Globally the cost of electricity generation from renewable energy (RE) has seen a rapid drop over the last decade whereas fossil fuel commodity prices have risen sharply in response to geopolitical drivers. Nevertheless, ASEAN remains a region where fossil fuels are particularly entrenched; progress has been slow and prospects for future decarbonisation remain dim.
Towards the commitment to accelerating energy transition, it is critical for ASEAN to consider socio-ecological and political-economy implications to ensure equity and inclusion. This policy brief provides policy recommendations to realise a just energy transition in ASEAN, which include: decarbonising the ASEAN by accelerating decarbonisation by 2030; promoting market reforms to enable fair and open competition for energy generation; committing to no more new coal and introducing comparable support for renewable energy; and ensuring a human-centred energy transition in the ASEAN toward a community-focused, equal sharing of benefits and risks and the empowerment of community-
This paper reflects the outcome of a series of stakeholder dialogues with contributions from Oxfam, Heinrich Böll Stiftung Southeast Asia, AMPERES, the Institute for Essential Services Reform (IESR), HPNET, Yayasan Indonesia Cerah, Right Energy Partnership with Indigenous Peoples, Green Innovation and Development Centre (GreenID Vietnam), Lao Natural Resources and River Network (LNRN), the NGO Forum on Cambodia, WWF Myanmar and the Center for Energy, Ecology and Development.
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