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Introduction

Part I

Framework of Climate Change Governance in Asian Countries

Koichi Hasegawa

Climate Change Governance in Japan: Critical Review on Japan's INDC and its Energy Policy

Kuei-Tien Chou and Hwa Meei Liou

Climate Change Governance in Taiwan: The Transitional Gridlock by a High Carbon Regime

Sun-Jin Yun

Climate Change Governance in Korea: Focusing on the Process of the Establishment of its NDC

Kang Chen and Alex Y Lo

Climate Governance in China: the role of International Organisations in the Guangdong Emission Trading Scheme

Part II

Risks and Transition

Chaya Vaddhanaphuti

Governing Climate Knowledges: what can Thailand Climate Change Master Plan and climate project managers learn from lay Northern Thai villagers?

Midori Aoyagi

Risk Perceptions and Attitudes Toward National Energy Choices and Climate Change in Japan and European Countries

Chia-Wei Chao and Kuei-Tien Chou

Governing the Climate-Driven Systemic Risk in Taiwan – Challenges and Perspectives

Hajime Kimura

Ecological Modernization, New Technologies and Framing in the Environmental Movement: A climate Change Mitigation Technology (CO2 capture and storage) and its Environmental Risk

Part III

Local Governance on Climate Change Adaptation

So-Young Lee, Eric Zusman and Seejae Lee

Tracing Sustainability Transitions in Seoul Governance: Enabling and Scaling Grassroots Innovations

Anshu Ogra

Rethinking Adaptation to Climate Change in the Policy Landscape of India

Leah Abayao

Disaster Risk Governance in Northern Philippines Communities: Issues and Prospects in Climate Change Talks

Roger S. Chen and Ho-Ching Lee

Assessing Climate Governance of Tainan City through Stakeholder Networks and Text Mining

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About the Author

Kuei-Tien Chou is Professor at the Graduate Institute of National Development, National Taiwan University and Lead Principal Investigator of Risk Society and Policy Research Center, National Taiwan University.

Koichi Hasegawa is Professor of Sociology at Graduate School of Arts and Letters, Tohoku University, Japan.

Dowan Ku is Director of Environment and Society Research Institute, Seoul, South Korea.

Shu-Fen Kao is Associate Professor at the Department of Sociology, Fo Guang University.

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