The Asia Climate Finance Podcast
The podcast is a journey into the multifaceted world of climate business and finance trends in Asia. Featuring experienced experts and hosted by author, analyst, and investor Joseph Jacobelli, the non-profit podcast, delves into the latest trends and challenges, empowering listeners to navigate Asia’s ever-evolving sustainability and decarbonisation landscape.
Episodes
53 episodes since 2022
Ep51 The Climate Risk Modelling evolution: what we need to know, ft Martim Rocha, SAS
Climate risk modelling plays a vital role in shaping informed decisions, managing risks, and driving strategic planning by empowering businesses, governments, and individuals to understand and quantify the impacts of climate change. It enables ...
September 02, 2024
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Episode 51
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51:40
Ep50 Analysis of Asia national and corporate transition trends, ft Dr Sayuri Shirai, Asian Development Bank Institute Advisor of Sustainable Policies
In this episode we analyse national and corporate transition trends in Asia. We have invited a distinguished guest to discuss this topic: Prof. Dr. Sayuri Shirai. Dr. Shirai is an Advisor for Sustainable Policies at the Asian Development Bank I...
August 14, 2024
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Episode 50
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40:49
Ep49 Evaluating EVs, key minerals and China, ft Henry Sanderson, Benchmark Mineral Intelligence
Episode 49 is about the related topics of electric vehicles, key minerals, and China. Our guest is Henry Sanderson. Henry is currently the executive editor of Benchmark Mineral Intelligence, a provider of supply chain and energy transition inte...
July 27, 2024
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Episode 49
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30:29
Ep48 Three views on key aspects of climate finance in Asia, ft Dr Tim Cadman, Dr Tapan Sarker, Joseph Jacobelli
This is a special episode. It is an abridged version of a webinar held in May 2024 on climate finance. There are three short presentations followed by a short Q&A session. You will hear the views from
July 03, 2024
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Episode 48
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54:27
Ep47 Asia RE projects development “101”, ft Steve Shi, Sungrow
In this episode, we focus on a crucial part of climate-related business and finance: the creation of renewable energy projects. This is a significant step towards a cleaner energy future. Our expert guest, Steve Shi, is a seasoned professional ...
June 03, 2024
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Episode 47
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47:14
Ep46 Climate finance addressing coal plants, ft Christoph Nedopil Wang, Griffith Asia Institute
The phase-out of coal-fired power plants in Asia Pacific presents a significant challenge, requiring a delicate balance between environmental sustainability and economic feasibility. In this discussion, we are joined by Dr Christoph Nedopil Wan...
May 16, 2024
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Episode 46
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35:46
Ep45 Offshore wind in 2023 and beyond, ft Mark Hutchison, GWEC
The world’s offshore wind installed capacity reached 117 gigawatts in 2023, up 50% over 2022. It is projected to reach 320 GW by 2030. We discuss with Asia energy markets veteran Mark Hutchinson the recently released
May 01, 2024
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Episode 45
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23:17
Ep44 How innovative financing is powering energy efficiency, ft Alexander Ablaza, Climargy
Scaling up energy efficiency can for 11 per cent of cumulative emissions reductions by 2030
April 16, 2024
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Episode 44
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58:33
Ep43 Climate business: fiction and reality, ft Genevieve Hilton & Steve Willis
In this episode podcast, we’re privileged to host two seasoned stalwarts of the heavy industry, Genevieve Hilton and Steve Willis. Their unexpected pivot has led them to channel their vast experience into a compelling work of fiction: ‘
April 02, 2024
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Episode 43
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1:01:27
Ep42 Boosting corporate clean energy purchases in Asia, ft Suji Kang, Asia Clean Energy Coalition
One of the rapidly growing areas in climate business and finance is the purchase by corporations of clean energy. This is frequently referred to as corporate renewable energy procurement. Such purchases jumped 12% to 46 gigawatts in 2023 accord...
March 14, 2024
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Episode 42
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34:11
Ep41 US and EU climate business and finance trends impacting Asia, ft Pamela Largue, Power Engineering Int'l
Some of the climate business and finance trends in Europe and the US are highly applicable to the Asian experience. In this episode, energy media specialist Pamela Largue provides some clarity on some of these trends. We first briefly chat abou...
February 26, 2024
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Episode 41
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24:53
Ep40 Asia climate business and finance: the progress in 2023 and the road ahead, ft Mike Thomas, The Lantau Group
Our guest is Mike Thomas who heads The Lantau Group, a Hong Kong-based consultancy, and who is one of the leading energy economics thinkers in the Asia Pacific region. As it is the beginning o...
