CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2019
| Author | Haque, Shoeb Mohammad Ekramul |
|---|---|
| Title | Politics of Coal Powered Energy: The Reason Behind Chinese and Indian Investment in Bangladesh |
| Summary | In present, sustainable development theory has become top priority for all policy makers, they argue that how a country can develop sustainably with political behavior. Economics and politics are two different issues, but they can be merged into one to understand how a country can have a sustainable development. Economist have argued and applied standard and neo-classical theory to environmental economic problems. This paper will highlight the political reason behind why Bangladesh is encouraging foreign investment in coal powered energy, in addition with Chinese and Indian investment; questioning why they are keen for the investment when the rest of the world is investing in renewable energy sources? Along with the relation between the Belt and Road Initiative by China, and the geopolitics of Indian alliance. This paper will show why Bangladesh is going backwards in relation to Climate Agreement? This paper will show the geopolitical relationship with Bangladesh and India, the economic benefits for Bangladesh, and question the Paris Agreement. Although the paper will be suggesting the economic development more, along with politics of coal powered energy but will also defend the climate issues and the future of Sundarbans. The paper will argue the pros and cons of energy development, and the future of Sundarbans area. More importantly, why Sundarbans is important for Bangladesh? It is true that for any government, economic development is important but at what cost? This paper will answer the importance of economic development along with the problems it causes. |
| Supervisor | Li, Xiang |
| Department | International Relations MA |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2019/haque_shoeb.pdf |
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