The Initiative for Sustainable Energy Policy (ISEP) has decided to make China and India our strategic focus until the end of 2022. Today, ISEP has a major presence in India and a rapidly growing program in China. By the year 2022, the Initiative will establish itself as a global center of excellence on China, India, and the global energy transition.

ISEP meets this goal by addressing critical knowledge gaps:

• In China, a focus on understanding the country’s global footprint.
• In India, an emphasis on state-level energy and environmental policy.
• Between China and India, (i) knowledge transfer, (ii) comparative analysis, and (iii) Sino-Indian collaboration as priorities.

“In the global energy market, the center of gravity is increasingly shifting to Asia’s emerging economies. Among them, China and India stand out as pivotal”, says ISEP’s Founding Director Professor Johannes Urpelainen. He further adds, “For us, China and India are the future. We will build on our existing strength to expand our research for greater policy impact.”

To learn more about the strategy for the Initiative for Sustainable Energy Policy for 2019-2022, refer to the document “China, India, and the Global Energy Transition”.

ISEP welcomes any opportunities to collaborate. Please write to Professor Johannes Urpelainen at JohannesU@jhu.edu if you are interested in joining the ISEP community.