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Climate & Clean Energy

Climate & Clean Energy

The Asia Society Policy Institute works with policymakers, scientists, economists, business leaders, and experts from other fields to enhance the regional and global fight against climate change through accelerating the transition to net zero emissions, carbon pricing, clean energy and climate diplomacy. 

Featured Initiatives

Wind turbines in the Philippines

China’s Cooperation with Southeast Asia to Support More Ambitious Clean Energy Transition by 2030

How China can support the clean energy transition in Southeast Asia through greater financial, technical, and policy cooperation with the region, to achieve more ambitious GHG emission reductions and energy transition by 2030.
Aerial view of big scale of solar energy plant on the mountains area

High-level Policy Commission on Getting Asia to Net Zero

A high-level and independent commission of Asian leaders to help urgently accelerate the regional transition to net zero emissions.
Building the Chinese Carbon Market and Its Regional Connections

Building the Chinese Carbon Market and Its Regional Connections

Works to enhance the regional and global fight against climate change through carbon market maturation and cooperation in Asia.
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Rebuilding U.S.-China Climate Cooperation

Seeks to establish a blueprint for post-2020 climate cooperation between the U.S. and China.
Steel mill in Gyeonggi-do, South Korea

Korea’s Next Generation Leaders in Climate and Energy Policy

Korea’s next generation leaders in climate and energy policy learn from EU and U.S. experts to inform Korea’s Net-Zero policies, plans, and strategies.
Chinese workers ride in a boat through a large floating solar farm project under construction by the Sungrow Power Supply Company on a lake caused by a collapsed and flooded coal mine on June 13, 2017 in Huainan, Anhui province, China. The floating solar field is billed as the largest in the world. (Kevin Frayer/Getty Images)

Toward a Northeast Asia Carbon Market

ASPI initiative to create a roadmap for linking the carbon markets in China, Japan, and the Republic of Korea.

Publications and Analysis

Event Videos

COP28: Charting the Course for Just Energy Transition
Policy
 /  New York

COP28: Charting the Course for Just Energy Transition

Expert panelists explore various viewpoints regarding tools and enablers aimed at advancing equitable energy transitions and fostering increased global collaboration.
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Li Shuo on China’s International Climate Ambition Ahead of COP28
Current Affairs
 /  Washington, D.C.

Li Shuo on China’s International Climate Ambition Ahead of COP28

Li Shuo, incoming Director of China Climate Hub of Asia Society Policy Institute, explores China’s climate ambition in the context of its political economy and the current geopolitical landscape.
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Getting Asia to Net Zero: Financing Asia’s Climate and Development Needs
Policy
 /  France

Getting Asia to Net Zero: Financing Asia’s Climate and Development Needs

Vivek Pathak, Emmanuel Guérin, and Kate Logan explore the potential of global financial architecture reform in addressing Asia’s unique climate-related challenges and opportunities.
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Opportunities for Asia's Climate Leadership in 2023: The G20 and COP28
Policy
 /  New York

Opportunities for Asia's Climate Leadership in 2023: The G20 and COP28

Amitabh Kant, Lana Nusseibeh, Hana AlHashimi, and Kevin Rudd discuss opportunities for Asian economies to reduce emissions while enhancing their economies, trade, and peoples’ livelihoods.
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Taking Stock: China’s Climate Action En Route to COP27
Current Affairs
 /  New York

Taking Stock: China’s Climate Action En Route to COP27

Kevin Rudd and Jonathan Pershing open the event with a fireside chat while an expert panel explores the progress and challenges of China’s climate action.
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Asia's Net Zero Opportunity Featuring Ban Ki-moon and Kevin Rudd
Policy
 /  New York

Asia's Net Zero Opportunity Featuring Ban Ki-moon and Kevin Rudd

Kevin Rudd officially launches Asia Society’s commission on Getting Asia to Net Zero with Ban Ki-moon, Muhamad Chatib Basri, and Taro Kono.
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Past Events

Indonesia Solar Panels
In-person and Online
Panel Discussion

Just Energy Transitions and SDGs: Tools and Enablers

05 Dec 2023
1:15 - 2:45 p.m.
At COP28 in Dubai, join ASPI for a high-level side event on Just Transition
China's special climate envoy, Xie Zhenhua speaks during a joint China and US statement on a declaration enhancing climate action in the 2020s on day eleven of the COP26 climate change conference at the SEC on November 10, 2021 in Glasgow, Scotland.
In-person
Panel Discussion

China’s International Climate Ambition Ahead of COP28

27 Nov 2023
5:30 - 7:30 p.m.
Join ASPI for a conversation about China's role in international climate diplomacy featuring ASPI Incoming Director of the China Climate Hub Li Shuo.
India flood
In-person
Panel Discussion

Getting Asia to Net Zero

21 Jun 2023
12 - 2 p.m.
Paris Time
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Join us for an in-person event on how global financial architecture reform could address Asia’s climate and development challenges.
The Rashtrapati Bhavan is the official residence of the President of India located at the Western end of Rajpath in New Delhi, India.
In-person
Workshop

Indian Carbon Market: ETS Simulation Workshop

15 Feb 2023
9 a.m. - 2 p.m.
Alongside the Council on Energy Environment and Water (CEEW) and the International Emissions Trading Association (IETA) , ASPI is hosting three Emission Trading System (ETS) Simulation workshops in cities around India.
India Solar Panels
In-person and Online
Panel Discussion

India’s Net Zero Emissions Opportunity

26 Aug 2022
11 a.m. - 12:15 p.m.
Mumbai Time
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In collaboration with India International Centre, ASPI President Kevin Rudd and other founding members of the Net Zero Commission launch a new report on new modelling to examine how India can achieve net zero emissions.
Net-Zero GHG Emissions in Korea: Lessons From EU and U.S.
Online
Panel Discussion

Net-Zero GHG Emissions in Korea: Lessons From EU and U.S.

25 Jul 2022
7 - 8:30 p.m.
Seoul Time
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Join us as we share and discuss key learning points and recommendations for Korea to achieve its net-zero GHG emission target, following a recent study tour of Korea’s young leaders in climate and energy policy.

Our Experts

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Alistair Ritchie

Director of Asia-Pacific Sustainability
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Kate Logan

Associate Director of Climate, ASPI, and Fellow, Center for China Analysis
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Yi Chen

Senior Program Officer
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Betty Wang

Program Officer
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Meera Gopal

Senior Program Officer, Climate
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Nishtha Singh

Assistant Director, Climate
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Taylah Bland

Senior Program Officer, ASPI, and Fellow, Center for China Analysis