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Synopsis Looking beyond the Kyoto Protocol’s first containment period, an intense and growing international debate over the future climate change regime has emerged. Countries in Asia have particularly high stakes in this regime given the region’s high population, growing greenhouse gas emissions, burgeoning economies and vulnerabilities to the impact of climate change. Limited capacity, however, has hampered the participation of many Asia countries in the international debate.

Climate Change in Asia: Perspectives on the Future Climate Regime is the result of a two year study of domestic institutional processes in Asia to address climate change issues, national circumstances that impede countries from fully participating in the international debate and elements of a plausible climate regime from an Asian perspective. The book serves to identify the institutional dimensions of climate change and, importantly, identifies linkages between climate change and sustainable development. Finally, attention is given to the diversity of the Asian region as well as the many commonalities that exist among the region’s countries.