE POLICY
CLIMATE-CHANGE
CLIMATE-CHANGE MITIGATION
CLIMATIC CHANGES
CO
CO2
COAL
COAL CONSUMPTION
COAL PRICES
COAL PRODUCTION
COASTAL AREAS
CONSUMER DEMAND
CONSUMPTION OF COAL
CONVERGENCE
COST-BENEFIT
COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS
COST-BENEFIT FRAMEWORK
COST-EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS
CUMULATIVE EMISSIONS
DAMAGES
DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS
DISCOUNT RATE
DISTRIBUTION OF COSTS
DIVERGENCE
DOMESTIC OIL
DOMESTIC OIL PRODUCTION
ECONOMIC ANALYSIS
ECONOMIC GROWTH
ECONOMIC IMPACT
ECONOMIC INDICATORS
ECONOMIC PERSPECTIVE
ECONOMIC POLICIES
ELECTRICITY
ELECTRICITY DISPATCH
ELECTRICITY GENERATION
ELECTRICITY PRICES
ELECTRICITY SECTOR
EMISSION
EMISSION CONTROL
EMISSION REDUCTIONS
EMISSIONS
EMISSIONS CONTROL
EMISSIONS FROM COAL
EMISSIONS FROM DEFORESTATION
EMISSIONS GROWTH
EMISSIONS INTENSITY
EMISSIONS REDUCTION
EMISSIONS REDUCTIONS
EMISSIONS TARGETS
ENERGY BILLS
ENERGY CONSUMPTION
ENERGY COSTS
ENERGY EFFICIENCY
ENERGY INTENSITY
ENERGY INTENSIVE
ENERGY MARKETS
ENERGY POLICIES
ENERGY PRICE
ENERGY PRICES
ENERGY PRICING
ENERGY PRODUCTION
ENERGY SECURITY
ENERGY SHORTAGES
ENERGY SOURCES
ENERGY SUBSIDIES
ENERGY USE
ENVIRONMENTAL DECISIONS
ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS
ENVIRONMENTAL GOALS
ENVIRONMENTAL OUTCOMES
ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
FEASIBILITY
FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE
FINANCIAL CONSTRAINTS
FINANCIAL CRISIS
FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS
FINANCIAL SECTOR
FISCAL POLICIES
FLOODS
FOREST
FOREST COVERAGE
FOREST DEGRADATION
FOREST STOCK
FORESTRY
FOSSIL
FOSSIL FUEL
FOSSIL FUEL EMISSIONS
FOSSIL FUEL USE
FOSSIL FUELS
FRAMEWORK CONVENTION ON CLIMATE CHANGE
FUEL COSTS
GAS
GASOLINE
GASOLINE PRICES
GASOLINE TAX
GHG
GLOBAL EMISSIONS
GREEN PAPER
GREENHOUSE
GREENHOUSE GAS
GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS
GREENHOUSE GASES
GROWTH IN DEMAND
HEAVY INDUSTRY
HIGH ENERGY INTENSITY
HIGHER ENERGY PRICES
HYDROGEN
IMPORTS
INCOME
INCOME HOUSEHOLDS
INSURANCE
INVESTMENT DECISIONS
MARGINAL UTILITY
MARKET DISTORTIONS
MARKET FAILURES
MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES
NATIONAL EMISSIONS
OIL
OIL CRISIS
OIL EQUIVALENT
OIL IMPORTS
OIL PRODUCTION
OIL USE
PER CAPITA INCOME
POLICY MAKERS
POWER SECTOR
POWER SHORTAGES
PRECAUTIONARY PRINCIPLE
PRESENT VALUE
PRICE OF COAL
PRIMARY ENERGY
PRIMARY ENERGY CONSUMPTION
PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTION
PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS
R&D FUNDING
RAINFALL
RATIO OF ENERGY CONSUMPTION
REDUCTION IN EMISSIONS
RELATIVE PRICE
RENEWABLE ENERGY
RENEWABLE ENERGY PROJECTS
RENEWABLE ENERGY TECHNOLOGY
RESPONSE TO CLIMATE CHANGE
SOLAR POWER
SUBSTITUTION
SULPHUR
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
TAX CREDITS
TAX RATES
TOTAL EMISSIONS
TRADITIONAL ENERGY SECTOR
TRADITIONAL FUELS
TRANSMISSION CONSTRAINTS
TRANSPORT SECTOR
UNCERTAINTIES
UTILITIES
VEHICLES
WELFARE CONSEQUENCES
WIND
