Achieving Universal Energy Access in the Asia Pacific Region

An Asia Clean Energy Forum (ACEF) 2019 Deep Dive Workshop

Energy access is a multidimensional problem that requires collaboration across disciplines and sectors. This Deep Dive Workshop on “Achieving Universal Energy Access in the Asia Pacific Region” will attempt to capture how far development agencies, governments and the private sector have come in solving energy poverty.

The Ocean Economy

An Asia Clean Energy Forum (ACEF) 2019 Special Lunchtime Talk

The ocean economy is an organizing principle for organic growth in ADB’s investment operations flowing directly from Strategy 2030 operational priorities, as manifest in the announcement of ADB’s ocean health action plan at the ADB Annual Meeting in May 2019.

Clean Energy Policy, Financing and Innovation: 7th ADB-MOTIE Joint Energy Forum

An Asia Clean Energy Forum (ACEF) 2019 Deep Dive Workshop

Asia and the Pacific are experiencing massive energy challenges due to an unprecedented increase in energy demand in terms of both scale and speed as well as high dependence on fossil fuels. This trend is likely to continue in the foreseeable future to sustain high economic growth trajectory and will pose significant energy security and climate change risks to the region.

The Food-Water-Energy Nexus: Transforming Science for Sustainable Societies

An Asia Clean Energy Forum (ACEF) 2019 Deep Dive Workshop

Energy is vital to economic development. It is a critical input to water resources management—from pumping, transportation, treatment, and desalination. Energy powers agriculture—from farm equipment to food processing. Similarly, the water sector underpins energy production—from the extraction of raw materials, cooling of thermal power plants, cleaning processes, crop production for biofuels, and fuel for turbines. Water, of course, breathes life into agriculture.