International Investment and Climate Change

Tim Forsyth is Fellow in Environment and Development at the Institute of Development Studies, Falmer, Sussex. Previously he was Research Fellow in the Energy and Environmental Programme at the Royal Institute of International Affairs.

First Published in 1999. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Preface * Executive Summary * Part I Themes - Introduction * International Investment and Climate Change Mitigation * Decentralized Electrification and Climate Technology Transfer * Electricity Investment and Privatization in South-east Asia * Part II: Case Studies - Introduction to the Case Studies * Building Renewable Energy in Grid-Dominated Areas: the Experience of Thailand * Renewable Energy Investment Under Dominant State Ownership: the Case of Vietnam * Renewable Energy Investment Under Strict Bureaucracy: the Case of Indonesia off-Grid Renewable Energy Under Active Investment: the Philippines * Part III: Conclusions - Renewable Energy Investment and Technology Transfer in South-East Asia * Redefining International Investment and Technology Transfer for Climate Change Mitigation * Enhancing Public-Private Synergy in Climate Change Policy * Appendix 1 Article 1: Article 12 of the Kyoto Protocol: the Clean Development Mechanism * Appendix 2: Brief Summary of Renewable Energy Technologies * References