WIND ENERGY
WIND INDUSTRY
WIND POWER
WORLD ENERGY
spellingShingle ABATEMENT
ABSOLUTE EMISSIONS
ACID
ACID RAIN
ADAPTATION TO CLIMATE CHANGE
AIR
AIR POLLUTION
AIR POLLUTION PROBLEMS
ALLOCATION
ALUMINUM
ANNUAL GLOBAL EMISSIONS
ANTHROPOGENIC EMISSIONS
APPROACH
AVAILABILITY
BALANCE
BIOMASS
BUSINESS AS USUAL SCENARIO
CALCULATION
CAPITAL COSTS
CARBON
CARBON DIOXIDE
CARBON DIOXIDE EMISSIONS
CARBON INTENSITY
CARBON PRICE
CARBON PRICES
CARBON TAX
CEMENT
CLEAN ENERGY
CLEANER ENERGY
CLIMATE
CLIMATE CHANGE
CLIMATE CHANGE ECONOMICS
CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACTS
CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION
CLIMATE ECONOMICS
CLIMATE LEGISLATION
CLIMATE POLICY
CLIMATE-CHANGE
CLIMATE-CHANGE MITIGATION
CLIMATIC CHANGES
CO
CO2
COAL
COAL CONSUMPTION
COAL PRICES
COAL PRODUCTION
COASTAL AREAS
CONSUMER DEMAND
CONSUMPTION OF COAL
CONVERGENCE
COST-BENEFIT
COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS
COST-BENEFIT FRAMEWORK
COST-EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS
CUMULATIVE EMISSIONS
DAMAGES
DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS
DISCOUNT RATE
DISTRIBUTION OF COSTS
DIVERGENCE
DOMESTIC OIL
DOMESTIC OIL PRODUCTION
ECONOMIC ANALYSIS
ECONOMIC GROWTH
ECONOMIC IMPACT
ECONOMIC INDICATORS
ECONOMIC PERSPECTIVE
ECONOMIC POLICIES
ELECTRICITY
ELECTRICITY DISPATCH
ELECTRICITY GENERATION
ELECTRICITY PRICES
ELECTRICITY SECTOR
EMISSION
EMISSION CONTROL
EMISSION REDUCTIONS
EMISSIONS
EMISSIONS CONTROL
EMISSIONS FROM COAL
EMISSIONS FROM DEFORESTATION
EMISSIONS GROWTH
EMISSIONS INTENSITY
EMISSIONS REDUCTION
EMISSIONS REDUCTIONS
EMISSIONS TARGETS
ENERGY BILLS
ENERGY CONSUMPTION
ENERGY COSTS
ENERGY EFFICIENCY
ENERGY INTENSITY
ENERGY INTENSIVE
ENERGY MARKETS
ENERGY POLICIES
ENERGY PRICE
ENERGY PRICES
ENERGY PRICING
ENERGY PRODUCTION
ENERGY SECURITY
ENERGY SHORTAGES
ENERGY SOURCES
ENERGY SUBSIDIES
ENERGY USE
ENVIRONMENTAL DECISIONS
ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS
ENVIRONMENTAL GOALS
ENVIRONMENTAL OUTCOMES
ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
FEASIBILITY
FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE
FINANCIAL CONSTRAINTS
FINANCIAL CRISIS
FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS
FINANCIAL SECTOR
FISCAL POLICIES
FLOODS
FOREST
FOREST COVERAGE
FOREST DEGRADATION
FOREST STOCK
FORESTRY
FOSSIL
FOSSIL FUEL
FOSSIL FUEL EMISSIONS
FOSSIL FUEL USE
FOSSIL FUELS
FRAMEWORK CONVENTION ON CLIMATE CHANGE
FUEL COSTS
GAS
GASOLINE
GASOLINE PRICES
GASOLINE TAX
GHG
GLOBAL EMISSIONS
GREEN PAPER
GREENHOUSE
GREENHOUSE GAS
GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS
GREENHOUSE GASES
GROWTH IN DEMAND
HEAVY INDUSTRY
HIGH ENERGY INTENSITY
HIGHER ENERGY PRICES
HYDROGEN
IMPORTS
INCOME
INCOME HOUSEHOLDS
INSURANCE
INVESTMENT DECISIONS
MARGINAL UTILITY
MARKET DISTORTIONS
MARKET FAILURES
MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES
NATIONAL EMISSIONS
OIL
OIL CRISIS
OIL EQUIVALENT
OIL IMPORTS
OIL PRODUCTION
OIL USE
PER CAPITA INCOME
POLICY MAKERS
POWER SECTOR
