Date: 9th November 2022, 13:00 - 14:30 (EET/GMT+2) / 20:00 - 21:30 (JST/GMT+9) /18:00 -19:30 (GMT+7)

Venue: Japan Pavilion, Tonino Lamborghini convention centre, Sharm El Sheikh, Arab Republic of Egypt. Live streaming is available. 

Organizer: Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, Government of Japan

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Cleaner Energy Future Initiative for ASEAN (CEFIA) is coming to COP27 in Egypt and holding a hybrid event which will feature how transition finance can contribute to decarbonizing ASEAN. In the panel discussion session, prominent professionals in the area of sustainable and transition finance will get together and share their unique perspectives and experiences. 

13:00 - 13:10 (EET/GMT+2)

Mr. Shinichi Kihara
Deputy Director-General for Technology and Environment, Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry

13:10 - 13:50 (EET/GMT+2), Each presentation will be about 10 minutes.

Introduction of Japan’s Asia Energy Transition Initiative (AETI) to accelerate Asia’s transition finance towards a decarbonized economy

Ms. Ayaka Nojiri

Deputy Director for International Affairs (Asia Energy Transition Initiative), Agency for Natural Resources and Energy, Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry

Financing Programs for Accelerating Energy Transition in Southeast Asia
Mr. Ramesh Subramaniam
Director General, Southeast Asia Department, Asian Development Bank

Opportunities and challenges in financing energy transition in the ASEAN region
Ms. Yukimi Shimura
Director, Sustainable Business Division, MUFG Bank, Ltd.

The Path to Net Zero by a local ASEAN bank

Mr. Helge Muenkel
Chief Sustainability Officer, DBS Bank Ltd.

• 13:50 - 14:25 (EET/GMT+2)
  
  [Moderator]

Mr. Enrique I. Florencio
Secretary General, Association of Development Financing Institutions in Asia and the Pacific (ADFIAP)

[Panelists]
Ms. Ayaka Nojiri, METI
Mr. Ramesh Subramaniam, ADB
Ms. Yukimi Shimura, MUFG Bank, Ltd.
Mr. Helge Muenkel, DBS Bank Ltd.

Discussion points:

What are the actions required to realise a wide deployment of transition finance within the ASEAN region given unique contexts of ASEAN, e.g. variety of supply-demand balances of countries?

What are the challenges in and solutions to developing quantification tools of GHG emission reduction of projects which help attract transition finance?

What are actions expected from CEFIA to accelerate deployment of transition finance in the ASEAN region?

14:25 – 14:30 (EET/GMT+2)

Mr. Shinichi Kihara
Deputy Director-General for Technology and Environment, Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry

Event Flyer (PDF: 73KB)