A jointly-hosted online book talk by Centre for Chinese Research, Centre for Japanese Research, Centre for Korean Research, Institute of Asian Research, University of British Columbia.
Title: Book Talk – Greening East Asia: The Rise of the Eco-developmental State
Speakers: Book authors & contributors
Location: Zoom
How to register: Eventbrite – bit.ly/3l1vwv1
Summary:
On December 10 at 5PM (PST), join the online book talk hosted collaboratively by UBC’s Centre for Chinese Research, Centre for Japanese Research, and Centre for Korean Research. The event will feature the authors and contributors of a newly published book—Greening East Asia: The Rise of the Eco-developmental State, edited by Ashley Esarey, Mary Alice Haddad, Joanna I. Lewis and Stevan Harrell. We will take a look into the regional shift in East Asia from development to “Eco-Development.” Opening remarks by CCR and IAR director Tim Cheek and CJR Co-director Yves Tiberghien.
Book information:
East Asia hosts a fifth of the world’s population and consumes over half the world’s coal, a quarter of its petroleum products, and a tenth of its natural gas. It also produces a third of worldwide greenhouse gas emissions, making it a major contributor to climate change. The region—whose countries share ecological, sociocultural, and political characteristics while varying in size, resource wealth, history, and political systems—offers excellent insights into the complex dynamics influencing environmental politics, advocacy, and policy. With essays addressing Japan after Fukushima, coal plants and wind turbines in China, environmental activism in Taiwan, and sustainable rural development in South Korea, Greening East Asia explores a region’s shift from development to “eco-development” in acknowledgment that environmental sustainability is a critical component of economic growth. (from publisher website)
