Dr. Jackson Ewing is director of energy and climate policy at the Nicholas Institute of Energy, Environment & Sustainability at Duke University. He is also an adjunct associate professor at the Nicholas School of the Environment and a faculty affiliate with the Duke Center for International Development at the Sanford School of Public Policy.

Dr. Ewing’s current work focuses on international climate finance and just energy transition partnerships, meeting net-zero energy transition goals in the US, US-China relations, and Chinese outbound energy, industrial, and transportation infrastructure investments. He also leads educational exchanges between Asia and the United States through a leadership role with Duke Kunshan University in greater Shanghai. Dr. Ewing has worked in more than twenty countries, and collaborates closely with actors in government, the private sector, civil society, and international organizations. He publishes widely through a range of mediums and contribute to radio, television and print media.

Prior to joining Duke, Dr. Ewing was director of Asian Sustainability at the Asia Society Policy Institute under the leadership of the Hon. Kevin Rudd, where he led projects on Asian carbon market cooperation and sustainable resource development in the ASEAN Economic Community. He also previously served as a MacArthur Fellow and head of the Environment, Climate Change and Food Security Program at Singapore’s S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies. Dr. Ewing holds a doctorate in environmental security and master’s degree in international relations from Australia’s Bond University, and a bachelor’s degree in political science from the College of Charleston.