Asia Clean Energy Forum 6d ago

Choices in Asia's energy landscape became increasingly complex and required careful coordination to balance growing energy demand, supply vulnerabilities, and the vital push for cleaner systems. This transition created both urgent challenges and significant socio-economic opportunities across countries. Forward-looking energy modeling and scenario analysis revealed the profound benefits of cross-country collaboration in deploying scaled solutions tailored to local contexts. This session presented insights and practical examples of cross-country energy sector collaboration in Asia, developed as part of the COMMITTED project. From a modeling perspective, participants shared best-practice approaches and explored options for stronger model-policy interaction to support effective implementation. The session examined opportunities for deeper future collaboration across three key areas: water-energy linkages, critical minerals for the clean energy transition, and regional grid development. The session concluded with a panel discussion on model-policy exchange and the research needed to enable more effective regional and global collaboration.