Comparative analysis of national mitigation and adaptation efforts generates transferable climate policy learning, which helps meet global climate policy aspirations to avoid dangerous climate change. This article proposes a novel framework for assessing the contributions of regional climate leadership to such efforts in the Asia Pacific, and operationalizes that framework through comparative analysis of Japanese and Australian initiatives. It argues that the climate policy efforts of developed nations such as these should include efforts to assist less developed regional neighbors because of the extreme vulnerability of the Asia Pacific to climate change.

Item Type:	Refereed Article
Keywords:	regional climate leadership, climate change, climate governance,
Research Division:	Studies in Human Society
Research Group:	Policy and Administration
Research Field:	Public Policy
Objective Division:	Expanding Knowledge
Objective Group:	Expanding Knowledge
Objective Field:	Expanding Knowledge through Studies of Human Society
Author:	Crowley, K (Associate Professor Kate Crowley)
Author:	Nakamura, A (Dr Akihiro Nakamura)
ID Code:	122152
Year Published:	2017
Web of Science® Times Cited:	2
Deposited By:	Office of the School of Social Sciences
Deposited On:	2017-11-02
Last Modified:	2018-04-19
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