SUSTAINABLE GROWTH AND GREEN POLICIES

Sustainable Growth and Green Policies: Navigating Energy and Environmental Challenges explores the intersection of green finance, energy transition, and sustainable policies, offering innovative solutions to today's environmental and economic challenges. The book is divided into two sections: Green Policies for Sustainable Growth and Carbon Neutrality and Green Finance and Economic Recovery, featuring empirical research, innovative frameworks, and policy recommendations.

The first section focuses on strategies for achieving carbon neutrality and promoting green growth across various economic contexts. Topics include the role of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in ASEAN's decarbonization, the relationship between financial development and greenhouse gas mitigation in BRICS economies, and behavioral factors influencing private investment in renewable energy. It also explores China's carbon market design and the impact of socioeconomic progress on environmental sustainability.

The second section examines the role of green finance in economic recovery, particularly in the post-COVID-19 era. It assesses the interconnectedness of clean and conventional energy markets, the implications of renewable energy financing in Asia, and the effects of green finance on carbon intensity in OECD countries. Additionally, it explores fiscal policies for greening China's economy and macroeconomic frameworks for achieving sustainable development in the EU.

Contents:

• Acknowledgments
• About the Editors
• Introduction (F Taghizadeh-Hesary, N Yoshino, N Mirza and M Mohsin)
• Fostering Green Growth in ASEAN by Strengthening SME Contributions to Carbon Neutrality (N Yoshino, E Rasoulinezhad, H Phoumin, F Taghizadeh-Hesary and L Vandercamme)
• Achieving Greenhouse Gas Mitigation Through Climate Change Control with the Role of Financial Development: Insights from BRICS (Z Liu, J Tian, L Wang and R Gul)
• Behavioral Determinants of Private Investment in Renewable Energy (A Rahmani, A B Naeini, F Taghizadeh-Hesary and R Aboojafari)
• Analysis of the Carbon Allowance Allocation and Sectoral Coverage in the Carbon Market under the New Climate Ambition: A Case Study of China (S Cheng, J Zhang and S Qi)
• Nexus of Climate Conditions with Energy-Environmental Growth Integration: How Do Economic Indicators Matter? (Y Zhu, K Wang and R Iram)
• Climate Finance in the Wake of COVID-19: Connectedness of Clean Energy with Conventional Energy and Regional Stock Markets (S Karim, S Khan, N Mirza, S M Alawi and F Taghizadeh-Hesary)
• Energy Financing, COVID-19 Repercussions, and Climate Change: Implications for Emerging Economies (L Zhao, H B Saydaliev and S Iqbal)
• Tackling Carbon Intensity with Green Finance: Study of OECD Economies (L Lu, H Zheng, M Chen and H Najam)
• Public Spending as a New Determinant of Sustainable Development Goals and Green Economic Recovery: Policy Perspective Analysis (Z Liu, T Yin, A R Surya Putra and M Sadiq)
• Measuring the Impact of Economic Policies on CO₂ Emissions in EU: Ways to Achieve Green Economic Recovery (W Huang, H B Saydaliev, W Iqbal and M Irfan)

Readership: Academics, students (undergraduate/graduate) and researchers specialising in environmental economics, energy economics, climate change economics, or finance-related fields, especially those with an interest in sustainable growth, green finance, energy transition, and carbon markets; policymakers, professionals, governmental officials, and investors that are involved with carbon markets, climate and energy policy, energy transitions, as well as renewable energy; researchers, analysts, professionals, and strategists involved in ESG, development banks and organizations, and compliance with carbon and climate policies, in addition to climate-conscious general readers.