This book is the first comprehensive assessment of the state of low-carbon investments in Asia, analyzing the rationales, mandates and public–private financing activities. Based on the experiences of several regional initiatives wherein public financing is catalyzing private investments in low-carbon infrastructure, this book proposes a framework that can be used as a tool to identify factors that influence private investment decisions and policy instruments that can scale up private capital.

Placing the Asian economies onto a low-carbon development pathway requires an unprecedented shift in investments. This book addresses this situation by asking questions such as: 

• What is the central role of private finance in achieving the Paris Agreement targets? 
• What key policy levers and risk mitigation can governments use in an effort to unlock the potentials of private capital? 
• How can regionally coordinated actions hold significant promise for scaling up private investments?

About the Book

Edited by Venkatachalam Anbumozhi, Kaliappa Kalirajan, Fukunari Kimura

438 pages

Table of Contents 

• Unlocking the Potentials of Private Financing for Accelerated Low-Carbon Energy Transition: An Overview (Anbumozhi, Venkatachalam (et al.))
• Estimation of Currents Flows and Future Needs of Investment for Low-Carbon Transition in Major Economies of Asia Until 2030 (Treco, Kevin (et al.))
• Private Financing in Low-Carbon Energy Transition: Imbalances and Determinants (Kalirajan, Kaliappa (et al.))
• Mapping the Necessary Policy Instruments to Unlock the Potentials of Private Finance for a Modern Renewable Energy Sector (Wolff, Peter)
• Mapping the Necessary Policy Instruments to Unlock the Potentials of Private Finance for Carbon Capture and Storage Technologies (Ogihara, Akira)
• Mapping Policy Instruments to Unlock the Private Finance Potentials to Improve Industrial Energy Efficiency (Sreenivasulu, Deverapalli (et al.))
• Mapping the Necessary Policy Instruments to Unlock the Potentials of Private Sector Investments in Energy Efficiency for Transportation (Chotichanathawewong, Qwanruedee)
• Leverage the Financing Role of Banks for Low-Carbon Energy Transition (Kim, Jootae)
• Role of Capital Market to Accelerate the Transition to Low-Carbon Energy System (Tian, Huifang)
• Costs and Benefits of Market-Based Instruments in Accelerating Low-Carbon Energy Transition (Doshi, Tilak K.)
• Effective Private Financing Approaches and Equity Financial Instruments for Low-Carbon Energy Investment: ADB Experiences (Mo, Lingshui)
• Leveraging Private Finance Through Public Finance: Role of International Financial Institutions (Anbumozhi, Venkatachalam (et al.))
• Alternatives to Private Finance: Role of Fiscal Policy Reforms and Energy Taxation in Development of Renewable Energy Projects (Yoshino, Naoyuki (et al.))
• Prospects of Quality Infrastructure Program and Private Sector MRV for Accelerating the Transition Towards Low-Carbon Energy System (Hongo, Takashi)
• Prospects of Catalysing Regional Solutions and the Role of Low-Carbon Transition Fund (Anbumozhi, Venkatachalam (et al.))

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