Sustainability

This paper takes stock of China’s planning and reform efforts across the domains of climate, energy, and industrial upgrading
since the 14th Five-Year Plan (2021–2025) was adopted.

Alistair Ritchie and Yi Chen write that China is tackling data integrity issues within its carbon market, but more efforts are urgently needed to establish effective controls and minimize complications brought on by other policy drivers.

New research and modeling to show the opportunities and tradeoffs associated with India’s options to meet its existing emissions reduction targets and increase its medium- and long-term ambition.

Alistair Ritchie presented at the 13th International Greenhouse Gas Conference on the EU ETS and its role in achieving carbon neutrality in the EU, as well as lessons for ETSs in Asia.

Analytical brief on Japan's climate change targets post-COP26.

Analytical brief on India's climate change targets post-COP26

What to know about China's 14th Five-Year Plan for a Modern Energy System.

Analytical brief on Indonesia's climate change targets post-COP26

A compendium of 2021 speeches and essays by ASPI President Kevin Rudd on The Avoidable War.

Alistair Ritchie writes in Nikkei Asia about the emissions trading systems in Asia.

Dr. John Delury, Professor of Chinese Studies, Yonsei University GSIS
H.E. Akiva Tor, Ambassador of Israel to the Republic of Korea

H.E. Nguyen Vu Tung, Ambassador of Viet Nam to the Republic of Korea
H.E. Sripriya Ranganathan, Ambassador of India to the Republic of Korea
Faye Sahai, Managing Director at Vinaj Ventures

What to know about the U.S.-China joint statement from COP26 on climate cooperation.

October 25, 2021 — With Hong Kong Secretary for the Environment Wong Kam-sing

On the sidelines of COP26, ASPI hosted a panel to discuss industrial decarbonization challenges and policy tools.

October 13, 2021 — Experts discuss the evolution of technology across the energy and storage industries during an in-person event in Mountain View

Jackson Ewing, Environmental Defense Fund's Xiaolu Zhao, and SinoCarbon's Zhibin Chen discuss what China's just-launched emissions trading scheme will mean for climate change.

Asia Society Korea Youth (ASK-Y) Program invites a select group of youth panel from around the world to discuss a range of issues pertaining to the broader theme of sustainability.

This paper studies the most recent phase of the Korean Emissions Trading System and demonstrates how BM-based allocation was successfully implemented within some of the country’s largest and most carbon leakage-exposed industrial sectors.