The COP27 UN Climate Change Conference took place from 6 to 18 November in Sham el-Sheikh Egypt. It was an opportunity to advance global climate action and foster regional collaboration for implementation of the Paris Agreement. The UN Climate Change Pavilion hosted partner events and showcased climate action to achieve the Paris Agreement.

RCC Bangkok co-organised a Pavilion event with the UN Global Compact National Networks from the ASEAN Member States to discuss Decarbonizing the ASEAN Way – Harnessing the Collective Actions of ASEAN Private Sectors.

COP 27 delegates and stakeholders joined the event on 11 November 2022 at 8:45 to 9:45 local time. You can find the webcast recording on our official UN Climate Change Youtube channel or watch the video below.

Decarbonizing the ASEAN Way – Harnessing the Collective Actions of ASEAN Private Sectors 
Friday, 11 November 2022, Decarbonization Day
8:45am to 9:45am (Local Time) 
UNFCCC Pavilion at COP27, Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt 
 

Panel Discussion 

The organizing partners were pleased to welcome a diverse and experienced group of experts to discuss the path forward for decarbonizing the private sector in Asia and the Pacific. 

Keynote Speaker:

• Dato’ Mohamad Razif bin Abd Mubin, Deputy Secretary General (Energy), Ministry of Energy and Natural Resources, Malaysia 

Panelists: 

• Dan Pathomvanich, CEO of NR Instant Produce Public Company Limited (NRF), Thailand 
• Daniel Purba, Senior Vice President Strategy & Investment of PT Pertamina (Persero), Indonesia 
• Datu Sharbini Suhaili, Group CEO of Sarawak Energy, Malaysia
• Esther An, Chief Sustainability Officer of CDL, Singapore 

Moderator:

• Mr. Irwan Aman, Board Member, UN Global Compact Network Malaysia and Brunei

Closing Remarks: 

• Jens Radschinski, Regional Lead, RCC Bangkok (UN Climate Change - IGES)
• Faroze Nadar, Executive Director, UN Global Compact Network Malaysia and Brunei
   

Background

As ASEAN is one of the regions which is most vulnerable to the adverse impact of climate change, it is crucial that private sectors collectively commit and take actions to reduce emissions and to build a more resilient ASEAN economy. This session aims to: 

1. Showcase best practices by ASEAN private sector actors from various perspectives in their decarbonization journey 
2. Encourage more ASEAN private sector to raise their climate ambition and urgency, and align their targets to climate science via Science Based Targets 
3. Highlight the challenges, realities and opportunities from developing economies context in decarbonizing 
4. Showcase opportunities of collaboration between UNFCCC and GC local networks in advocating race to zero to ASEAN private sector stakeholders.