POWER SHORTAGES
PRECAUTIONARY PRINCIPLE
PRESENT VALUE
PRICE OF COAL
PRIMARY ENERGY
PRIMARY ENERGY CONSUMPTION
PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTION
PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS
R&D FUNDING
RAINFALL
RATIO OF ENERGY CONSUMPTION
REDUCTION IN EMISSIONS
RELATIVE PRICE
RENEWABLE ENERGY
RENEWABLE ENERGY PROJECTS
RENEWABLE ENERGY TECHNOLOGY
RESPONSE TO CLIMATE CHANGE
SOLAR POWER
SUBSTITUTION
SULPHUR
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
TAX CREDITS
TAX RATES
TOTAL EMISSIONS
TRADITIONAL ENERGY SECTOR
TRADITIONAL FUELS
TRANSMISSION CONSTRAINTS
TRANSPORT SECTOR
UNCERTAINTIES
UTILITIES
VEHICLES
WELFARE CONSEQUENCES
WIND
WIND ENERGY
WIND INDUSTRY
WIND POWER
WORLD ENERGY
World Bank
Trade and Investment Policies to Promote Climate Friendly Technologies in APEC Economies
geographic_facet Asia
North America
Oceania
Australia
description Climate Friendly Technologies (CFT) reduces the emissions of greenhouse gases (GHG) by reducing the carbon content of economic activity. Climate change due to greenhouse gases is expected to affect many sectors, and present risks to many Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) economies in Asia. These risks include falling freshwater availability, rainfall volatility, frequent hurricanes and droughts, and a greater risk of coastal flooding. All these will cause significant negative impacts on APEC member economies. Given that APEC economies account for more than half of global GHG emissions, the adoption of emissions reducing CFTs in this region is critically important for the global emissions mitigation agenda. This report, first, describes the wide range of different CFTs already in use in middle-income APEC economies and their potential. As such, it is a comprehensive reference on CFTs that are used and produced in middle-income APEC economies, and on the factors that have contributed to their uptake, including domestic Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) legislation and energy security policies. This report combines regional reviews and analyses with country level analyses of China, Indonesia, Thailand, and Vietnam. Second, it discusses the potential of further use and production of CFTs in APEC economies and the challenges facing their adoption. Third, it attempts to identify CFTs that have the most potential for further use. For example, this report identifies wind power technologies in Thailand as one of two CFTs with the most potential for further expansion of installed capacity and that may benefit the most from targeted trade and investment policies. Finally, the report addresses issues concerning the design of effective technology-based policies that support economic development through the adoption of CFTs. First, this will require a substantial mobilization of international investments in CFTs. An additional US$ 200 billion annually by 2030 is the estimated level of investment required to return GHG emissions to current levels.
