Climate Group Asia Action Summit

8 June 2023

In June, we built on the momentum of Climate Week NYC 2022 to drive the green industrial revolution in Asia.

For the first time, we brought our action summit series to Asia on 8 June in Singapore as part of our global roadmap to Climate Week NYC in September.

Watch the day as it happened, available on demand.

Divya Sharma, India Executive Director, Climate Group on stage

Panel speaking at the Green Energy Forum in Singapore

What is the Climate Group Asia Action Summit?

We convened our powerful networks in the fastest growing economic region on earth to ask: how can Asia become the green economic powerhouse of the future?

We focused on two of the region’s biggest decarbonisation opportunities: the industrial and clean energy transitions.

We united regional leaders from across our Under2 Coalition and business members affiliated with our renewable energy and green steel initiatives. They gathered to meaningfully engage on challenges, discuss opportunities for collaboration and identify the pathways for bolder climate action in the industry and energy systems.

Read our short event report to read the wrap up of the event, including:

A letter from our CEO Helen Clarkson
Our event highlights
A wrap up of the Green Energy Forum and SteelZero Summit

Or head to the on demand page now to watch the full day of events.

What was the event format?

Our program consisted of two core morning streams, an afternoon of plenary spotlight sessions and an evening drinks reception.

SteelZero Summit

09:00 – 13:10

The summit convened SteelZero’s global members in the dominant steelmaking region of Asia, identifying the most pressing challenges in building policies and technologies to support steel decarbonisation.

Read the agenda: SteelZero Summit

Green Energy Forum

09:00 – 13:10

The forum explored energy decarbonisation strategies in the region, looking at the promising progress that’s being made, and the common barriers that still need to be overcome before clean energy transition goals can be met.

Read the agenda: Green Energy Forum

Spotlight sessions

14:15 – 17:30

The afternoon program consisted of three high-profile plenary discussions focused on different approaches to decarbonising energy and heavy industry in Asia. We’ll welcome expert speakers from the business, policy and civil society spheres to identify the opportunities as well as the challenges.

Read the agenda: Spotlight Sessions

Reception

17:30 – 19:30

We brought our attendees back together for drinks and networking. We raised a glass to celebrate recent climate action and to debate the next steps needed to progress commitments and collaboration.