Climate Collaboration: Accelerating Net-Zero Solutions in Asia and the EU
Event Description
Featuring insightful presentations and a thought-provoking panel discussion, experts will delve into cross-sector collaborations, best practices for companies, and incentives needed to nurture decarbonisation efforts. Gain valuable insights into the outlook for 2024 and beyond, as well as actionable strategies for driving sustainable innovation.
Discussion Points:
Accelerating Climate Tech Development in Asia and the EU
- Highlighting key opportunities and strategies for accelerating net-zero solutions.
- Practices for Cross-Sector Collaboration
- Discussing successful case studies and lessons learned from companies and organisations.
Forging Stronger EU-Asia Clean Energy Bridges
- Financial Incentives: Highlighting the importance of financial incentives in incentivising businesses to invest in climate-friendly technologies and innovations.
- Knowledge Sharing and Capacity Building: Highlighting the importance of knowledge-sharing platforms, capacity-building programs and public-private partnerships in facilitating collaboration and knowledge exchange among stakeholders.
- Overcoming Challenges: Identifying common challenges and barriers to cross-sector collaboration and decarbonisation efforts in Asia and the EU. Discussing strategies for overcoming these challenges, including building trust among stakeholders, addressing regulatory barriers, and mobilising financial resources effectively.
Speakers
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Dr David BroadstockSenior Research Fellow & Energy Transition Research Lead, SGFINDr David Broadstock is Senior Research Fellow and Energy Transition Research Lead with Sustainable and Green Finance Institute (SGFIN) housed within the National University of Singapore (NUS). Through these roles David regularly interacts with financial institutions, government agencies, research foundations, policy makers and industry leaders to develop and implement impactful research into the successful deployment of transition finance to support sustainable economic development for Singapore.
David is an economist with around 15 years of experience, most of which in Asia. He has worked within academia, consulting and strategic policy research (thinktanks) and is specialized in the areas of energy and environmental economics, with recent research concentrating on areas of green and sustainable finance. David places a special emphasis in the emerging area of ‘transition finance’, seeking to better appreciate how trust and confidence behind net-zero commitments can be fostered and sustained so as to facilitate an organized, timely and scalable flow of capital to achieve national decarbonization ambitions without sacrificing on economic competitiveness.
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Joseph OwolabiFounder & CEO, Rubicola Consulting
Joseph founded Rubicola in 2020. He had previously worked for Deloitte and PwC in Australia as an experienced director and senior manager respectively. Overseas, he has worked and done business in Africa, North America and Europe.
He was the pioneer service leader for Climate Change and Sustainability Services at EY in West Africa between 2014 – 2017. Where he played key roles in the development of sustainability reporting and assurance in Nigeria. Joseph was the co-convener (along with the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) and the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE)) of the Capital Markets Sustainability Conference which provided training for listed entities, blue-chip corporations and other companies and a CEO-round table session. He assisted the Federal Government of Nigeria in reporting of its Green House Gas (GHG) emissions under the Paris agreement as well as listing of the country’s first sovereign green bond – a first for emerging markets (and only second in the world).
Joseph is a proven capital markets and accounting advisory leader, he directed large scale consulting projects on implementation of new accounting standards for large entities in telecoms, banking and manufacturing sectors in Australia, Africa and around the world. He assisted in completion of the Viva Energy $2.69 billion IPO, Australia’s largest in four years.
Joseph has trained Board of Directors and senior management groups from over 500 companies, on enterprise risk management, accounting standards, sustainability and strategy.
He served as pioneer Chairman for Australian Sickle Cell Advocacy Inc. and is a global Council member for Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) in U.K.
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Kevin MillaSenior Manager, Zevero
Kevin currently serves as Senior Manager at Zevero and is based in Singapore. He has a robust background in environmental research and consulting, specialising in climate and carbon management. Throughout his career, he has developed expertise in life-cycle assessment (LCA), greenhouse gas accounting, reporting, and target-setting across a broad spectrum of sustainability projects. Kevin has successfully collaborated with a diverse range of clients, including NGOs, educational institutions, multinational corporations, and small to medium-sized enterprises, focusing on industries such as maritime, retail, food and beverage, and manufacturing. His strategic advice has been instrumental in helping organisations devise and implement effective decarbonisation strategies.
Hourly Schedule
- 10:00 AM - 10:05 AM
- Opening Remarks
- 10:05 AM - 10:20 AM
- Accelerating Climate Tech Development in Asia
- 10:20 AM - 10:35 AM
- Accelerating Climate Tech Development in EU
- 10:35 - 11:00
- Panel Discussion: Forging Stronger EU-Asia Clean Energy Bridges