1.6.3 Low-Carbon and East Asian Sustainability
The East Asian region is characterized by the world’s most extraordinary diversity in
terms of politics, economy, technology, culture, religion, and ethnicity. On the
environmental side, we are faced with a wide range of common issues such as
economic development (overcoming poverty), addressing pollution, global
warming, reduced biodiversity, ozone depletion, and trans-boundary air pollution.
In regions where rich and developing countries live alongside each other, such as
East Asia, all countries share the burden of environmental degradation. As such, the
need for inter-regional cooperation in resolving environmental problems is becoming increasingly apparent; these problems do not heed physical or geopolitical
boundaries. There is no other problem with of greater significance than air pollution,
acid rain, and global warming. East Asia faces a trilemma of poverty, pollution, and
global environmental issues. Ensuring the security of strategic energy resources
based on mutually beneficial international cooperation in East Asia and building
policy development scenarios and roadmaps for that purpose are essential in their
own right.
A community is a union of people who share the same interests and goals. The
issue of global warming is a serious issue for a community that shares the common
interests and goals of humankind. This includes climate mitigation and adaptation,
impact, and the reduction of environmental damage. Due to the urgency of climate
change issues, the commonality, and necessity of realizing a low-carbon society, the
add-on benefits of carbon abatement countermeasures, and characteristics of CO 2
itself, it is vital that the “East Asian Low-Carbon Community” concept is
materialized.
References
BBC (2020) Recorded 38 degrees in Siberia or highest possibility in the Arctic. https://www.bbc.
com/japanese/53147673. Accessed 31 July 2020 (in Japanese)
Cabinet Office (2015) Fifth science and technology basic plan. https://www8.cao.go.jp/cstp/
kihonkeikaku/index5.html. Accessed 1 July 2020
China Meteorological Administration (2002) The sudden change in climate and the decline of
ancient civilizations four thousand years ago. http://www.cma.gov.cn/kppd/kppdqxsj/
kppdqhbh/201212/t20121213_196305.html. Accessed 1 July 2020
Courtney H, Kirkland J, Viguerie P (1997) Strategy under uncertainty. Harv Bus Rev 75(6):66–79
Earther G (2020) NASA space lasers offer’ fantastically detailed’ look at the World’s ice loss.
https://earther.gizmodo.com/laser-satellites-offer-fantastically-detailed-look-at-t-1843197751.
Accessed 31 July 2020
EM-DAT (2017) International Disaster Database 2017. https://www.emdat.be/. Accessed
6 May 2020
Fagan BM (2004) The long summer: how climate changed civilization, New York
Fukui News (2019) Relationship between climate change and ancient civilization, 120 points are
showing the rise and fall of Egypt. https://www.hokurikushinkansen-navi.jp/pc/news/article.
php?id¼NEWS0000020693. Accessed 1 July 2020
1 Climate Change and Low-Carbon Society: Coping with Uncertainty
35
The East Asian region is characterized by the world’s most extraordinary diversity in
terms of politics, economy, technology, culture, religion, and ethnicity. On the
environmental side, we are faced with a wide range of common issues such as
economic development (overcoming poverty), addressing pollution, global
warming, reduced biodiversity, ozone depletion, and trans-boundary air pollution.
In regions where rich and developing countries live alongside each other, such as
East Asia, all countries share the burden of environmental degradation. As such, the
need for inter-regional cooperation in resolving environmental problems is becoming increasingly apparent; these problems do not heed physical or geopolitical
boundaries. There is no other problem with of greater significance than air pollution,
acid rain, and global warming. East Asia faces a trilemma of poverty, pollution, and
global environmental issues. Ensuring the security of strategic energy resources
based on mutually beneficial international cooperation in East Asia and building
policy development scenarios and roadmaps for that purpose are essential in their
own right.
A community is a union of people who share the same interests and goals. The
issue of global warming is a serious issue for a community that shares the common
interests and goals of humankind. This includes climate mitigation and adaptation,
impact, and the reduction of environmental damage. Due to the urgency of climate
change issues, the commonality, and necessity of realizing a low-carbon society, the
add-on benefits of carbon abatement countermeasures, and characteristics of CO 2
itself, it is vital that the “East Asian Low-Carbon Community” concept is
materialized.
References
BBC (2020) Recorded 38 degrees in Siberia or highest possibility in the Arctic. https://www.bbc.
com/japanese/53147673. Accessed 31 July 2020 (in Japanese)
Cabinet Office (2015) Fifth science and technology basic plan. https://www8.cao.go.jp/cstp/
kihonkeikaku/index5.html. Accessed 1 July 2020
China Meteorological Administration (2002) The sudden change in climate and the decline of
ancient civilizations four thousand years ago. http://www.cma.gov.cn/kppd/kppdqxsj/
kppdqhbh/201212/t20121213_196305.html. Accessed 1 July 2020
Courtney H, Kirkland J, Viguerie P (1997) Strategy under uncertainty. Harv Bus Rev 75(6):66–79
Earther G (2020) NASA space lasers offer’ fantastically detailed’ look at the World’s ice loss.
https://earther.gizmodo.com/laser-satellites-offer-fantastically-detailed-look-at-t-1843197751.
Accessed 31 July 2020
EM-DAT (2017) International Disaster Database 2017. https://www.emdat.be/. Accessed
6 May 2020
Fagan BM (2004) The long summer: how climate changed civilization, New York
Fukui News (2019) Relationship between climate change and ancient civilization, 120 points are
showing the rise and fall of Egypt. https://www.hokurikushinkansen-navi.jp/pc/news/article.
php?id¼NEWS0000020693. Accessed 1 July 2020
1 Climate Change and Low-Carbon Society: Coping with Uncertainty
35