Commitments to net zero targets by China, South Korea and Japan and other countries in the region have created strong momentum for zero-carbon energy adoption. A boom in solar photovoltaic installations in Vietnam has also shown just how quickly zero-carbon energy adoption can occur.

This program focuses on policy and governance approaches best able to facilitate the adoption and use of renewable energy in Asia-Pacific countries.

Journal Articles 

• Long Chu, Thang Nam Do, Thi Ha Lien Le, Quoc Anh Ho, Khoi Dang, Carbon border adjustment mechanism, carbon pricing, and within-sector shifts: A partial equilibrium approach to Vietnam's steel sector, Energy Policy, Volume 193 (August 2024)
• Thang Nam Do, Paul J Burke, Phasing out coal power in two major Southeast Asian thermal coal economies: Indonesia and Vietnam, Energy for Sustainable Development, Volume 80, (June 2024) 
• Thang Nam Do, Insider perspectives on Southeast Asiaʼs clean energy transition, Asia & the Pacific Policy Studies, (March 2024) 
• Tong Zhang, Paul J Burke, Qi Wang, Effectiveness of electric vehicle subsidies in China: A three-dimensional panel study. Resource and Energy Economics, 76, 101424, (January 2024) 
• Paul J. Burke, Comment on "Implications of deglobalization on energy and carbon neutrality in Asia and the Pacific region", Asian Economic Policy Review.
• Naufal Rospriandana, Paul J. Burke, Amalia Suryani, M. Husni Mubarok, Miranda A. Pangestu, Over a century of small hydropower projects in Indonesia: A historical review, Energy, Sustainability and Society, Volume 13, Article 30 (August 2023) 
• Thang Nam Do, Paul J. Burke, Bin Lu, Harnessing solar and wind for sustainable cross-border electricity trade in the Greater Mekong Subregion, Frontiers in Environmental Science, Volume 11 (June 2023)
• Thang Nam Do, Paul J. Burke, Is ASEAN ready to move to multilateral cross-border electricity trade?, Asian Pacific Viewpoint, ISSN 1360-7456 (2023)
• Thang Nam Do, Paul J. Burke, Phasing out coal power in a developing country context: Insights from Vietnam, Energy Policy, Volume 176 (May 2023)
• Paul J. Burke, On the way out: Government revenues from fossil fuels in Australia, Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, Volume 67, Issue 1 (January 2023) 
• Mara Hammerle, Lee V. White, Bjorn Sturmberg, Solar for renters: Investigating investor perspectives of barriers and policies, Energy Policy, Volume 174 (January 2023) 
• Jorrit Gosens, Alex B.H. Turnbull, A protocol to determine the least cost supply of coal to China with an installation-level optimization model, STAR Protocols, Volume 3(4) (November 2022)
• Yuan Peng and Xuemei Bai, Cities leading hydrogen energy development: the pledges and strategies of 39 Chinese cities, npj Urban Sustainability, Volume 2 (September 2022) 
• Jorrit Gosens, Alex B.H. Turnbull, Frank Jotzo, China’s decarbonization and energy security plans will reduce seaborne coal imports: Results from an installation-level model, Joule, 6(4), 782-815 (April 2022)
• Thang Nam Do, Paul J. Burke, Llewelyn Hughes, Ta Dinh Thi, Policy options for offshore wind power in Vietnam, Marine Policy, Volume 141 (July 2022) 
• Thang Do, Paul Burke, Is ASEAN ready to move to multilateral cross-border electricity trade? Asia Pacific Viewpoint, Asian Pacific Viewpoint, ISSN 1360-7456 (May 2022)
• Thang Nam Do, Paul J., Burke, Nam Hoang Nguyen, Indra Overland, Beni Suryadi, Akbar Swandaru, Zulfikar Yurnaidi, Vietnam's solar and wind power success: Policy implications for the other ASEAN countries, Energy for Sustainable Development, Volume 65, 1-11 (December 2021) 
• Prabhasri Herath, Marcus Thatcher, Huidong Jin, Xuemei Bai, Effectiveness of urban surface characteristics as mitigation strategies for the excessive summer heat in cities, Sustainable Cities and Society, Volume 72, 103072 (September 2021)
• Brenda B Lin, Alessandro Ossola, Marina Alberti, Erik Andersson, Xuemei Bai, Cynnamon Dobbs, Thomas Elmqvist, Karl L Evans, Niki Frantzeskaki, Richard A Fuller, Kevin J Gaston, Dagmar Haase, Chi Yung Jim, Cecil Konijnendijk, Harini Nagendra, Jari Niemelä, Timon McPhearson, William R Moomaw, Susan Parnell, Diane Pataki, William J Ripple, Puay Yok Tan, Integrating solutions to adapt cities for climate change, The Lancet - Planetary Health, Volume 5, 479-486 (July 2021)
• Yan Zhang, Xuemei Bai, Franklin P. Mills, John C.V. Pezzey, Examining the attitude-behavior gap in residential energy use: Empirical evidence from a large-scale survey in Beijing, China, Journal of Cleaner Production, Volume 295, 126510 (May 2021)
• Shuhei Nishitateno, Paul J. Burke, Willingness to pay for clean air: Evidence from diesel vehicle registration restrictions in Japan, Regional Science and Urban Economics, Volume 88, 103657 (May 2021) 
• Yuan Peng, Xuemei Bai, Financing urban low-carbon transition: The catalytic role of a city-level special fund in shanghai, Journal of Cleaner Production, Volume 282, 124514 (February 2021) 
• Hilman S. Fathoni, Abidah B. Setyowati, James Prest, Is community renewable energy always just? Examining energy injustices and inequalities in rural Indonesia, Energy Research & Social Science, Volume 71, 101825 (January 2021)

