Dear friends and colleagues,
It is a profound honor to serve the Asian Association of Environmental and Resource Economics (AAERE) and to address our distinguished members and the broader scholarly community.
Our discipline emerged as a critical response to the environmental pressures of economic growth. Today, we face an even more complex landscape of global and regional challenges. Climate change and biodiversity loss remain at the forefront, now deeply intertwined with energy security and sustainability transitions. Volatile energy markets, geopolitical tensions, and unequal exposure to environmental risks underscore the urgent need for rigorous economic analysis—one that bridges environmental objectives with economic resilience and social welfare...