ASEAN Commitment in Achieving Energy Efficiency Target by 2025
Bangkok, Thailand – The 23rd Energy Efficiency and Conservation Sub-Sector Network (EE&C-SSN) meeting was held at Bangkok, Thailand, from 25 to 26 April 2019; and attended by the EE&C-SSN focal points. During the meeting, the EE&C-SSN focal points discussed a coherent approach and strategy to meet the energy intensity reduction target of 25% by 2025 and addressed issues related to energy efficiency and conservation with regard to the ASEAN Plan of Action on Energy Cooperation (APAEC) 2016-2025. Whereby the APAEC is an energy blueprint, which the impacts of the outcomes are focused on four dimensions – energy security, affordability, accessibility and sustainability.
Shaping Collaboration of Indonesian Viewpoint on Clean Energy Development in Transport Sector
Ulsan, South Korea – The ASEAN Centre for Energy (ACE) has been invited as one of the speakers by Korea Energy Economics Institute (KEEI) to present ASEAN status, in particular of Indonesian status on the deployment of eco-friendly vehicle in the Clean Energy Ministerial (CEM) Expert Workshop that took place in Ulsan, South Korea on 25-26 April 2019. The purpose of this workshop is to ignite the deployment of eco-friendly vehicle among CEM member countries and transforming the cities and towns to be clean, sustainable, and energy-efficient communities, which is also part of the continuation of Sustainable Cities and Eco-energy Towns (SCET) initiatives in CEM8 back in 2018.
Thailand’s green meetings prove Asean’s commitment to sustainability goals
When Singapore handed the Asean helm to Thailand last November, Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha unveiled the theme of its chairmanship for this year as “Advancing Partnership for Sustainability”.
Discourse of Coherent Policy Approach on Clean Coal Technology Towards the Development of ASEAN Energy Blueprint
Langkawi, Malaysia – The 17th ASEAN Forum on Coal (AFOC) was held at Langkawi, Malaysia from 2-4 April 2019, and attended by AFOC focal points from 7 ASEAN Member States (AMS) namely Cambodia, Indonesia, Lao PDR, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines and Thailand as well as representatives of ASEAN Centre for Energy (ACE), JCOAL and World Coal Association (WCA).
