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

Carlos Ramon C. Aboitiz

Chief Corporate Services Officer, Aboitiz Power

Gen Takahashi

Gen Takahashi

General Manager, JFE Engineering

Takeshi Numa

Takeshi Numa

Manager Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd.

Yuta Endo

Yuta Endo

Assistant Director, Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, Japan

Sho Hayashi

Sho Hayashi

Project Officer on Energy, ERIA

Meutia Chaerani

Meutia Chaerani

Climate Change Specialist, ADB

PRESENTATIONS