Environment

The president's withdrawal from a groundbreaking international climate change accord has galvanized action by subnational groups and corporations.

From climate change to human rights to education, we offer our personal recommendations to the president-elect.

On October 17, 2016, Brink Asia published a piece by ASPI's Jackson Ewing on how China, Korea, and Japan can fight climate change by linking their carbon markets.

ASPI Director of Asian Sustainability Jackson Ewing explains the climate change backdrop for the upcoming summit of leaders from 20 major economies.

Participants in a panel discussion talk about the intersection of development and sustainability in China.

Activist, lawyer, and rural-development worker Rajeev Goyal discusses an innovative plan to conserve Nepal's biodiversity.

Asia Society Executive Vice President Tom Nagorski on what's on tap for Asia in the new year.

In a Guardian op-ed published as COP21 began in Paris, ASPI President Kevin Rudd and former U.S. Treasury Secretary Hank Paulson argue that the “big three” can “become global leaders in a new and more sustainable energy future.”

"With over 800 different languages and cultures nationwide, it is a complex task to deliver services to the people, there's a big gap between the local governments in the provincial level and the international level," says Manuai Matawai.