President Masa and IEA Fatih Birol held a videoconference on 8 June to discuss future collaboration between ADB and the IEA. ADB first signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the IEA in 2017 to facilitate knowledge and analytical work to pursue clean energy development in ADB DMCs. The areas of potential collaboration include how to increase the resilience of energy systems in Asia and the Pacific to better cope with extreme weather as a result of climate change or pandemic-induced supply interruptions, and the use of new technologies such as green hydrogen.