Potential topics in this session could include:

Tailored financial services to support green and sustainable development
Rural waste-to-energy: biochar-based compound fertilizer for green agriculture and poverty reduction
Switch from coal to clean energy in rural households: benefits for air quality
Air pollutant reduction from the iron and steel Industry in Hebei Province
Energy efficiency improvement and potential in the cooling sector: a case study from Zhejiang Province

Potential topics in this session could include:

Regenerative ocean biomass energy
Pico- and micro-hydropower for high-value agriculture
Experience with hydro, solar, and wind for sustainable village development
Beneficial use of geothermal waste heat for community livelihood support
Refrigeration/cold chain services for expanding access to fisheries industries

Potential topics in this session could include:

Climate-smart agriculture using water from solar powered desalination
Concentrating solar thermal systems for industrial applications
Solar + hydrogen for 24/7 electricity services
Solar irrigation and solar ice production
ADB’s floating solar experience and portfolio
Solar energy applications in the health sector

This session will bring together regional experts and innovators, along with officials from ADB’s DMCs, to present recent experience developing sustainable energy with value additions from multiple sectors. Presentations can include case studies from education, policy, legal, and regulatory spheres to support the shift from an inefficient, linear extractive economy to a more efficient, cleaner, and inherently sustainable circular economy.

Session 2.1: Economy-wide Energy Evolution
To deliver a sustainable energy future, it will be essential to engage with stakeholders across the economy, beyond the energy sector, in order to shape the future of energy supply, demand, use, and capacity.

Potential topics in this session could include:

Hydrogen potential, global roadmaps, and strategies for deployment
Heating and cooking
The digital transition, transmission and distribution technologies
Solar energy for energy access and climate change

This session will include discussion of the technology developments in renewables and energy efficiency, electrification, and other sectors, and approaches for setting more ambitious target in energy roadmaps with regulatory changes needed for the NDCs. Speakers will include international practitioners, ADB professionals, and officials from ADB’s developing member countries (DMCs).

Potential topics in this session could include:

Challenges and solutions for higher penetration of renewable energy into existing power grids (focused on government agencies and grid companies in ADB’s DMCs)
Synergies between the power sector and electrification of other sectors, such as heat and transport.

Potential topics in this session could include:

Innovative micro- and mini grids with renewables in remote areas, as a strategy to reduce emissions from
conventional diesel mini-grids[Philippine, Indonesia, etc.]
Community-based (and community-owned) energy systems and business models
Analysis of the socio-economic impacts of rural energy
Rural clean heating, gas distribution, and other applications and end uses and applications

Potential topics in this session could include:

Implementation status of NDC in the context of climate change and an update on NDCs in Asia and the Pacific
NDC-related progress and country perspectives on NDC goals (country level or ecosystem/river level)
NDC related progress and city perspectives on NDC goals (city level or river level)
How to update and Implement NDC Targets in 2020

Session 1.1: Overview of NDC Implementation in Context of Climate Change in Asia and the Pacific

This section will review the implementation of NDCs in the Asia-Pacific region over the past 5 years, and will identify gaps between targets and implementation to date.

Nearly half of global final energy consumption is used for heating and cooling applications, including industrial processes. This offers a huge opportunity to tap renewable energy for heating and cooling households and industries. Similarly, there is a need to leverage energy storage technologies beyond just batteries for electric vehicles.

While oceans have proved to be a promising source of clean energy, they have not gained popularity or become a mainstream source of renewable energy, as have wind and solar. The session provided an overview on developments in commercializing ocean energy generation and related end-uses, such as offshore wind, marine floating solar, ocean biomass, in-stream tidal conversion, and cleaner marine propulsion.