Sustainability

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.

ASPI Senior Fellow Patrick Suckling sets out how the wider international community should sensitively, constructively, and intelligently work with India to catalyze greater climate ambition in the lead-up to COP26 and beyond.

Kevin Rudd and Alistair Ritchie write that support would drive the cross-ministry coordination needed to ensure the emissions trading system helps China achieve its climate goals.

Kevin Rudd and Alistair Ritchie write that China's ETS is set to become the world's single most important climate mitigation policy.

For the first time, polls indicate climate change is a top priority for U.S. voters. This joint report analyzes voter attitudes to cooperation with China on climate change.

Creative and practical ideas for how the United States might re-engage in the Asia Pacific in the critical first six months of the new administration.

Anubhav Gupta provides a blueprint for how the incoming U.S. administration can bolster U.S.-India ties.