format Economic & Sector Work :: Other Environmental Study
author World Bank
author_facet World Bank
author_sort World Bank
title Trade and Investment Policies to Promote Climate Friendly Technologies in APEC Economies
title_short Trade and Investment Policies to Promote Climate Friendly Technologies in APEC Economies
title_full Trade and Investment Policies to Promote Climate Friendly Technologies in APEC Economies
title_fullStr Trade and Investment Policies to Promote Climate Friendly Technologies in APEC Economies
title_full_unstemmed Trade and Investment Policies to Promote Climate Friendly Technologies in APEC Economies
title_sort trade and investment policies to promote climate friendly technologies in apec economies
publisher Washington, DC
publishDate 2013
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2012/01/16336367/trade-investment-policies-promote-climate-friendly-technologies-apec-economies
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/13038
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spelling okr-10986-130382021-04-23T14:03:02Z Trade and Investment Policies to Promote Climate Friendly Technologies in APEC Economies World Bank ABATEMENT ABSOLUTE EMISSIONS ACID ACID RAIN ADAPTATION TO CLIMATE CHANGE AIR AIR POLLUTION AIR POLLUTION PROBLEMS ALLOCATION ALUMINUM ANNUAL GLOBAL EMISSIONS ANTHROPOGENIC EMISSIONS APPROACH AVAILABILITY BALANCE BIOMASS BUSINESS AS USUAL SCENARIO CALCULATION CAPITAL COSTS CARBON CARBON DIOXIDE CARBON DIOXIDE EMISSIONS CARBON INTENSITY CARBON PRICE CARBON PRICES CARBON TAX CEMENT CLEAN ENERGY CLEANER ENERGY CLIMATE CLIMATE CHANGE CLIMATE CHANGE ECONOMICS CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACTS CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION CLIMATE ECONOMICS CLIMATE LEGISLATION CLIMATE POLICY CLIMATE-CHANGE CLIMATE-CHANGE MITIGATION CLIMATIC CHANGES CO CO2 COAL COAL CONSUMPTION COAL PRICES COAL PRODUCTION COASTAL AREAS CONSUMER DEMAND CONSUMPTION OF COAL CONVERGENCE COST-BENEFIT COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS COST-BENEFIT FRAMEWORK COST-EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS CUMULATIVE EMISSIONS DAMAGES DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS DISCOUNT RATE DISTRIBUTION OF COSTS DIVERGENCE DOMESTIC OIL DOMESTIC OIL PRODUCTION ECONOMIC ANALYSIS ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC IMPACT ECONOMIC INDICATORS ECONOMIC PERSPECTIVE ECONOMIC POLICIES ELECTRICITY ELECTRICITY DISPATCH ELECTRICITY GENERATION ELECTRICITY PRICES ELECTRICITY SECTOR EMISSION EMISSION CONTROL EMISSION REDUCTIONS EMISSIONS EMISSIONS CONTROL EMISSIONS FROM COAL EMISSIONS FROM DEFORESTATION EMISSIONS GROWTH EMISSIONS INTENSITY EMISSIONS REDUCTION EMISSIONS REDUCTIONS EMISSIONS TARGETS ENERGY BILLS ENERGY CONSUMPTION ENERGY COSTS ENERGY EFFICIENCY ENERGY INTENSITY ENERGY INTENSIVE ENERGY MARKETS ENERGY POLICIES ENERGY PRICE ENERGY PRICES ENERGY PRICING ENERGY PRODUCTION ENERGY SECURITY ENERGY SHORTAGES ENERGY SOURCES ENERGY SUBSIDIES ENERGY USE ENVIRONMENTAL DECISIONS ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS ENVIRONMENTAL GOALS ENVIRONMENTAL OUTCOMES ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION FEASIBILITY FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE FINANCIAL CONSTRAINTS FINANCIAL CRISIS FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS FINANCIAL SECTOR FISCAL POLICIES FLOODS FOREST FOREST COVERAGE FOREST DEGRADATION FOREST STOCK FORESTRY FOSSIL FOSSIL FUEL FOSSIL FUEL EMISSIONS FOSSIL FUEL USE FOSSIL FUELS FRAMEWORK CONVENTION ON CLIMATE CHANGE FUEL COSTS GAS GASOLINE GASOLINE PRICES GASOLINE TAX GHG GLOBAL EMISSIONS GREEN PAPER GREENHOUSE GREENHOUSE GAS GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS GREENHOUSE GASES GROWTH IN DEMAND HEAVY INDUSTRY HIGH ENERGY INTENSITY HIGHER ENERGY PRICES HYDROGEN IMPORTS INCOME INCOME HOUSEHOLDS INSURANCE INVESTMENT DECISIONS MARGINAL UTILITY MARKET DISTORTIONS MARKET FAILURES MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES NATIONAL EMISSIONS OIL OIL CRISIS OIL EQUIVALENT OIL IMPORTS OIL PRODUCTION OIL USE PER CAPITA INCOME POLICY MAKERS POWER SECTOR POWER SHORTAGES PRECAUTIONARY PRINCIPLE PRESENT VALUE PRICE OF COAL PRIMARY ENERGY PRIMARY ENERGY CONSUMPTION PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTION PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS R&D FUNDING RAINFALL RATIO OF ENERGY CONSUMPTION REDUCTION IN EMISSIONS RELATIVE PRICE RENEWABLE ENERGY RENEWABLE ENERGY PROJECTS RENEWABLE ENERGY TECHNOLOGY RESPONSE TO CLIMATE CHANGE SOLAR POWER SUBSTITUTION SULPHUR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT TAX CREDITS TAX RATES TOTAL EMISSIONS TRADITIONAL ENERGY SECTOR TRADITIONAL FUELS TRANSMISSION CONSTRAINTS TRANSPORT SECTOR UNCERTAINTIES UTILITIES VEHICLES WELFARE CONSEQUENCES WIND WIND ENERGY WIND INDUSTRY WIND POWER WORLD ENERGY Climate Friendly Technologies (CFT) reduces the emissions of greenhouse gases (GHG) by reducing the carbon content of economic activity. Climate change due to greenhouse gases is expected to affect many sectors, and present risks to many Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) economies in Asia. These risks include falling freshwater availability, rainfall volatility, frequent hurricanes and droughts, and a greater risk of coastal flooding. All these will cause significant negative impacts on APEC member economies. Given that APEC economies account for more than half of global GHG emissions, the adoption of emissions reducing CFTs in this region is critically important for the global emissions mitigation agenda. This report, first, describes the wide range of different CFTs already in use in middle-income APEC economies and their potential. As such, it is a comprehensive reference on CFTs that are used and produced in middle-income APEC economies, and on the factors that have contributed to their uptake, including domestic Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) legislation and energy security policies. This report combines regional reviews and analyses with country level analyses of China, Indonesia, Thailand, and Vietnam. Second, it discusses the potential of further use and production of CFTs in APEC economies and the challenges facing their adoption. Third, it attempts to identify CFTs that have the most potential for further use. For example, this report identifies wind power technologies in Thailand as one of two CFTs with the most potential for further expansion of installed capacity and that may benefit the most from targeted trade and investment policies. Finally, the report addresses issues concerning the design of effective technology-based policies that support economic development through the adoption of CFTs. First, this will require a substantial mobilization of international investments in CFTs. An additional US$ 200 billion annually by 2030 is the estimated level of investment required to return GHG emissions to current levels. 2013-03-28T18:05:50Z 2013-03-28T18:05:50Z 2012-01 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2012/01/16336367/trade-investment-policies-promote-climate-friendly-technologies-apec-economies http://hdl.handle.net/10986/13038 English en_US CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank Washington, DC Economic & Sector Work :: Other Environmental Study Economic & Sector Work Asia North America Oceania Australia