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

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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Navigating the Belt and Road Initiative

Recommendations to ensure beneficial and sustainable BRI outcomes.

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

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

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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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Delivering Environmentally Sustainable Economic Growth: The Case of China

This report considers the policy shift that the Chinese government has called for to address the environmental impacts of economic growth, and assesses the challenges ahead.

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Never an Empty Bowl: Sustaining Food Security in Asia

Asia Society and the International Rice Research Institute jointly developed a plan of action to address food insecurity and poverty in Asia, based on input from policy and scientific authorities.

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A Roadmap for U.S.-China Collaboration on Carbon Capture and Sequestration

The report describes a model for a U.S.-China partnership that would advance research, development, and deployment of commercial-scale CCS while strengthening bilateral relations.

Commentary

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Climate Change, Global Development, and U.S.-China Trade Tensions

Kevin Rudd tackles tough questions of today in an interview for IMF's Finance and Development Online publication.
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India's Positive Message at UNGA 2019

Anubhav Gupta joins Times Now to discuss Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's address at the United Nations General Assembly.
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Tighten Belt on China's BRI

Daniel Russel writes that adjustments to China's BRI projects will bring benefits.
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How to Clean Up the Belt and Road

If China's leaders are serious about reform, there are several things they can do to cut down on corruption, waste, and local anger.
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G20 Needs to Take Global Leadership on Climate Change

Kevin Rudd says we have a 'fiduciary responsibility' to fight climate change.
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Daniel Russel: Prospects for the Economy in 2019

Daniel Russel's speech on prospects for the economy in 2019
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The United States and China at a Crossroads

Former U.S. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson speaks on the U.S. and China at a Crossroads in an address at Asia Society headquarters.
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The China Standard

China is no longer a country content with its current circumstances, ASPI President Kevin Rudd tells Japan's Asahi Shimbun.
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ASEAN Must Respond Boldly to Growing U.S.-China Competition

ASEAN should advance own Indo-Pacific concept or see Washington or Beijing take the lead, writes ASPI President Kevin Rudd.
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China’s Economic Reforms Cannot, Should Not Stop

China’s Economic Reforms Cannot, Should Not Stop, ASPI President Kevin Rudd writes in Caixin.
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U.S.-China Military Conflict an “Increasing Risk”

As long as the future of U.S.-China relations remain unclear, Japan's PM Shinzo Abe should work on improving China-Japan relations, says ASPI President Kevin Rudd.
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Does ASEAN Matter?

A discussion of ASPI Distinguished Fellow Marty Natelegawa's new book about the Indo-Pacific's longest-standing regional organization.
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Keeping Up with the Allies

Trump's position on the Korean Peninsula could leave the U.S. sitting on the sidelines while its allies run all the plays, writes ASPI's Lindsey Ford.