Ecosperity Conversations

Energy Transition Pathways in Southeast Asia

Demand for energy services in Southeast Asia is growing fast and the energy policy agenda facing governments is not a simple one. What pathways can decision-makers in Southeast Asia take, and what are the impacts of these choices on energy security and sustainability in the region?

Keisuke Sadamori, Director of Energy Markets and Security at the International Energy Agency (IEA), will highlight key insights from IEA’s 2019 Southeast Asia Energy Outlook. The 2019 Southeast Asia Energy Outlook examines current energy dynamics and challenges in Southeast Asia, then set out detailed forecasts for energy sector development in the region to 2040. The central scenario provides a measured assessment of where today’s policy frameworks and ambitions in Southeast Asia, together with the continued evolution of known technologies, might take the energy sector in the coming decades. IEA's assessment of the adequacy of this pathway is facilitated by comparison with the Sustainable Development Scenario, in which accelerated clean energy transitions put the region on track to meet goals related to climate change, universal access and clean air.

For more, read this discussion paper that highlights five key areas of opportunity for policymakers and investors to accelerate the clean energy transition in Southeast Asia.

About the speaker

Keisuke Sadamori
Director, Energy Markets and Security
International Energy Agency (IEA)

Keisuke Sadamori became the IEA Director for Energy Markets and Security in 2012, leading an administrative structure that includes several core functions of the IEA, including monitoring global oil markets and responding to energy-supply disruptions.

Prior to joining the IEA, Mr Sadamori, a Japanese national, held many senior positions at the Japanese Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI), including Deputy Director-General at the Minister’s Secretariat.

Mr Sadamori served as the executive assistant to the Prime Minister in 2011, when the Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami hit Japan, causing the Fukushima nuclear plant accident. Before this, he worked on international energy affairs and was the representative of the Government of Japan in such forums as the IEA Governing Board in 2008 and 2009. He also served as the chief negotiator for trade and investment agreements with Asian countries in 2009 and 2010.

Mr Sadamori received an LL.B. from University of Tokyo in 1983 and a Masters in Public Affairs from the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton University in 1990.

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