CONTENTS Figures and tables viii Contributors xi Preface xiv Acknowledgements xvi Abbreviations xvii Part I: The imperatives of beyond 2012 1 1 Introduction: Climate change and sustainable development in Asia 3 Agus P. Sari 2 Evolution of debates over the beyond 2012 climate regime 18 Yasuko Kameyama 3 The long-term challenge of climate change - Possible allocations for Japan and Asian countries in 2050 31 Norichika Kanie Part II: Country studies on processes for beyond 2012 49 4 Development and climate change policy-making process in Bangladesh 51 Mozaharul Alam and Atiq Rahman 5 China: Climate change policy-making process 66 Pang Jun and Zou Ji 6 India: Sustainable development and climate change policy contexts 83 Preety M. Bhandari 1 Climate change policy-making process in Indonesia 106 Chrisandini 8 The beyond 2012 debate in Japan 120 Yasuko Kameyama 9 The Republic of Korea: Growing awareness at the domestic level 132 Sungin Na 10 Capacity-building for the post-2012 climate change regime in Thailand 149 Sitanon Jesdapipat Part III: Thematic studies - Components of beyond 2012 167 11 Architectures of post-Kyoto options: Asian perspectives 169 Sitanon Jesdapipat 12 Technology transfer under the UNFCCC framework 183 Zou Ji, Pang Jun and Wang Haiqin 13 Adaptation to climate change: Beyond 2012 195 Mozaharul Alam and Atiq Rahman 14 Flexibility and market-based mechanisms in the beyond 2012 regime 210 Moekti H. Soejachmoen 15 Climate and trade: Implications for post-Kyoto regimes 226 Sitanon Jesdapipat Part IV: Conclusion 235 16 Conclusion: Synthesis and findings 237 Yasuko Kameyama and Norichika Kanie Index 253