| Description |
1 online resource (327 pages) |
| Contents |
Contents -- List of Tables and Figures -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- List of Abbreviations -- Introduction -- 1. Economy, Energy and Emissions -- 2. Climate Change Negotiations: From Copenhagen to Durban via Cancun -- 3. Climate Change Finance: Who Pays and Who Receives? -- 4. Singapore's External Sector: Impacts of Emission Mitigation Policies -- 5. Energy and Emissions: The Five Strategies -- 6. Concluding Remarks: The Three E's -- Index |
| Summary |
Singapore had, by the 1980s, emerged as one of the world's great oil refining and trading centres, with the "East of Suez" region within its sphere of influence. The city-state's policy-making went against the grain in much of its practice of economic development. It ensured that energy products were bought and sold in the domestic market at essentially global prices, in contrast to the common practice in developing countries of subsidizing energy fuels for social equity. Without a drop of oil of its own, Singapore also managed to attract large foreign investments in the capital-intensive oil |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Energy policy -- Singapore
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Energy development -- Environmental aspects -- Singapore
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Power resources -- Economic aspects -- Singapore
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Energy development -- Environmental aspects
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Energy policy
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Power resources -- Economic aspects
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Singapore
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9789814620673 |
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981462067X |
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