Study on the Roadmap for Multilateral Power Trade in ASEAN

This brief shows how ADB plans to help Asia and the Pacific’s ports cut emissions, reduce their carbon footprint, and become more resilient using loans, grants, and equity from its proposed $1 billion Sustainable and Resilient Maritime Fund (SRMF).

Southeast Asia’s electricity demand is set to double by 2050, with solar and wind now among the most cost-competitive options. This IEA report assesses the region’s readiness to integrate higher shares of variable renewables, outlining key challenges, opportunities, and actions for policymakers and utilities through 2030 and beyond.

Malaysia supports the development of a harmonised regional framework for ASEAN and is actively engaging in international agreements to facilitate the cross-border transportation of CO2, reinforcing its commitment to regional collaboration in CCUS initiatives. This report explores the evolving policy and investment frameworks, Malaysia’s future potential as a CCUS hub through their groundbreaking projects, barriers to overcome, and the way forward to accelerate CCUS.

ASEAN’s energy transition must be inclusive. This brief urges ACE to add sex-disaggregated data—covering education, workforce, entrepreneurship/finance, decision-making, and energy access—to databases, enabling evidence-based policies, highlighting women’s contributions and gaps, and improving energy security and decarbonisation under APAEC 2026–2030.

Private FIs’ capital choices shape decarbonisation, yet voluntary pledges and CCIs underdeliver. The report proposes an “impact levers” framework for FIs, CCIs, and regulators to align finance with real-economy goals, embed risk, and prioritize actionable, actor-specific steps beyond net-zero targets.