February 05, 2024
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Episode 40
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50:34
Ep39 Corporate transition strategies: what is the state now and what are the prospects, ft Summer Chen
Corporates play a crucial role in driving the energy transition. Their role is critical to accelerating change and addressing the pressing climate change challenges. It is critical for corporates to formulate transition strategies, beyond clima...
January 14, 2024
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Episode 39
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29:28
Ep 38 Building sustainable finance regulation: the ASEAN experience, ft Eugene Wong
Decarbonisation efforts start with the commitment by a government. Once the broad policy is set, the real hard work of regulation begins. To understand and advance sustainable finance it is absolutely imperative to understand this work. I...
November 24, 2023
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Episode 38
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56:34
Ep37 Asia's clean energy boom: an in-depth investor view, ft Robert Mcgregor
Industry practitioners are a key source to understand the business and finance of the energy transition in Asia. In episode 37’s we have a conversation is Robert McGregor. Robert is the Chief Corporate Development Officer of Gurīn Energy,...
October 18, 2023
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Episode 37
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1:18:07
Ep36 Insights into decarbonisation strategies of Asian corporates from a practitioner’s view, ft Albert Sutanto
Corporates all over the world are under immense pressure to address their carbon footprint. They must worry about their own footprint as well as that of other companies their linked with, such as their suppliers. In this episode I c...
August 15, 2023
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Episode 36
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46:19
Ep35 Financing Asia’s decarbonisation and energy transition: an infrastructure finance view, ft Andrew Kinloch
Asia will account for 50% or more of global energy transition investments in the next three plus decades. Financing is of primary importance and is a challenge. In this episode, Andrew Kinloch, a leading infrastructure finance expert, discusses...
July 25, 2023
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Episode 35
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30:45
Ep34 Solar energy and China: the past, present and future, ft Frank Haugwitz
The development of China's solar industry is key to the nation’s as well as the world’s net zero ambitions. Installed capacity was 392 GW in 2022 and is set to continue to grow further. In this episode, we speak to Frank Haugwitz who has been i...
June 28, 2023
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Episode 34
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1:04:23
Ep33 Sustainability advisory: driving strategies and green finance solutions, ft Wee Boon Siong.
Sustainability and green finance can be highly complex subjects as they comprise a multitude of disciplines. Recent years have seen the creation of a variety of advisor and consulting firms specialising on sustainability. In this episode,
May 23, 2023
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Episode 33
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46:02
Ep32 One of green finance's pillars: deep dive into the real world of carbon exchanges, ft Bill Pazos
Carbon exchanges are an important component of sustainable finance as they enable the sale of carbon credits to reduce emissions. In this episode, we have Bill Pazos, Co-founder and Co-CEO of the AirCarbon Ex...
May 08, 2023
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Episode 32
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57:04
Ep31 Private equity's take on circular economy investment opportunities in Asia, ft Ellen Martin
A circular economy transforms goods nearing the end of their useful life into resources for reuse. It aids climate action in
April 24, 2023
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Episode 31
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45:22
Ep30 Past the ESG acronym – research and key green finance and investors’ issues, ft Charles Yonts
Hundreds of billions of dollars in global assets follow ESG principles. The massive growth seen in the past few years is set to continue, estimate various investments banks. This means that ESG research has become one of the pillars of green fi...
April 10, 2023
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Episode 30
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1:03:53
Ep29 Are offshore wind investments and financing booming? ft Mark Hutchinson
Offshore wind generation capacity is one of the fastest growing forms of green energy globally. It will rise 10-fold this decade – to 330 GW by 2030 from about 34 GW in 2020 –based on one estimate (Wood McKenzie) and will need tens of billions ...
March 27, 2023
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Episode 29
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46:28
Ep28 The Blue Economy, an ocean of business and investments prospects, ft Mike Abundo
The Blue Economy’s annual turnover is US$3–6 trillion (UN), which some estimate will double by ...
February 27, 2023
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Episode 28
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1:27:43
Ep27 Carbon markets and trading: where are we headed? what about China? ft Julien Hage
The global carbon markets are an important source for funding the decarbonisation needed to mitigate the climate crisis. The compliance and the voluntary global carbon markets amount to almost US$1 trillion or so. They are set to grow dramatica...
February 14, 2023
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Episode 27
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47:36