Short Articles

• Jorrit Gosens, No Bright Outlook for Australian-Chinese Coal Supply Chains – Energy Crisis or Not, The China Story, (December 2022)
• Thang Nam Do, Why there is no such thing as a painless transition, Policy Forum, (October 2022) 
• Thomas Longden, Richard Norman, Sotiris Vardoulakis, Tom Kompas, Australia finally has new climate laws. Now, let’s properly consider the astounding social cost of carbon, The Conversation, (September 2022)
• Frank Jotzo, Charging up on energy for the G20 summit, East Asia Forum, (September 2022)
• Frank Jotzo, Labor’s climate change bill is set to become law – but 3 important measures are missing, The Conversation, (September 2022)
• Jorrit Gosens, The short-lived comeback of coal, East Asia Forum, (June 2022) 
• Jorrit Gosens, Frank Jotzo, China’s demand for seaborne coal is set to drop fast and far. Australia should take note, The Conversation, (April 2022)
• Llewelyn Hughes, Thomas Longden, Offshore wind will come to Australian waters as long as we pave the way for this new industry, The Conversation, (March 2022) 
• Thang Nam Do Adding substance to Vietnam's climate commitments, East Asia Forum, (December 2021) 
• Thang Nam Do & Paul J. Burke, Carbon pricing insights from Vietnam, Policy Forum, (October 2021)
• Thang Do & Paul Burke, Drivers for Vietnam's Solar Power Boom: Policy Implications for other ASEAN Member States, Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, (February 2021)

Working Papers

• Thang Nam Do, Insider Perspectives on Southeast Asia's Clean Energy Transition (ZCWP 03-24) (PDF, 527 KB) 
• Thang Nam Do, Paul Burke (2022), Is ASEAN ready to move to multilateral cross-border electricity trade? (ZCWP 06-22) (PDF, 616.61 KB)
• Thang Nam Do, Paul Burke, Llewelyn Hughes (2022), Policy options for offshore wind power in Vietnam (ZCWP O5-22) (PDF, 846.44 KB) 
• Llewelyn Hughes, Wenting Cheng, Thang Nam Do, Jorrit Gosens, Thomas Longden (2022), Governing offshore wind in the Asia-Pacific: emerging regulatory frameworks (ZCWP03-22) (PDF, 863.81 KB) 
• Llewelyn Hughes, Thomas Longden (2022), Offshore wind power in the Asia-Pacific: expert elicitation on prices and policies (ZCWP02-22) (PDF, 1.09 MB)
• Thang Nam Do, Paul Burke (2021), Carbon pricing in Vietnam: Options for adoption (ZCWP06-21) (PDF, 486.56 KB) 

Books

• Llewelyn Hughes, Revisiting Radical Incrementalism in Japan's Energy Policy The Oxford Handbook on Japanese Politics, Oxford University Press, (2021) 

Policy Briefs

• Tuyu Zhou, Jorrit Gosens, and Frank Jotzo, China's EV plans, (April 2023)