Green Transition

Siwei Huang discusses how Taiwan’s “sovereign AI” vision is running on fragile energy foundations. In a period defined by geopolitical competition and energy uncertainty, Taiwan needs to strengthen its energy resilience to advance digital sovereignty and technological power.
This joint CAPRI–Brookings event brings together experts on energy and policy to examine how Taiwan and other Asia-Pacific countries are balancing their sustainability goals and energy demands amid the ongoing US–China competition. This forms part of CAPRI’s recently launched research initiative on the Asia Pacific’s green transition.
How can the Asia Pacific expand economic opportunity while securing energy supplies and advancing the green transition? This multi-year project brings together research and engagement across six countries to gain insights into this dilemma.
CAPRI and CAPRI USA co-hosted a trilateral conference in Copenhagen with Copenhagen Business School and the University of Virginia, bringing together researchers, entrepreneurs, and policy leaders from Asia, Europe, and North America. The panelists explored new models of entrepreneurship and innovation tailored to local and regional contexts.
What does a just energy transition look like in a fractured world? Panelists explored the trade-offs between climate goals, energy security, and geopolitical realities.
CAPRI’s Third Annual Forum gathered over 300 participants, including 100 students, in Taipei. With a keynote by Sir Robin Niblett and panelists including policymakers from Taiwan, business leaders from Asia, and scholars and other experts from across the globe, the forum explored challenges and regional responses to rising geopolitical tensions, climate and health vulnerabilities, and economic uncertainty, as well as Taiwan’s growing role in global education and exchange.
Our second Annual Forum brought together leaders and experts from across the Asia Pacific and beyond, including Gov. James Gilmore and Taiwan’s VP-elect Bi-khim Hsiao as keynote speakers, for insightful and exciting discussions on a plethora of topics: US and Taiwan leadership, economic interdependence, sustainability, health and energy policy, AI, disaster preparedness, resilience, and innovation.
Our inaugural Annual Forum featured 19 speakers from 12 countries, including Malcolm Turnbull, Chen Chien-jen, members of our International Advisory Council, and board and key stakeholders in the region’s policy community. They discussed pressing challenges to resilience and solutions as the Asia Pacific emerges from the latest crisis and prepares for future ones.
In a roundtable discussion, Professor John D. Spengler, Akira Yamaguchi Professor of Environmental Health and Human Habitation, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, stresses on the urgency in dealing with climate change, sparking conversations between the leaders and students of various fields.