TY - JOUR
T1 - Identifying Countries for Regional Cooperation in Low Carbon Growth: A Geo-environmental Impact Index
AU - Zaman, Kazi Arif Uz
AU - Kalirajan, Kaliappa
AU - Anbumozhi, Venkatachalam
PY - 2019
Y1 - 2019
N2 - This paper proposes a new geo-environmental Impact index to quantify the implications and dynamics for a country to join in a regional cooperation for low carbon growth (LCG) in Asia. The index helps diferentiating the countries according to risk dissemination and risk assimilation categories, which are so crucial in framing efective LCG policies. Empirical
results reveal that under the proposed grand regional bloc comprising of 20 Asian countries, eight countries are identifed
as predominantly geo-environmental risk assimilators, one risk neutral, while the rest of the countries are identifed as predominantly
risk disseminators. Empirical results also show that synergy efect is evident in all the regional or sub-regional
groupings. Sensitivity analysis indicates that the proposed grand regional bloc would yield higher possibility for reducing
CO2 emissions in the respective countries as compared to the actions taken by separate sub-regional groupings. The proposed
model can also be used as an imperative tool in resolving the regional disputes under the climate change negotiations.
AB - This paper proposes a new geo-environmental Impact index to quantify the implications and dynamics for a country to join in a regional cooperation for low carbon growth (LCG) in Asia. The index helps diferentiating the countries according to risk dissemination and risk assimilation categories, which are so crucial in framing efective LCG policies. Empirical
results reveal that under the proposed grand regional bloc comprising of 20 Asian countries, eight countries are identifed
as predominantly geo-environmental risk assimilators, one risk neutral, while the rest of the countries are identifed as predominantly
risk disseminators. Empirical results also show that synergy efect is evident in all the regional or sub-regional
groupings. Sensitivity analysis indicates that the proposed grand regional bloc would yield higher possibility for reducing
CO2 emissions in the respective countries as compared to the actions taken by separate sub-regional groupings. The proposed
model can also be used as an imperative tool in resolving the regional disputes under the climate change negotiations.
U2 - 10.1007/s41742-019-00233-5
DO - 10.1007/s41742-019-00233-5
M3 - Article
SN - 1735-6865
VL - 14
SP - 29
EP - 41
JO - International Journal of Environmental Research
JF - International Journal of Environmental Research
IS - 1
ER -