Asia Zero Emission Community (AZEC) Advocacy Group Roundtable 2024

Asia Zero Emission Community (AZEC) Ministerial Meeting Co-located Events is a high-level forum whereby AZEC Advocacy Group provided and concluded a Joint Recommendation statement. This statement highlighted private sector perspectives on advancing carbon neutrality within the AZEC framework. Joined by high-calibre leaders in the region, the forum stresses the need for robust policy and institutional coordination, a credible carbon market, and fostering green product markets. Priorities in this forum include expanded financing, linking dialogues to projects, incorporating transition technologies, and supporting decarbonisation across key sectors. The statement also calls for harmonising policies and broadening AZEC’s reach with effective implementation and progress tracking. The immediate follow-up of this Ministerial Meeting is conducted on the following day, the 21st of August 2024. Jakarta, as the host of meetings on both days, became the hotspot of advancement of zero emissions progress in the region.