Low-Carbon Energy Transformation in China, India, Pakistan, and Afghanistan: An Overview
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Electricity Access, Decarbonization, and Integration of Renewables: Insights and Lessons from the Energy Transformation in Bangladesh, South Asia, and Sub-Sahara Africa. ed. / Sebastian Groh; Lukas Barner; Georg Heinemann; Christian von Hirschhauen. Springer, 2023. p. 87-112.
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T1 - Low-Carbon Energy Transformation in China, India, Pakistan, and Afghanistan: An Overview
AU - Fahimi, Abdullah
AU - Stepputat, Kai
PY - 2023
Y1 - 2023
N2 - Approximately 40% of the world’s population lived in China, India, Pakistan, and Afghanistan in 2021. These countries were responsible for about 36% of the world’s CO2 emissions in 2018. Economically, in the same year they represented 20% of the global Gross Domestic Product (GDP). Considering the population, the CO2 emissions, and the share of their GDP in world economy, actions in these countries regarding fighting climate change and promoting low-carbon energy transformations have global consequences and are key to realization of 2015 Paris Agreement and Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) (e.g., SDG7 and SDG13). In this article, we review the current energy situation, low-carbon energy targets and challenges to low-carbon energy transformation in each country and provide an overview of general trends and key factors in this transformation. The assessment shows that the above countries are not on the path to achieve the Paris Agreement target. CO2 emissions and the use of fossil fuels are still high in these countries. However, general trends such as decreasing costs of renewables, a decreasing dependency on fossil fuels imports, additional liquidity for energy infrastructure due to fuel costs savings, and remuneration schemes for renewables are all promising for decarbonisation efforts and low-carbon energy transformation.
AB - Approximately 40% of the world’s population lived in China, India, Pakistan, and Afghanistan in 2021. These countries were responsible for about 36% of the world’s CO2 emissions in 2018. Economically, in the same year they represented 20% of the global Gross Domestic Product (GDP). Considering the population, the CO2 emissions, and the share of their GDP in world economy, actions in these countries regarding fighting climate change and promoting low-carbon energy transformations have global consequences and are key to realization of 2015 Paris Agreement and Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) (e.g., SDG7 and SDG13). In this article, we review the current energy situation, low-carbon energy targets and challenges to low-carbon energy transformation in each country and provide an overview of general trends and key factors in this transformation. The assessment shows that the above countries are not on the path to achieve the Paris Agreement target. CO2 emissions and the use of fossil fuels are still high in these countries. However, general trends such as decreasing costs of renewables, a decreasing dependency on fossil fuels imports, additional liquidity for energy infrastructure due to fuel costs savings, and remuneration schemes for renewables are all promising for decarbonisation efforts and low-carbon energy transformation.
KW - Sustainability Governance
KW - Low-carbon energy transformation
KW - Global South
KW - China
KW - India
KW - Pakistan
KW - Afghnistan
UR - https://www.mendeley.com/catalogue/6bb06cc5-f2c7-344f-856d-829a63598c52/
U2 - 10.1007/978-3-658-38215-5_5
DO - 10.1007/978-3-658-38215-5_5
M3 - Chapter
SN - 978-3-658-38214-8
SP - 87
EP - 112
BT - Electricity Access, Decarbonization, and Integration of Renewables
A2 - Groh, Sebastian
A2 - Barner, Lukas
A2 - Heinemann, Georg
A2 - von Hirschhauen, Christian
PB - Springer
ER -