This series of books are the output of the research project called "Sustainable Development in Asia (SDA)", which was initiated by the Association of Academies of Sciences in Asia (AASA). They are comprised of one synthesis report, which entitled Towards a Sustainable Asia: Green Transition and Innovation, and four thematic reports on natural resources, energy, the environment and climate change, and culture from particular perspectives of agriculture.
They aim to: 1) investigate common sustainability issues faced by all Asian countries, including population increase, poverty alleviation, pollution control, ecological restoration, as well as regional problems, such as water shortage in West and Central Asia, energy security in Northeast Asia, development model & transformation in East Asia; 2) analyze and summarize of best practices towards sustainable development in Asia; 3) bring forward suggestions and policy options for promoting green transition, system innovation and sustainable development of Asia.
With best practice guidelines for a sustainable Asia, this series of reports, for the first time systematically address the common challenges and regional problems in regard to Asia's natural resources use, pollution reduction and climate protection, sustainable energy development, and innovations for environment-friendly and culture-compatible agriculture. They will provide handy and useful information to researchers, government policy makers and the general public who have concerns about Asia's sustainable development.
AASA is a scientific and technological organization in Asia, established in 2000, comprising of 26 member academies all over Asia. Its vision is to provide a forum for the discussion of all issues relevant to science and technology development and its application on national level within Asia.
Vision of the Association of Academies of Sciences in Asia （AASA） is toprovide a forum to discuss and provide advice on issues related to science andtechnology and the application of technology for national development. Duringthe year 2008, two workshops were organized by AASA in Beijing. Theseworkshops were devoted to sustainable energy development in Asia. Xhis reportwas based on presentation paper and meeting discussion. Xhe whole project iscoordinated by Prof. Wang Yi from the Chinese Academy of Sciences and Prof.Namik K. Aras, the secretary general of AASA, from the Turkish Academy ofSciences. The energy group work is coordinated by Prof. Yan Luguang fromChina and Prof. Seung Mo Oh from Republic of Korea.
Yan Luguang, Seung Mo Oh, Alvin B. Culaba, Andrei G. Korzhubaev,Bundit Fungtammasan, Harsh Gupta, Hassan Zohoor, Huang Changgang,Indral K. Perera, Lee Yee Cheong, M.Shamsher Ali, Mahmood Yaghoubi,Muhammad Yahaya, Oktay Kerimov, Rishi K. B. Shah, Saran Solongo andVolkan S. Ediger participated in the writing of this report. Indral K.Perera madea contribution to amending English writings.
This report is inevitable to be imperfect due to the limitation ofknowledge and time of the Study Group. Comments and corrections arewelcomed.
1.Introduction
2.General Situation of Energy Development in Asia
3.Main Features
4.Main Challenges
5. Main Recommendations
6.Concluding Remarks
Refernces
Appendix A
Appendix B
（1） To establish a sustainable energy system for Asia is the mainobjective and guide line for the future development. Sustainability means theexploitation of natural resource for the generation of energy within acceptablelevels of global resource depletion and environmental pollution, but withoutdestroying the ecological balance of the earth. The system could providesufficient, reliable energy to cover the necessary consumption requirement. Thisapproach will significantly reduce the fossil energy dependence and will lead toa large increase of non-carbon nuclear and renewable energy percentage. Eachcountry should establish its own energy indicators for sustainable development,and formulate strategies that will continuously improve them.
（2） High priority should be given to the energy saving and theenhancement of the efficiency to reduce as high as possible the total energyconsumption requirement. All countries should develop and implementpolicies and regulation to achieve significant energy saving and greater energyefficiency for all processes, service and products. The main areas that should betargeted for energy saving are industry, transportation, building and commercialestablishments. It is especially important to enhance the dissemination oftechnology improvement and innovation between industrialized and developingcountries, so that the developing countries can adopt cleaner and more efficienttechnologies as their industrialized counterparts.
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