Airborne Transmission of COVID-19 and Beyond this Pandemic

This presentation discussed mitigation measures against indoor airborne transmission of COVID-19, such as appropriate building engineering controls, such as sufficient and effective ventilation, air disinfection, avoiding air recirculation, and overcrowding. It also emphasized the need for new guidelines for measures on airborne infection transmission for building design, engineering controls, and operations, citing examples of these measures.

Amazon Web Services COVID-19 Data Lake

This presentation discussed how public data lakes, such as AWS's COVID-19 Data Lake can be an essential source of knowledge to get insights from local communities and cities and to build situational awareness rapidly. It also pointed out how cloud platforms can support customers to speed up the path to modernization without the need for having to build technologies themselves and harness data-at-scale and partner ecosystems.

Spatial Data Analysis of COVID-19 in Makassar

This presentation discussed how Ur-scape, a GIS-based visualization and data tool developed by the Future Cities Laboratory, was used to perform a cross-sectoral analysis in the Indonesian city of Makassar to identify positive correlations between COVID-19 transmission patterns and population density, land use, main transport hubs, access to water and income level. It also emphasized the need for multisectoral planning, specifically in the integration and combining of data for better urban planning to achieve truly resilient cities.

Overview of Energy Efficiency Finance Mechanisms in ASEAN

Energy efficiency (EE) finance, due to its small volumes, technical complexity and multiple stakeholders involved, needs public support. The ASEAN Center of Energy initiated a JAIF funded project to support the exchange among ASEAN member states on innovative energy efficiency finance mechanisms. This presentation gives an overview of EE finance mechanisms in the region, with the Development Bank of the Philippines will share their experience with an award-winning LED street lighting lending approach to Tacloban City which uses energy service providers and maintenance service contracts.

Green Finance in Australia

In this session, Clean Energy Finance Corporation's Andrew Jauncey presented what Green Finance means, some data, and the challenges in mainstreaming this in ASEAN. He also presented examples such as bonds, green facilities, and green stock exchanges. He also pulled together the key challenges and policy recommendations emerging from the session for use in Session 4: The Way Forward.

His presentation was followed by a moderated panel discussion on How Can We Scale Up Green Finance in ASEAN?