Operations Session
Accelerating Energy Transition in the ASEAN
Thursday, 5 June 2025
4:00 p.m. – 5:30 p.m. (GMT +8)
In August 2024, ADB signed a Memorandum of Cooperation with the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry of Japan (METI) and the Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia (ERIA) under the Asia Zero Emissions Community (AZEC) to accelerate whole-of-economy transitions including practical energy transitions in Asia. As a part of this joint effort, the three parties formed a working group that actively work together for this shared objective.
The working group is drafting a joint report on Transition Finance in ASEAN that explores scalable financing mechanisms for key technological innovations and the joint report is a call to action aspiring to fuel more cross-collaboration between key stakeholders to drive project development forward and achieve impact at scale.
In this session, speakers will address and discuss the Transition Finance for ASEAN’s hard-to-abate and high-emitting sectors in ASEAN while exploring pathways for sustainable solutions.
AGENDA
4:00 - 4:05 p.m.
Welcome Address
Hideaki Iwasaki, Director General, Sectors Department 1, ADB
4:05 - 4:15 p.m.
Scene Setting: Presentation on the AZEC Report on Transition in the ASEAN
Emanuele Bianco, Energy Specialist, ADB
4:15 - 4:25 p.m.
APG Overview and Bankability
Li Yanfei, Senior Research Fellow on Energy, ERIA
4:25 - 4:35 p.m.
Promoting Transition Finance in Asia: How the Government of Japan can contribute to it
Endo Yuta, Assistant Director, METI
4:35 - 4:45 p.m.
Emissions from LNG Supply and Abatement Opportunities
Simon Rolland, Southeast Asia Programme Manager, Office of Global Energy Relations, Asia-Pacific and Partnerships Division, IEA
4:45 - 5:25 p.m.
Panel Discussion and Q&A
Moderator: Pradeep Tharakan, Director Energy Transition
Panelists:
Li Yanfei, ERIA
Endo Yuta, Assistant Director, METI
Katherine Guy, Senior Infrastructure Finance Specialist (Financial Structuring), SERD, ADB
Simon Rolland, Southeast Asia Programme Manager, Office of Global Energy Relations, Asia-Pacific and Partnerships Division, IEA
Pek Hoong Chong, Chief Technology Officer, SteelAsia Manufacturing Corporation
5:25 - 5:30 p.m.
Closing Remarks
Keiko Takahashi, Alternate Executive Director, ADB
SPEAKERS
Hideaki Iwasaki
Director General, Sectors Department 1 (Energy and Transport Sectors), Asian Development Bank
Emanuele Bianco
Energy Specialist, ADB
Li Yanfei
Senior Energy Economist, Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia (ERIA)
Endo Yuta
Deputy Manager, International Planning Group, Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings, Inc.
Simon Rolland
Programme manager Southeast Asia, International Energy Agency (IEA)
Pradeep Tharakan
Director, Asian Development Bank
Katherine Guy
Senior Infrastructure Finance Specialist, ADB
Pek Hoong Chong
Chief Technology Officer, SteelAsia Manufacturing Corporation