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.
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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.
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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.
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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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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.
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Kevin Rudd and Alistair Ritchie write that China's ETS is set to become the world's single most important climate mitigation policy.
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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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Anubhav Gupta provides a blueprint for how the incoming U.S. administration can bolster U.S.-India ties.
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Woochong Um writes that COVID-19 presents an opportunity for a green, sustainable, and resilient recovery.
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Dr. Hilda Heine and Thom Woodroofe on the fundamental cleavages in the delivery of aid to the Pacific Islands.
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Alistair Ritchie and Jackson Ewing write that China, Japan and South Korea can be leaders in the fight against climate change if they ensure policies align with their ambitious goals.
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Patrick Suckling writes that while it is clear the U.S. is back on climate, that does not mean it will rage against Australia.
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Gerald Zackios writes on the impact of COVID-19 on the Pacific Islands, and how the region can fight climate change post-COVID.
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Alistair Ritchie delivered a presentation for the 11th International Greenhouse Gas Conference on Prospects for Carbon Markets in 2030.