Economic growth in Asia has increased in the past three decades and has heightened energy demand, resulting in rising greenhouse gas emissions and severe air pollution To tackle these issues, fuel switching and the deployment of renewables are essential In the present paper, we discuss the environmental regulations, mainly carbon pricing, implemented in Asia and discuss their achievements Empirical studies using microdata have shown that carbon pricing in Asia can reduce carbon emissions by promoting energy efficiency At the macro level, we observe some evidence of fuel switching from coal to natural gas among major emitters However, more carbon pricing is necessary in Asia if we aim for the decarbonization of the economy

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亚洲能源相关环境政策及其对能源使用的影响

过去 30 年亚洲经济增长加快，能源需求增加，导致温室气体排放量增加和空气污染严重 为解决这些问题，燃料转换和可再生能源的部署至关重要 在本文中，我们讨论了环境问题。亚洲实施的法规，主要是碳定价，并讨论其成果 使用微观数据的实证研究表明，亚洲的碳定价可以通过提高能源效率来减少碳排放 在宏观层面上，我们观察到一些燃料从煤炭转向天然气的证据。主要排放国 然而，如果我们的目标是经济脱碳，亚洲需要更多的碳定价