Organizer

• Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry

Event Overview

Agenda of the Event

• 10:00-10:05 Opening Remarks
  Mr. Kawaguchi, Yukihiro, Director, Global Environment Affairs Office, Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI)

• 10:05-10:45 Presentations

  • "Introduction to Cleaner Energy Future Initiative for ASEAN (CEFIA)"

    Mr. Izumo Akira, Deputy Director, Global Environment Partnership Office, METI

  • "TCFD and its benefit to create corporate value and promote climate actions in Asia"

    Ms. Hayashi Miyuki, Assistant Director, Environmental Economy Office, METI

  • "Innovation towards business-led carbon neutral society in ASEAN"

    Ms. Wakabayashi Setsuko, Director for Global Environment Technology Promotion Division, New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO)

  • "Role of carbon pricing in low carbon transition: Examples from World Bank's Partnership for Market Readiness (PMR)"

    Mr. Putti, Venkata Ramana, PhD, Program Manager, Carbon Markets and Innovation, World Bank

• 10:45- 11:25 Panel Discussion
  Topic: "Efforts to achieve virtuous cycle of environment and economic growth, with particular focus on ASEAN"
• 11:25-11:30 Closing

Speaker

• Yukihiro Kawaguchi, Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, Director, Global Environment Affairs Office
• Akira Izumo, Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, Deputy Director, Global Environment Partnership Office
• Miyuki Hayashi, Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, Assistant Director, Environmental Economy Office
• Setsuko Wakabayashi, New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization, Director for Global Environment Technology Promotion Division
• Venkata Ramana Putti, World Bank, PhD, Program Manager, Carbon Markets and Innovation

Event Summary

The Side Event addressed how to achieve the "virtuous cycle of environmental and economic growth", with particular focus on the importance of business environment improvement with public-private partnership, low carbon technology development and deployment, and green finance mobilization through corporate disclosure of climate-related-information. The event highlighted the the relevant initiatives on the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD), as a useful tool to win green finance and enable sustainable growth in the Asia. It also discussed the role of carbon pricing in promoting low carbon transition in emerging countries.