This book covers critical debates on policies, markets and emerging issues that shape renewable energy transition in the Asian region, which is fast becoming an epicenter of the global energy consumption.

The chapters focus on domestic policies, geopolitics, technology landscape and governance structure pertaining to the development of renewable energy in different Asian countries ranging from China to the Middle East. The book presents an insightful view of the pace and magnitude of the energy transition. It presents critical steps countries are taking to promote affordable and clean energy (SDG 7) as well as strengthening climate mitigation actions (SDG 13).

In addition, this book introduces the concept of co-innovation---a collaborative and iterative approach to jointly innovate, manufacture and scale up low-carbon technologies---and its role in promoting energy transition in Asia. 

Chapter 8 (Renewable energy deployment to stimulate energy transition in the Gulf Cooperation Council) is available open access under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License via link.springer.com.

Dr. Nandakumar Janardhanan is a Research Manager of Climate and Energy Division and the Regional Coordinator for South Asia operations at the Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES), Japan. He specialises in energy and climate policy and has research interests in energy security and geopolitics, renewable energy, low-carbon development and nuclear power. He has also been associated with several policy think tanks, research organisations and universities of international repute.

Dr. Vaibhav Chaturvedi is a Research Fellow at the Council on Energy Environment and Water (CEEW) and leads the Council’s ’Low Carbon Pathways’ research. Prior to joining the Council, he was a Postdoctoral Research Associate at the Joint Global Change Research Institute/ Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, USA. His research focuses on Indian and global energy and climate change mitigation policy issues within the integrated assessment modelling framework ofthe Global Change Assessment Model (GCAM).