The Asia Climate Finance Podcast
Episodes
Ep81 A Roadmap for Financing Clean Energy in Southeast Asia with Dinita Setywati and Alnie Demoral, Ember
18 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Comments/ideas: [email protected] requires a staggering $280 billion annually to meet its clean energy targets, placing the mobilisation of glob...
Ep80 Fixed Income: Influencing Global Climate Action with Jo Richardson, Anthropocene Fixed Income Institute
10 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Comments/ideas: [email protected] Richardson, head of research at the Anthropocene Fixed Income Institute, explains why the global debt market hold...
Ep79 AI Scrutiny and the Future of Sustainable Impact with Greg Elders, Canbury Insights
17 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Comments/ideas: [email protected] is AI turning climate reporting from a tick‑box task into something useful? Greg Elders from Canbury Insights ...
Ep78 How Solar Forecasting Reduces Risk for Investors, Harsh Goenka, Solargis
03 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Comments/ideas: [email protected] the secrets of solar bankability in this episode with Harsh Goenka from Solargis, a leading solar ...
Ep77 Asia’s Energy Transition Outlook: Moving Faster Than the Policy Makers with Mike Thomas, The Lantau Group
20 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Comments/ideas: [email protected] Joseph Jacobelli welcomes Mike Thomas, leading energy economist and founder of The Lantau Group (TLG...
Ep76 2025 Wrap: The Forces Reshaping Asia’s Energy Transition
08 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Comments/ideas: [email protected] special year‑end episode of Asia Climate Finance unpacks the three defining themes that shaped the...
Ep75 Rule Shaper, Not Rule Taker: Asia's Climate Finance Leadership, ft Ha Do, KPMG
16 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Comments/ideas: [email protected]'s climate finance landscape is evolving rapidly. In our discussion, our guest, KPMG's Ha...
Ep74 Small Nuclear, TRISO, and Data Centres Decarbonisation, ft Stephen Edkins, Koya Nuclear
28 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Comments/ideas: [email protected] Stephen Edkins, CEO of Koya Nuclear, examines how TRISO fuel and small modular reactors cou...
Ep73 Planetary Health and Climate Finance: AIIB’s Vision, ft Vera Siesjö, Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank
13 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Comments/ideas: [email protected] Explore the powerful links between climate, health, and development. Hear from Dr Vera Sies...
Ep72 MDB Insights: Financing Nature-Based Solutions, ft Erik Berglof & JP Thia, Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank
30 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Comments/ideas: [email protected] Discover how nature itself is becoming the new infrastructure shaping our future. In this e...
Ep71 Innovative models for sustainable financing, ft Woochong Um, Global Energy Alliance
16 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Comments/ideas: [email protected] Fuel your understanding of climate finance and energy transition. Join Woochong Um, CEO of ...
Ep70 Why Energy Tech Will Change Everything, ft Kingsmill Bond, Ember
02 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Comments/ideas: [email protected] We talk to Kingsmill Bond, energy strategist at Ember, sharing insights from his latest rep...
Ep69 Beyond Hype: Making Green Molecules Commercially Viable, ft Alexander Tancock, InterContinental Energy
17 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Comments/ideas: [email protected] How do you scale green hydrogen from a laboratory curiosity to industrial reality? Alexande...
Ep68 Bridging the Climate Finance Gap: VC Trends in APAC, ft Toby Chan, Audacy
28 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Comments/ideas: [email protected] Joseph Jacobelli and Toby Chan unpack the dynamic landscape of climate tech investing in As...
Ep67 Australia's Green Hydrogen Reality Check, ft Nick Smith, Global Decarbonisation Advisory
30 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Comments/ideas: [email protected] This episode dives deep into Australia's position as an emerging leader in the green h...
Ep66 Missing Link: Coordinating $45B in Southeast Asian Energy,, ft Maximilian Heil, GIZ
10 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Comments/ideas: [email protected] Southeast Asia's energy transition faces a critical challenge: information fragmentati...
Ep65 Financing strategies for Asia’s energy transition, ft Srini Nagarajan, British International Investment
22 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Comments/ideas: [email protected] In this episode, Joseph converses with Srini Nagarajan, who heads Asia for British Internat...
Ep64 From bunker to biofuel: CBL's maritime energy transition, ft Venus Zhao, CBL International
28 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Comments/ideas: [email protected] Banle Group’s Venus Zhao discusses how CBL International is revolutionising the maritime ...
Ep63 Blowing strong: the surge of wind energy in Asia, ft Mark Hutchinson, Global Wind Energy Council (GWEC)
11 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Comments/ideas: [email protected] In this episode of the Asia Climate Finance Podcast, Joseph and Mark Hutchinson from the Gl...
