ContentsIntroduction to the Handbook on Economic Growth and the Environment 1Jungho Baek1 The EKC hypothesis between CO2 emissions and economic growth 11Suyi KimPART I ECONOMIC GROWTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL CHALLENGES2 Policy transformations in Japan to tackle energy and environmental issuesfor economic growth 40Lee Tae-Yeoun3 A comparative analysis of the EU and Korea Emission Trading Scheme:origins, design and trajectories 63Hail JungPART II PATHWAYS TO SUSTAINABLE DECARBONIZATION4 Institutional design and policy cooperation for decarbonization in China,Japan, and South Korea: toward a carbon-neutral society 97Soocheol Lee5 Decarbonization dynamics: investigating the mutual effects of renewableand nuclear energy in shaping EU countries' decarbonization pathways 110Jana Chovancová and Igor Petruska6 Increasing the use of electrical non-combustible and combustiblerenewables: the effects on air pollution in Europe 151Matteo Abbruzzese, Davide Infante and Janna Smirnova7 Carbon emissions and drivers in China's textile industry: evidence fromthe eastern region 171Chunhui Liu, Sunhee Suk and Zian Chen8 The effects of carbon taxation on economic growth and employment 194Angela Köppl and Margit SchratzenstallerPART III POLICY INNOVATIONS FOR SUSTAINABLE ECONOMIC GROWTH9 Green budgeting: tools, implementation, and international best practicesfor sustainable fiscal policy 222Tatiana Vinogradova10 Green budgeting in an international perspective 249Kamilla Marchewka-Bartkowiak11 Progress and effectiveness of Korea's emissions trading system: insightsfrom the manufacturing sector 269Nayoung Lee, Sunhee Suk and Yongsung ChoPART IV CASE STUDIES AND REGIONAL APPROACHES TO SUSTAINABILITY12 CO2 emissions, environmental governance and high-quality economy:evidence from counties of the Yellow River Basin 293Xianchun Liao and Mengqi Shen13 Economic development and ocean sustainability: the Northeast Asianperspective 318In Joo Yoon14 A survey of wildfire risk-mitigation actions taken by homeowners in theAlaskan wildland-urban interface 334Allen Molina, Joseph Little and Stacy Drury15 Establishing a sustainable food system that delivers food security: a SWOTanalysis of the European Green Deal 356Aleksandra Kowalska.