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Nophea (Noppy) Sasaki

Nophea (Noppy) Sasaki is an IETS Fellow. Their expertise spans carbon accounting and project development; forest carbon; climate finance; nature-based solutions; ESG reporting; AI and digital tools for sustainability.

Sasaki is a member of the core Faculty in ESG and Sustainability at Sasin School of Management; advances AI-enabled platforms for climate accountability, evidence-based reporting and investment readiness.

Previously, Sasaki held senior, advisory or committee roles including professor at the Asian Institute of Technology; Associate Professor at the University of Hyogo; visiting roles at the University of Adelaide and Chulalongkorn University; postdoctoral and fellowship appointments at the Max Planck Institute and Harvard University.

Sasaki holds qualifications including PhD in Agriculture (Forest Management), Gifu University; Master of Agriculture (Forest Management), Shinshu University.

IETS Work

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10 Aug 2026 - IETS in the Media

Energy transition is reshaping global industrial competitiveness: IETS Fellows in China Daily

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IETS Fellows Professor Xunpeng Shi and Professor Nophea Sasaki have contributed a commentary to China Daily examining how the energy transition is reshaping industrial competitiveness, international trade, investment and global value chains. Using Thailand’s rapidly changing automotive sector as a case study, the commentary examines how the shift from internal-combustion vehicles to electric vehicles is […]

20 Jul 2026 - Analysis

Beyond EV Adoption: Industrial Policy, Carbon Finance and Thailand’s Automotive Transition

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How policy-mediated technological change is reshaping industrial competitiveness, domestic value creation and verifiable decarbonisation. Professor Xunpeng Shi and Professor Nophea Sasaki July 2026   Executive Summary   Thailand’s rapid expansion of electric mobility shows how the energy transition can reshape industrial competitiveness, investment and production. The shift is not driven by technology or consumer choice […]