INTERNATIONAL POLICY ANALYSIS Green Growth Strategies in Asia Drivers and Political Entry Points KLAUS JACOB, PHILIPP KAUPPERT AND RAINER QUITZOW December 2013 n Despite their relatively poor environmental performance in recent decades, many Asian countries are beginning to develop green growth strategies. n These strategies utilize different entry points for promoting continued economic growth and employment generation, while improving living conditions and address­ing the imperatives of resource efficiency and environmental protection. n The incentives and drivers vary across countries and depend on the respective develop­ment models, resource endowments, financial resources and technological capacities. n Success depends crucially on the development of a new, broader set of state capaci­ties. These include not only capacities to develop and consistently enforce a robust set of environmental policies, but also to ensure their coherence with other policy domains, in particular innovation and industrial policies. n In order to scale-up these emerging initiatives into broader transition strategies, the development and further strengthening of corresponding political discourses and societal coalitions is needed. Such strategies will have to consider the political economy of reforms, incorporate questions of social justice and address the interests of key stakeholders.