Dr. Thang Nam Do is a Research Fellow in the Zero-Carbon Energy for Asia-Pacific Grand Challenge Program in the Resources, Environment and Development program, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University (ANU).

His policy-oriented research includes climate change, energy transition, water governance, ecosystem valuation, and sustainable cities, and a focus on Vietnam, Mekong, and Southeast Asia.

He has published in Energy, Energy Policy, Marine Policy, Environment and Development Economics, Asian Economic Policy Review, Water, Earth’s Future, Asia Pacific Viewpoint, and Energy and Climate Change.

With over 25 years work experience in Southeast Asia, Dr. Do has served as Deputy Director General of International Cooperation, Vietnam Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment; as the Global Environment Facility (GEF)’s Operational Focal Point for Vietnam; as the Chair of the ASEAN Working Group on Climate Change; and the Vietnam national focal point of the ASEAN Working Group on Environmentally Sustainable Cities and Water Environment Partnership for Asia. He is currently a convener and manager for the United Nations Southeast Asia Energy Transition Partnership Roundtable Series.

Thang holds a PhD in Environmental Economics from the ANU (thesis titled “Impacts of dyke management strategies on Wetland Values in the Mekong Delta”), a Master in Environment Management and Development from the ANU, and a Bachelor in Environmental Engineering from the British Columbia Institute of Technology, Canada.

• Energy transition
• Carbon pricing
• Cross-border electricity trade
• Water-energy-environment nexus
• Sustainable cities
• Environmental policy
• Vietnam, the Greater Mekong Subregion, and South East Asia. 

• Drivers and barriers to Vietnam’s solar PV

• Vietnam success in solar and wind power: Policy implications for other ASEAN countries

• Greening economic development in Asia

• ASEAN 100% renewable electricity

• Vietnam carbon pricing: options for adoption

• ASEAN cross-border electricity trade

• Policy options for offshore wind power in Vietnam

• Solar and Wind vs. hydro power in Mekong region

• Renewable energy uptake in cities

• Senior Advisor for World Bank project "Vietnam's Water Governance", Global Environment Facility (GEF) 6^th Assembly, GEF/ADB project “Mainstreaming Climate Resilience and Environmental Protection for Green Secondary Cities Development”, and IGES/ASEAN Sustainable Development Goal's Forerunning Cities Program.

• Co-founding signatory of the Geneva Actions on Global Human Water Security Fund  and the Food Energy Environment Water Network
• 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.