Dr Thang Nam Do
Areas of expertise
- Environment And Resource Economics 140205
- Environmental Management 050205
- Natural Resource Management 050209
- Environment Policy 160507
Research interests
- Solar and wind energy policy
- Carbon pricing
- Water-energy-environment nexus
- Sustainable cities
- Ecosystem based climate adaptation,
- The Greater Mekong Subregion and South East Asia.
Biography
Dr Thang Nam Do is a research fellow at the Grand Challenge Program on Zero Carbon Energy for Asia Pacific, Australian National University.
Before joining the ANU, he worked with the Vietnam Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment as Deputy Director General of International Cooperation, Global Environment Facility (GEF) Operational Focal Point, Chair of Association of Southeast Nations Association (ASEAN) Working Group on Climate Change, and national focal point of: ASEAN Working Group on Environmentally Sustainably Cities, Water Environment Partnership for Asia and Clean Technology Fund.
He has led research projects on drivers and barriers to Vietnam's solar PV adoption, water environmental management for river basins, reviewing environmental economic instruments for revision of the Law on Environmental Protection, assessing environmental cobenefits of climate change mitigation policy, pollution damage and national park valuation. In addition, he has acted as a resource person for various regional and national environmental policy issues, including water environmental management and sustainable cities.
Thang Nam Do attains PhD and Master in Environment Management and Development from the Australian National University and Bachelor in Environmental Engineering from the British Columbia Institute of Technology, Canada.
Researcher's projects
- Chief investigator of studies into drivers and barriers to Vietnam's solar PV adoption https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0301421520303037, Vietnam offshore wind energy policy, ASEAN cross-border electricity trade, carbon pricing options for Vietnam, Mekong water-energy nexus, and renewable energy policies in South East Asia.
- Senior Advisor for World Bank project "Vietnam's Water Governance" https://www.worldbank.org/en/country/vietnam/publication/vietnam-toward-a-safe-clean-and-resilient-water-system, Global Environment Facility (GEF) 6th Assembly, GEF/ADB project “Mainstreaming Climate Resilience and Environmental Protection for Green Secondary Cities Development”, GCF/IUCN proposal on Building Climate Resilient Coastal Communities and Ecosystems in Asia, and IGES/ASEAN Sustainable Development Goal's Forerunning Cities Program.
- Co-founding signatory of the Geneva Actions on Global Human Water Security Fund, https://genevaactions.org; and the Food Energy Environment Water Network, www.fe2wnetwork.org
- Director of: Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) study on water environment management of river basins in Vietnam, ASEAN-Institute of Global Environmental Strategies (IGES) project on ASEAN Environmentally Sustainable Model Cities, Strengthening Environmental Capacity for Vietnam Project; Developing Solid Waste Management visions for Vietnam; Vietnam-Korean project on soil and ground water remediation-VEA/MONRE.
- Economy and Environment Program for Southeast Asia (EEPSEA-IDRC)’s project: Impacts of Dykes on Wetland Values in Vietnam's Mekong Delta: A Case Study in the Plain of Reeds, http://www.eepsea.org/index.php?option=com_k2&view=item&id=59:the-dyke-dilemma-a-cost-benefit-analysis-from-vietnam&Itemid=341.
Publications
- Burke, P & Do, T 2020, 'Greening Asia's Economic Development [IN PRESS]', Asian Economic Policy Review, vol. -, no. -, pp. 1-18.
- Do, Thang N., Burke, Paul J., Baldwin, Kenneth G.H., and Nguyen, Chinh T. 2020. Underlying drivers and barriers for solar photovoltaics diffusion: The case of Vietnam. Energy Policy 144, 111561.
- Grafton, R. Q, Garrick, D, Manero, A et al 2019, 'The water governance reform framework: Overview and applications to Australia, Mexico, Tanzania, U.S.A and Vietnam', Water, vol. 11, no. 1, pp. -.
- Wyrwoll, P, Grafton, R.Q, Daniell, KA et al 2018, 'Decision-Making for Systemic Water Risks: Insights From a Participatory Risk Assessment Process in Vietnam', Earth's Future, vol. 6, no. 3, pp. 543-564.
- Do, T.N. & Bennett, J 2010, 'Using choice experiments to estimate wetland values in Viet Nam: implementation and practical issues', in Jeff Bennett and Ekin Birol (ed.), Choice Experiments in Developing Countries: Implementation, Challenges and Policy Implications, Edward Elgar Publishing, Cheltenham, UK and Northampton MA, pp. 33-49.
- Do, T.N. & Bennett, J. 2009 , 'Estimating Wetland Biodiversity Values: A choice modelling application in Vietnam's Mekong', Environment and Development Economics, vol. 14, no. 2, pp. 163-186.
- Do, T.N. & Bennett, J 2009, 'Would wetland conservation improve social welfare: a case study in Mekong River Delta', GMSARN International Journal, vol. 2, no. 3, pp. 101-109.
