ASEAN Climate Forum 2024

About us

ASEAN stands at the crossroads of climate challenges and solutions. As a region rich in critical resources and carbon-dense landscapes, it holds immense potential to pioneer green growth. By leveraging initiatives such as carbon markets, cross-border renewable energy collaborations, and partnerships for critical minerals, ASEAN is transforming climate risks into opportunities.

Building on the success of the inaugural ASEAN Climate Forum in Jakarta in 2023—which spotlighted the expansion of carbon markets and introduced the ASEAN Alliance on Carbon Markets under Indonesia’s ASEAN chairmanship—the forum returns in 2024 to continue driving progress.

The 2024 ASEAN Climate Forum, hosted once again in Jakarta, will convene leaders and policymakers to propel ASEAN’s carbon strategies, foster green energy cooperation, and highlight Malaysia’s ASEAN-BAC chairmanship in advancing sustainability and climate action. Together, ASEAN is forging a resilient and sustainable future for Southeast Asia.

Press Release

ASEAN Climate Forum 2024: Accelerating Regional Climate Action

Jakarta, Indonesia – December 5, 2024 – The ASEAN Climate Forum returned to the home of ASEAN this year, hosted...

Best of ASEAN Climate Forum 2023

Speakers

Dharsono Hartono

Permanent Chair of ASEAN Alliance on Carbon Markets (AACM) and Vice Chair of Environment at KADIN Indonesia; CEO of PT RMU

H.E. Tiffany McDonald

Australian Ambassador to ASEAN

H.E. Nararya S. Soeprapto

Deputy Secretary-General (DSG) of ASEAN for Community and Corporate Affairs

Tan Sri Nazir Razak

Chair of ASEAN BAC Malaysia; Founding Partner of Ikhlas Capital

Bernardino Vega

Alternate Chair of ASEAN BAC Indonesia; Vice Chair for International Affairs (Bilateral) at KADIN Indonesia; CEO of Adakami

Juan Carlos Arredondo Brun

Director of Knowledge, Policy and Advocacy of Abatable

Dr. Renard Siew

President of Malaysia Carbon Market Association (MCMA); Group Head of Corporate Sustainability of Yinson Holdings

Steven Marcelino

Deputy Chair for International Affairs at AACM; Managing Partner and CEO of Equatorise

Dr. Nuki Agya Utama

Director for Energy Policy and Head of the Asia Zero Emission Center, ERIA

Kuki Soejachmoen

Co-Founder and Executive Director of Indonesia Research Institute for Decarbonization

Natalia Rialucky

Deputy Chair for intra ASEAN affairs at AACM; Founder and CEO of Fairatmos

Gustaaf Reerink

Executive Board Member EuroCham Indonesia and EU ASEAN Business Council; Foreign Counsel at ABNR Counsellors at Law

Dharma Djojonegoro

Head of Permanent Committee of Investment on Green Economy Affairs at KADIN Indonesia; CEO of Adaro Power

Saraya Cita

Policy & Programme Lead of AACM; Project Manager of Net Zero & Sustainability Transition at Equatorise; Adjunct Lecturer at Universitas Indonesia

High Level Agenda for ASEAN Climate Forum 2024

A. Opening Segment
14.00-14.04	Introduction by Steven Marcelino, Deputy Chair for International Affairs at AACM; Managing Partner and CEO of Equatorise
14.04-14.09	Welcome Remarks by Dharsono Hartono, Permanent Chair of ASEAN Alliance on Carbon Markets (AACM) and Vice Chair of Environment at KADIN Indonesia; CEO of PT RMU
14.09-14.14	Welcome Remarks by Tan Sri Nazir Razak, Chair of ASEAN BAC Malaysia; Founding Partner of Ikhlas Capital Providing high level overview on Malaysia’s ASEAN BAC Chairmanship in 2025
14.14-14.22	Special Address by H.E. Nararya S. Soeprapto, Deputy Secretary-General (DSG) of ASEAN for Community and Corporate Affairs On ASEAN Climate Neutrality and the importance of carbon markets for decarbonisation and low carbon growth in the ASEAN region and efforts taking place to drive scale
14.22-14.30	ASEAN Report Launch by AACM & Abatable by Dharsono Hartono and Juan Carlos Arredondo, Director of nowledge, Policy & Advocacy of Abatable and photo session
14.30-14.34	Advancing Climate and Clean Energy priorities between Australia and ASEAN to support ASEAN Climate Neutrality ambition by HE Tiffany McDonald, Australian Ambassador to ASEAN
14.34-14.38	Congratulatory remarks from ASEAN BAC Indonesia to ASEAN BAC Malaysia, and supports to ASEAN BAC Malaysia’s priorities by Bernardino M. Vega, Alternate Chair of ASEAN BAC Indonesia; Vice Chair for International Affairs (Bilateral) at KADIN Indonesia; CEO of Adakami
14.38-14.43	Token of Appreciation and Photo Opportunity
B. Segment: Unlocking new growth engines through carbon markets development in ASEAN as part of ASEAN Strategy for Carbon Neutrality
14.43-14.51	An update for the upcoming ASEAN Common Carbon Framework (ACCF) and COP29 reflections by Dr. Renard Siew, President of Malaysia Carbon Market Association (MCMA); Group Head of Corporate Sustainability of Yinson Holdings
14.51-15.31	Panel 1 - Unlocking new growth engines through carbon markets development in ASEAN as part of ASEAN Strategy for Carbon Neutrality, joined by: ● Dharsono Hartono, Permanent Chair of ASEAN Alliance on Carbon Markets (AACM) and Vice Chair of Environment at KADIN Indonesia; CEO of PT RMU ● Dr. Renard Siew, President of Malaysia Carbon Market Association (MCMA); Group Head of Corporate Sustainability of Yinson Holdings ● Juan Carlos Arredondo, Director of Knowledge, Policy and Advocacy of Abatable ● Kuki Soejachmoen, Co-Founder and Executive Director of Indonesia Research Institute for Decarbonization Moderated by Natalia Rialucky, Deputy Chair for Intra ASEAN affairs at AACM; Founder and CEO of Fairatmos
15.31-15.36	Token of Appreciation and Photo Opportunity
15.36-15.41	Key Announcement and forward looking 2025 dates from Malaysia Carbon Market Association (MCMA) and ASEAN Alliance on Carbon Markets (AACM)
C. Segment: Mainstreaming Cross-Border green energy cooperation in Southeast Asia, powered by critical minerals strengths in the region
15.56-16.36	Panel 2 - Mainstreaming Cross-Border green energy cooperation in Southeast Asia, powered by critical minerals strengths in the region: ● Dr. Nuki Agya Utama, Director for Energy Policy and Head of the Asia Zero Emission Center at ERIA; former Executive Director for ASEAN Centre for Energy ● Gustaaf Reerink, Executive Board Member of EU ASEAN Business Council and EuroCham Indonesia; Foreign Counsel at ABNR Counsellors at Law ● Dharma Djojonegoro, Head of Permanent Committee of Investment on Green Economy Affairs at KADIN Indonesia; CEO of Adaro Power ● A senior representative from Australia Mission to ASEAN* Moderated by Steven Marcelino, Deputy Chair for International affairs at Kadin Net Zero Hub and Managing Partner and CEO of Equatorise
16.36-16.41	Token of Appreciation and Photo Opportunity
16.41-16.46	Closing Remarks by Rifki Weno, Executive Director of ASEAN-BAC
16.46-17.46	Networking Session
18.00	Event close