Title: Current trends and policies of energy consumption and CO₂ emission from the largest Asian economies

Authors: Md. Sujahangir Kabir Sarkar; Rawshan Ara Begum; Sumaiya Sadeka; Joy Jacqueline Pereira

Addresses: Department of Economics, Patuakhali Science and Technology University, Dumki 8602, Patuakhali, Bangladesh ' Institute of Climate Change (IPI), Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Bangi 43600, Selangor, Malaysia ' Faculty of Social Science and Humanities, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Bangi 43600, Selangor, Malaysia ' Institute for Environment and Development (LESTARI), Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Bangi 43600, Selangor, Malaysia

Abstract: This article presents the current trends of energy consumption and CO₂ emission as well as their relationship for the five largest Asian economies i.e., People's Republic of China (China), Japan, India, Republic of Korea (South Korea) and Indonesia using the time series data from 1991 to 2014. The total energy consumption has increased by 3.62 times from 1991 to 2014 in China where India, Korea and Indonesia have faced more than double of their energy consumption during that time. However, total CO₂ emission in China, India, Korea and Indonesia was increased by 3.5, 2.81, 2.25 and 3.14 times respectively from 1991 to 2014. All the countries except Japan are facing increasing trends of energy consumption and CO₂ emission while positive and significant relationship have found between them for all the countries. Thus, the implementation of current policies and emission reduction target of these five countries are presented in this paper.

Keywords: trends; relationship; growth; energy consumption; CO₂ emission; policy; Asia.

DOI: 10.1504/IJGW.2018.091530

International Journal of Global Warming, 2018 Vol.14 No.4, pp.417 - 439

Received: 16 Jan 2016
Accepted: 13 Oct 2016
Published online: 04 May 2018 *

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