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Environmental and Energy Issues from an International Cooperation Perspective

Environmental and energy issues in Northeast Asia, especially in East Asia, where economic development is currently proceeding at a dramatic pace, is the focus of my work. Examining these issues in broad as well as multidimensional perspective, I seek to clarify not only the historical process by which they emerged and the circumstances they involve today, but also what forms of international cooperation are feasible for dealing with them. In particular, I employ the perspectives of political science, economics, sociology, and other social sciences to develop recommendations for treaties and protocols as well as for environmental taxation, emissions trading, and other specific domestic and international policies and measures designed to deal with problems such as global warming that lie beyond the power of any one country to solve.

The 2000 COP6 convention on climate change held in the Hague, Netherlands
(Photo courtesy of Leila Mead/IISD)

Principal areas of interest

• Environmental and energy issues in China
• Global warming
• International environmental cooperation
• Emissions trading
• Environmental taxation