Activities

From the RESET network: The 2026 energy shock has tested Asia harder than any other region. At RESET’s inaugural regional seminar, four experts—Joyashree Roy, Duan Maosheng, Ashwini K Swain, and Qin Hu—posited that the crisis, for all its costs, may also accelerate the clean energy transition, driven by security, economic productivity, and equity concerns. In the seminar, Joyashree Roy argued that the 2026 crisis should not be managed through emergency measures alone. She rai

(https://doi.org/10.1016/j.egyr.2026.109377) How can South and Southeast Asia — home to over 2.62 billion people and one of the fastest-growing energy demand centers in the world — design credible, equitable, and 1.5°C-aligned energy transition pathways? This paper presents the first systematic, PRISMA-based review of 97 peer-reviewed energy system modeling studies (2000–2025) across 15 South and Southeast Asian countries. It maps how nine core modeling frameworks — OSeMOSYS,

How can a fast-growing Global South economy meet its development aspirations, deliver Decent Living Standards (DLS) for all, and remain consistent with a 1.5°C pathway — without getting locked in the long-term high-carbon pathway or through over dependence on uncertain negative emission technologies? This paper introduces the SPINE (Service Provision Imagined with No Emissions) model — SPINE-BD, the first application of this decomposition-based scenario framework, developed a

Global plastic production has increased from 2 tonnes to 450 million tonnes in the past 70 years and is projected to increase rapidly. Plastic waste leaks into water bodies, rivers, oceans, and land, while structures like drainages or dams are harming the environment and food security, and contributing to the severity of extreme events like floods and waterlogging. Using a framework, this paper maps comparative progress towards the circular plastic economy (CPE) in three Asia

Conference held on March 4, 2026 in Tokyo, Japan on achieving the carbon neutral and green economy policies in the major countries and regions.