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Asia Energy and Sustainability Initiative
Providing leading analysis and research at the intersection of innovation, energy, technology, and environmental outcomes in Asia
Related Programs
China and the World, China Public Policy Program, Indonesia Public Policy Program, Vietnam Public Policy Program
Asia is home to the majority of the world’s population and several of the world’s most rapidly developing economies. Economic development at such scale and speed has required the related development of considerable energy supply.The Asia Energy and Sustainability Initiative (AESI) is working to identify a sustainable model for such economic development by understanding the environmental, economic, and political drivers of this historical change. Our work focuses on three main areas of work:
- Researching the intersection of public policy and private investment in energy markets across Asia,
- Training top executives from leading energy state-owned enterprises in Asia,
- And exchanging with leading research fellows and faculty from Asia in the areas of energy and sustainability.
The AESI is a collaboration between Harvard Kennedy School’s Rajawali Foundation Institute for Asia and the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs. The Initiative leverages the Rajawali Institute’s expertise on governance and policy innovation in Asia and the Belfer Center’s unique insight into energy technology and energy policy.
Executive Education
AESI research benefits greatly from interaction with, and feedback from, leaders of industry and government. Research results are increasingly incorporated into teaching case studies, course materials, and lectures of several executive education programs. For example, energy and sustainability perspectives contribute to executive programs training government leaders from China, Vietnam, and Indonesia respectively.
Asia is home to the majority of the world’s population and several of the world’s most rapidly developing economies. Economic development at such scale and speed has required the related development of considerable energy supply.
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