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Economic growth in Asia has increased in the past three decades and has heightened energy demand, resulting in rising greenhouse gas emissions and severe air pollution To tackle these issues, fuel switching and the deployment of renewables are essential In the present paper, we discuss the environmental regulations, mainly carbon pricing, implemented in Asia and discuss their achievements Empirical studies using microdata have shown that carbon pricing in Asia can reduce carbon emissions by promoting energy efficiency At the macro level, we observe some evidence of fuel switching from coal to natural gas among major emitters However, more carbon pricing is necessary in Asia if we aim for the decarbonization of the economy
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