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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The Sino-American partnership on climate change benefits more than just the two countries.
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In a 23 June 2016 article in The Diplomat, ASPI Director of Asian Sustainability Jackson Ewing, argues that the time is now for carbon market cooperation among China, Japan, and South Korea.
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Five years after Fukushima, Asia Society Policy Institute's Jackson Ewing tells us how the Asian country is addressing its energy challenges.
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In a discussion on CNN, the Asia Society Policy Institute President shares his perspective on how climate change is having a negative impact on the world now and not just in the long term.
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In an essay for The Conversation, ASPI's Director for Asian Sustainability Jackson Ewing explains the roots of the U.S.-China climate partnership and argues that it could advance global action against climate change at COP21.
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The Asia Society Policy Institute President shares his take on the proceedings at the United Nations climate change summit.
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Speaking with CNN International’s Christiane Amanpour, ASPI President Kevin Rudd discusses the pivotal topics and obstacles in the negotiations at the UN climate change summit in Paris, including the need for a legally binding agreement.
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In a Guardian op-ed published as COP21 began in Paris, ASPI President Kevin Rudd and former U.S. Treasury Secretary Hank Paulson argue that the “big three” can “become global leaders in a new and more sustainable energy future.”
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ASPI Director of Asian Sustainability Jackson Ewing writes that strategies for protecting Singapore and Malaysia from haze caused by Indonesian fires “are improving, but will likely take years to become truly effective.”
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ASPI President Kevin Rudd, guest-hosting “Amanpour” on CNN International, discussed China's stock market and economy with Vice Finance Minister Zhu Guangyao and climate change with Lord Nicholas Stern and Christiana Figueres.
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“The United Nations conference in Paris this December is the next opportunity for leaders of the world’s biggest economies to show real leadership” on climate change, writes the Asia Society Policy Institute President in the New York Times.
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In his May 2015 letter, ASPI President Kevin Rudd describes his vision for the Asia Society Policy Institute and reviews the launch of his report “U.S.-China 21: The Future of U.S.-China Relations Under Xi Jinping.”
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In Delhi, the Asia Society Policy Institute President said, “What is very encouraging … is the language which we saw emerge from Prime Minister Modi, during President Obama’s visit, about India wanting to see a global agreement in Paris.”