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Jackson Ewing

Senior Advisor, Sustainability

Jackson Ewing

Jackson Ewing serves as Senior Advisor for Sustainability with the Asia Society Policy Institute (ASPI). Previously he served as ASPI's Director for Asian Sustainability in New York, leading projects on environmental cooperation, responsible resource development, and international climate change policy.

Prior to joining ASPI, Jackson led the Environment, Climate Change, and Food Security Program at Singapore’s S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies (RSIS). He has worked throughout Asia with actors in government, the private sector, civil society, and international organizations, and he has carried out policy projects addressing transboundary environmental stresses, unsustainable food value chains, and the nexus of systemic water, food, and energy challenges.

Jackson publishes widely through a range of mediums and is a regular contributor to radio, television, and print media. He holds a doctorate in environmental security and a master’s degree in international relations from Bond University, a bachelor’s degree in political science from the College of Charleston, and an ongoing fellowship at RSIS.
 

Commentary

  • Jackson Event
    interview

    China’s Carbon Market Launch: Foundations, First Impressions and Future

    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.
  • ETS China
    article

    National Emissions Trading System is Key to China’s Green Recovery

    Alistair Ritchie and Jackson Ewing write that done properly, the system can drive down emissions and raise hundreds of billions of yuan to support low-carbon projects.
  • Rohingya Crossing the Stream

    Eight Events That Shaped Asia in 2017

    Looking back on an eventful year across the world's largest and most dynamic continent.
  • Sustainable Development Goal #13: Climate Action
    article

    SDG 13 Will Be Relevant in the Climate Fight Only if it Mobilizes Finance

    An article from the book "Towards Sustainable Development: Lessons from MDGs & Pathway for SDGs."
  • Andy Enero / Flickr

    China’s Emissions Trading System in Context

    Jackson Ewing explains China's nascent emissions scheme in the Harvard report "Market Mechanisms and the Paris Agreement."
  • Chinese workers check solar photovoltaic modules on a hillside in a village in Chuzhou, in eastern China's Anhui province on April 13, 2017. (STR/AFP/Getty Images)

    China’s ETS at Home and Abroad

    ASPI's Jackson Ewing describes China's emissions trading scheme (ETS) which is being launched in late 2017.
  • Ningxia Wind Farm in Northern China (Land Rover Our Planet / Flickr)

    The Asian Carbon Century

    Jackson Ewing shines a light on the climate leaders of the Asia Pacific.
  • 2016 was confirmed to be the hottest year on record. (Lukas Schulze/Getty Images)

    How Trump’s Paris Decision Marginalizes Washington — Not America

    The president's withdrawal from a groundbreaking international climate change accord has galvanized action by subnational groups and corporations.
  • Surrounded by miners from Rosebud Mining, US President Donald Trump (C) signs the Energy Independence Executive Order at the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Headquarters in Washington, DC, March 28, 2017. (Jim Watson/AFP/Getty Images)

    U.S.-China Climate Relations: Beyond Trump

    U.S.-China climate cooperation was short-lived, but Jackson Ewing argues that the fight against climate change will continue despite Donald Trump.
  • A wind turbine is seen at sunset on the south bank of Guanting Reservoir on December 13, 2007 in Beijing, China. The Guanting Wind Power Field is the first wind power plant in Beijing. (Feng Li/Getty Images)

    China Can Take Reins of Clean Energy Boom Should U.S. Falter

    If the U.S. recedes from the energy sources of tomorrow in favor of those of the past, China and other countries will reap the benefits.

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Reports

  • Smoke emitting from chimney stack
    report

    Carbon Market Cooperation in Northeast Asia: Assessing Challenges and Overcoming Barriers

    ASPI report on carbon market cooperation and linkage in Northeast Asia.
  • wind mills
    report

    Northeast Asia Carbon Markets and Trade Connections

    ASPI report outlining ways to foster regional trade and carbon market cooperation between China, Japan, and South Korea.
  • Solar power, Shanghai 8065
    report

    Business Sector Action to Drive Carbon Market Cooperation in Northeast Asia

    ASPI report on how major companies operating in Northeast Asia can drive carbon market cooperation and capitalize on its opportunities.
  • The Network of Smart City, Beijing Central Business District.
    report

    Northeast Asia and the Next Generation of Carbon Market Cooperation

    ASPI report on carbon market developments in China, Japan, and Korea and how linkages can be facilitated between these markets to pursue ambitious climate change policies.
  • report

    Roadmap to a Northeast Asian Carbon Market

    This ASPI report by Jackson Ewing outlines potential for climate change cooperation between China, Japan, and South Korea through market mechanisms.

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Related ASPI Initiatives

  • 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.

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