Sustainability

ASPI works with policymakers, scientists, economists, business leaders, and experts from other fields to assess the challenges associated with securing food, water, and energy for Asia’s burgeoning population, in a way that conserves environmental resources for the future. This multidisciplinary approach considers the needs of diverse stakeholder groups and recognizes the tradeoffs that must be made to overcome sustainability problems.

Featured Initiatives

Korea's Next Generation Leaders in Climate and Energy Policy

Works to equip young leaders with knowledge, networks, and inspiration to help develop and implement the required policies to put Korea on the pathway to achieve the vision of the Green New Deal and the net-zero 2050.
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.
Rebuilding U.S.-China Climate Cooperation

Seeks to establish a blueprint for post-2020 climate cooperation between the U.S. and China.
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.
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.

Reports

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China's Course to Carbon Neutrality

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.

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Getting India to Net Zero

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.

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Net-Zero GHG Emissions in Korea

Summary report on key learning points from the 2022 climate and energy policy study tour to the EU and U.S.

U.S. President Joe Biden meets with China's President Xi Jinping during a virtual summit from the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington, DC, November 15, 2021.

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Reflections on China and U.S.-China Relations in 2021

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

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Catalyzing India’s Climate Ambition

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.

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Understanding American Voter Attitudes Toward U.S.-China Climate Cooperation

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.

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ASPI Notes for the Biden Administration

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.

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Nature and Nurture: How the Biden Administration Can Advance Ties With India

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

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The New Geopolitics of China’s Climate Leadership

China has built up enormous goodwill in recent years for staying the course with the Paris Agreement. This essay outlines why climate leadership must remain an important geopolitical priority for China in the years ahead.

Commentary

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China's Course to Carbon Neutrality

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.
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Opinion: Better data is key to success of China’s carbon market

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.
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Getting India to Net Zero

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.
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The EU Emissions Trading System

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.
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ASPI Climate Action Brief: Japan

Analytical brief on Japan's climate change targets post-COP26.
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Net-Zero GHG Emissions in Korea

Summary report on key learning points from the 2022 climate and energy policy study tour to the EU and U.S.
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ASPI Climate Action Brief: India

Analytical brief on India's climate change targets post-COP26
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ASPI Note: China's Doubling Down on Energy Security May Slow its Climate Progress

What to know about China's 14th Five-Year Plan for a Modern Energy System.
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ASPI Climate Action Brief: Indonesia

Analytical brief on Indonesia's climate change targets post-COP26
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Reflections on China and U.S.-China Relations in 2021

A compendium of 2021 speeches and essays by ASPI President Kevin Rudd on The Avoidable War.
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South Korea's Carbon Market a Model for the Rest of Asia

Alistair Ritchie writes in Nikkei Asia about the emissions trading systems in Asia.
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ASPI Note: Understanding the U.S.-China Climate Declaration

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