1st Edition
Green Finance and Renewable Energy in ASEAN and East Asia
Green Finance and Renewable Energy in ASEAN and East Asia edited by Phoumin, Taghizadeh-Hesary and Kimura provides several empirical policy-oriented studies with new data on ASEAN member states and East Asian economies that deal with innovative and market-based solutions for unlocking private investments in renewable energy projects.
In the wake of COVID-19, the importance of innovative ways and policies for enhancing investments in renewable energy projects to achieve climate-related goals is highlighted. Chapters cover various aspects and means of green finance for renewable energy development, including identifying the financing barriers and solutions for mitigating them, cleantech finance and energy transition, green investment risks, green technology financing, market development, carbon taxation, green bonds, FinTech, and green digital finance. The book collectively provides policy recommendations for designing funding strategies for renewable energy development in ASEAN and East Asia.
A valuable resource to end-users, policymakers, and market players in ASEAN, East Asia, and the rest of the world on access to finance for renewable energy development.
Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Part 1 Barriers, Risks, and Mitigation
- Addressing Investment Challenges to Foster Capital Mobilization into Geothermal Power Projects in Indonesia and New Zealand
- Understanding Green Investment Risks of Renewable Energy Projects: A Perspective from Investors and Developers in Malaysia
- Climate risk and sustainable investing: new evidence from Chinese renewable energy firms
- Green Bond Underlying Volatility Swaps in China
- Cleantech Financing and Renewable Energy Transition in ASEAN: A Dependence Perspective
- The role of fintech on renewable energy growth in the digital era: The case of China
- The role of Green bonds in funding renewable energy projects in Japan
- The Role of Green Finance in Renewable Energy Deployment in the Republic of Korea
- Green Financing through Carbon Taxation: Malaysia's Roadmap to Increased Renewable Energy Investment
- Role of green technology financing in renewable energy development in ASEAN
- India’s Green Financing Renewable Energy Initiatives
by Tsani Rakhmah
by Amar Hisham Bin Jaaffar, Saraswathy Kasavan, Siti Indati Mustapaa, Nor Munirah Zawawi, and Siti Fara Fadila Abdul Razak
by Anupam Dutta, Mohammad Rakib Uddin Bhuiyan, Ali Ahmed, and Gazi Salah Uddin
by Ranadeva Jayasekera, Tianqi Luo, Ali Ahmed, and Gazi Salah Uddin
by Wasim Ahmad, Manmeet Kaur, and Nazneen Mansoori
Part 2 Green finance instruments and Policies for renewable energy development
by Kangyin Dong, Congyu Zhao, Jianda Wang, Farhad Taghizadeh-Hesary, and Han Phoumin
by Farhad Taghizadeh-Hesary, Han Phoumin, and Ehsan Rasoulinezhad
by Nadeem Iqbal, Farhad Taghizadeh-Hesary, and Han Phoumin
by Siti Indati Mustapaa, Nor Salwati Othman, and Bamidele Victor Ayodele
by Muhammad Mohsin, Farhad Taghizadeh-Hesary, and Han Phoumin
by Sangeeta V. Sharma, Han Phoumin, Vinod K. Sharma, and Farhad Taghizadeh-Hesary
Biography
Han Phoumin is a Senior Energy Economist with the Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia. He has more than 20 years of experience working at various international and inter-governmental organizations related to the energy market and technologies, environment, integrated water resource management, and governance.
Farhad Taghizadeh-Hesary is an Associate Professor at Tokai University in Japan. He is also vice president and co-founder of the International Society for Energy Transition Studies. He was listed on Clarivate’s list of Highly Cited Researchers. He specializes in energy economics, energy policy and green finance.
Fukunari Kimura is a Professor in the Faculty of Economics, Keio University, Japan. He is also Chief Economist at the Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia since 2008. He specializes in international trade and development economics.