:Global Type
:Tenure-track Type
Research Interests: Economic and Resource Geography
Research Topic: Financing a low-carbon transition: Re-aligning Japan’s ‘green growth strategy’ in support of decarbonization in Southeast Asia
Host Department: Center for Southeast Asian Studies
Previous Affiliation: Center for Southeast Asian Studies, Kyoto University
Japan pledged to achieve net zero emissions by 2050 through a ‘green growth strategy’ aimed at decarbonising, while revitalising, key aspects of its economy. While significant, given the carbon intensity of its domestic economy, it remains a large contributor of CO2 emissions abroad. Japan is a leading funder of power projects globally, which over the past decade have been mainly fossil fuel-based (coal, oil, and gas) particularly in emerging economies in Southeast Asia. The research will examine how this financing can be re-directed to support renewable (solar, wind, etc.) or zero-emissions alternatives (fossil fuel with carbon capture, hydrogen) that support Japan and recipient states’ pledges to reduce emissions. Mobilising financing for a low-carbon transition is one of the most urgent challenges of our time, and this is considered pivotal to limit global temperature rise to 1.5 degree Celsius to prevent the catastrophic effects of climate change. The research intends to make a timely intervention to academic and policy debates in this area of research that is informed by transition dynamics in the East and Southeast Asian region.
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