Deep Dive Workshop
Challenges towards Net-Zero in Asia and the Role of Transition Finance
Organized by: Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, Japan (METI)
Wednesday, 5 June 2024
4:00 - 5:30 p.m. (GMT +8) | Auditorium Hall 3
To achieve net zero, Asian countries are facing many challenges such as burgeoning energy demand and uneven distribution of renewable energy. Transition finance, a new financing approach, will play a key role in accelerating the transition to clean energy and achieving net zero in Asia. But financial institutions must answer the complex question, “what can be considered a fair and orderly transition to simultaneously achieve economic growth, energy security and decarbonization?”
AGENDA
4:00 -4:20 p.m.
Introduction to the Seminar, Speakers and Panelists
Endo Yuta, Assistant Director, METI
Keynote Address
Transition Finance: "Why & How the Japanese government has promoted the new way of financing"
Yuta Endo, Assistant Director, METI
Transition Finance in Asia and Its Challenges
Sho Hayashi, Project Officer on Energy, ERIA
4:20 - 4:40 p.m.
Transition Efforts by Companies and Financial Institution
Kawasaki Transition Finance
Takeshi Numa, Manager Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd.
To achieve our Circular economy
Gen Takahashi, General Manager, JFE Engineering
Challenges toward net zero in Asia: A call for nuanced conversation
Carlos Ramon C., Chief Corporate Services Officer, Aboitiz Power
Energy Transition Mechanism and Partnerships – Coal to Clean Transition Finance
Meutia Chaerani, Climate Change Specialist, ADB
5:00 - 5:25 p.m.
Panel Discussion
Moderator: Yuta Endo, Assistant Director, METI
Panelists:
Sho Hayashi, Project Officer on Energy, ERIA
Meutia Chaerani, Climate Change Specialist, ADB
Carlos Ramon C., Chief Corporate Services Officer, Aboitiz Power
Gen Takahashi, General Manager, JFE Engineering
Takeshi Numa, Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd.
5:25 - 5:30 p.m.
Closing and Wrap
SPEAKERS
Carlos Ramon C. Aboitiz
Chief Corporate Services Officer, Aboitiz Power
Gen Takahashi
General Manager, JFE Engineering
Takeshi Numa
Manager Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd.
Yuta Endo
Assistant Director, Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, Japan
Sho Hayashi
Project Officer on Energy, ERIA
Meutia Chaerani
Climate Change Specialist, ADB