ACE - UNEP Cooperation Agreement Signing Webinar

Advancing Energy Transition in ASEAN through Energy Efficiency and Gender-Responsive Policy

Wednesday, 19 June 2024
15:00 – 16:30 (JKT Time) / 10:00 – 11:30 (CEST)

The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) Mitigation Branch, Climate Change Division and the ASEAN Centre for Energy (ACE) share common objectives with regard to addressing the impacts of climate change and supporting the clean and just energy transition and wish to collaborate to further these common goals and objectives.

In a recently signed Memorandum of Understanding, UNEP and ACE have agreed on a framework of cooperation and collaboration to work towards a just transition to low-carbon and resource efficient economies and support the implementation of the programme area under the ASEAN Plan of Action for Energy Cooperation (APAEC), which serves as the regional blueprint on energy cooperation in ASEAN.

The agreed areas of cooperation, which focus on priorities and activities common to both organisations, will be facilitated by UNEP’s United for Efficiency (U4E), the Sustainable Mobility Unit, Cool Coalition, and EmPower: Women for Climate-Resilient Societies Phase II teams, include:

Facilitating the advancement of energy efficient and sustainable cooling appliances and equipment by developing/updating minimum energy performance standards (MEPS) and strengthening the monitoring, verification and enforcement.
Securing socio-economic benefits and meeting carbon mitigation targets set forth by the ASEAN Plan of Action for Energy Cooperation (APAEC) by enhancing the capacity of regional energy information and monitoring networks through south-south cooperation and knowledge sharing.
Collaborating on advancing the recommendations from the Roadmap on Accelerating ASEAN Renewable Energy Deployment through Gender-Responsive Energy Policy (ASEAN RE-Gender Roadmap).
Working together to build regional awareness and capacity on passive cooling, heat resilient planning, district cooling and National Cooling Action Plans.
Cooperating on energy efficiency in the road transport sector in Southeast Asia.

This webinar provided an overview of the current activities in these areas in the region and an insight into plans for future activities.

For more information, please contact/visit: ACE | U4E | Cool Coalition | EmPower | Sustainable Mobility Unit.

Alternatively, see the agenda below and the presentations from the webinar at the bottom of this page.

Agenda

Time (GMT+7)	Activity	Speaker
ACE-UNEP MoU Signing Ceremony MC: Aurelia Syafina Luthfi, ACE
15:00 – 15:05	Opening Remarks from ACE	Dr Nuki Agya Utama Executive Director, ACE
15:05 – 15:10	Opening Remarks from UNEP	Dechen Tsering Division Director, Climate Change Division, UNEP
15:10 – 15:20	MoU Signing Between ACE & UNEP Dr Nuki Agya Utama, Executive Director, ACE & Dechen Tsering, Division Director, Climate Change Division, UNEP	Led by MC
Panel I: Enhancing Energy Efficiency in Appliances, Cooling and Transport in ASEAN Moderator: Rio Jon Peter Silitonga, ACE
15:20 – 15:27	Strengthening Collaboration Towards Energy Efficient Features in ASEAN	Mardika Firlina ACE
15:27 – 15:34	Harnessing the Benefits of Energy Efficiency in Appliances and Equipment	Patrick Blake U4E, UNEP
15:34 – 15:41	Maximizing the Impact of Passive Cooling, Heat-Resilient Planning, District Cooling and National Cooling Action Plans	Lily Riahi Cool Coalition, UNEP
15:41- 15:48	Transforming the Transport Sector to Sustainable Mobility	Yeonju Jeong Sustainable Mobility Unit, UNEP
15:48 – 16:03	Q&A Session	Led by Moderator
Panel II: Advancing Sustainable Energy and Gender Inclusion in ASEAN Moderator: Aldilla Noor Rakhiemah, ACE
16:03 – 16:10	Collaborative Efforts in ASEAN’s Energy Transition and Gender Mainstreaming	Amira Bilqis ACE
16:10 – 16:17	Gender Just Transition for Climate Resilience	Alexandra Mutungi EmPower, UNEP
16:17 – 16:27	Q&A Session	Led by Moderator
Closing Session MC: Aurelia Syafina Luthfi, ACE
16:27 – 16:30	Closing Remarks	Dr. Zulfikar Yurnaidi ACE