Abstract
Northeast Asia is one of the most dynamic regions in the global economy in its dynamic change in the economic scape as well as in the challenge of environmental issues. In particular, many countries in Asia have experienced transitional challenges from a quantitative, GDP-oriented economic development toward environmental-friendly, sustainable development. The quality of the life became much more important for government policies, also fueled by the demand from the private sector. Nonetheless, these countries are experiencing much more severe and sarcastic skepticism in response to government policies, resulting in a lack of effective governance. The Sustainable Asia Conference (SAC) has promoted the importance of these challenges for 10 years since its inauguration in 2009. The major consensus on sustainable development reached at the conference may come from innovation in the positive-sum game approach to environmentally friendly development and sustainable governance in order for the initial innovation to be put into effect. Moreover, due to the complicated and complex process of solving environmental challenges, the countries in this region should cooperate with strong partnerships as well as open connectivity. Therefore, all the countries should participate in the project not as helpers, but as partners to create and share value through regional cooperation.
Highlights
Each winter, northeast Asian countries have been experiencing ever-worsening air pollution brought by winds
Northeast Asian countries are in a transition period going from quantitative economic development toward a qualitative, healthier advanced economy; strong leadership by governments is demanded by the private sector [2]
All of the papers in this Special Issue emphasize that differentiated policies may increase the feasibility of environmental policies [4,9,10]. This implies that the traditional approach with competition-based maximization is not effective anymore for the achievement of sustainable development, because harmonized value creation is important for all the stakeholders of environmentally friendly development
Summary
Northeast Asian countries have been experiencing ever-worsening air pollution brought by winds. To emphasize the importance of ecological civilization, the Chinese government appointed the ex-Minister of Environment as the mayor of Beijing and put a lot of strong regulations on the transportation, heating systems, etc., which is totally different from the market-oriented western approach This could not be repeated due to the current lack of governance, resulting from the lack of private participation. SAC (http://abf.inha.ac.kr/) is one of the leading international conferences for sharing novel and fundamental advances in sustainable development in Asia In this Special Issue, we highlight feasible ways toward achieving an advanced, healthier quality of life based on Asian values and Asian cultural perspectives
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