Prof. Xunpeng (Roc) Shi is Professor of Energy and Environmental Economics and Sustainability and Research Principal at the Australia-China Relations Institute, University of Technology Sydney, President of the International Society for Energy Transition Studies (ISETS), and a Council Member (President, 2016-2018) of the Chinese Economics Society Australia (CESA). His research interests cover the full spectrum of energy, climate change and other environmental issues in economics, policy, and sustainable development, with regional focuses on Australia, China, ASEAN, and Northeast Asia. He has worked in the energy sector for more than 25 years in the industry, government, research institutes in Australia, Brunei, China, Indonesia, and Singapore, and an international organisation. He was listed as Australia's leading researcher in the field of Environmental Law and Policy, and top 2% of the world’s top scientists in the energy field.