Ep62 Audio Blog: US Policy Shakeup: A Global Clean Energy Shift? ft Joseph Jacobelli, Bourne Impact Capital
20 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Comments/ideas: [email protected] In this special audio blog, host Joseph Jacobelli dives into the seismic shifts in US clean...
Ep61 Asia's energy transition: where private capital sees value, ft Luke Edwards, Brookfield
26 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Comments/ideas: [email protected] Asia is at the heart of the global energy transition, presenting a once-in-a-generation inv...
Ep60 Batteries and geopolitics: the race for battery supremacy, ft Tim Bush, UBS
05 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Comments/ideas: [email protected] In this 60th episode of our podcast we talk with Tim Bush, an analyst at UBS and a top expe...
Ep59 The reshaping of recruitment in Asia, ft Seth Peterson, Korn Ferry
14 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Comments/ideas: [email protected] Korn Ferry's Seth Peterson reveals how AI and in-house recruitment are revolutionizing...
Ep58 A corporate leader driving Asia’s energy transition, ft. Giorgio Fortunato, Google
22 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Comments/ideas: [email protected] This episode features Giorgio Fortunato who leads Clean Energy and Power at Google in Asia ...
Ep57 Asia's energy transition: hybrids rise, gas adapts, and markets reform, ft Mike Thomas, The Lantau Group
02 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Comments/ideas: [email protected] In Episode 57, leading Asia energy economist Mike Thomas of The Lantau Group shared insight...
Ep56 Clean energy investing: Asia's transition, ft Gavin Adda, Peak Energy
13 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Comments/ideas: [email protected] In this episode, we delve into the world of climate business, climate finance, and the ener...
Ep55 Driving Change: Eco-Friendly Solutions in the Mining Industry, ft Don Weatherbee, Regenx Tech
11 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Comments/ideas: [email protected] In this episode, we dive into the fascinating world of eco-friendly mining technology with ...
Ep54 Taiwan's Offshore Wind: Boom or Headwinds?, ft Scott Hsu, K2 Management
29 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Comments/ideas: [email protected] In this episode we dive into Taiwan's offshore wind story with Scott Hsu. A veteran in...
Ep53 China's green gambit: deciphering its climate policies, ft Prof Christine Loh, HKUST Institute of the Environment
14 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Comments/ideas: [email protected] This episode is the second part of the conversation with a truly exceptional guest: one of ...
Ep52 Climate business & finance toolkit: skills for a changing world, ft Prof Christine Loh, HKUST Institute of the Environment
07 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Comments/ideas: [email protected] This episode features a truly exceptional guest: one of Asia’s pre-eminent thinkers on th...
Ep51 The Climate Risk Modelling evolution: what we need to know, ft Martim Rocha, SAS
02 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Comments/ideas: [email protected] Climate risk modelling plays a vital role in shaping informed decisions, managing risks, an...
Ep50 Analysis of Asia national and corporate transition trends, ft Dr Sayuri Shirai, Asian Development Bank Institute Advisor of Sustainable Policies
14 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Comments/ideas: [email protected] In this episode we analyse national and corporate transition trends in Asia. We have invite...
Ep49 Evaluating EVs, key minerals and China, ft Henry Sanderson, Benchmark Mineral Intelligence
27 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Comments/ideas: [email protected] Episode 49 is about the related topics of electric vehicles, key minerals, and China. Our g...
Ep48 Three views on key aspects of climate finance in Asia, ft Dr Tim Cadman, Dr Tapan Sarker, Joseph Jacobelli
03 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Comments/ideas: [email protected] This is a special episode. It is an abridged version of a webinar held in May 2024 on clima...
Ep47 Asia RE projects development “101”, ft Steve Shi, Sungrow
03 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Comments/ideas: [email protected] In this episode, we focus on a crucial part of climate-related business and finance: the cr...
Ep46 Climate finance addressing coal plants, ft Christoph Nedopil Wang, Griffith Asia Institute
16 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Comments/ideas: [email protected] The phase-out of coal-fired power plants in Asia Pacific presents a significant challenge, ...
Ep45 Offshore wind in 2023 and beyond, ft Mark Hutchison, GWEC
02 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Comments/ideas: [email protected] The world’s offshore wind installed capacity reached 117 gigawatts in 2023, up 50% over 2...
Ep44 How innovative financing is powering energy efficiency, ft Alexander Ablaza, Climargy
16 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Comments/ideas: [email protected] Scaling up energy efficiency can for 11 per cent of cumulative emissions reductions by 2030...
Ep43 Climate business: fiction and reality, ft Genevieve Hilton & Steve Willis
02 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Comments/ideas: [email protected] In this episode podcast, we’re privileged to host two seasoned stalwarts of the heavy ind...
Ep42 Boosting corporate clean energy purchases in Asia, ft Suji Kang, Asia Clean Energy Coalition
14 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Comments/ideas: [email protected] One of the rapidly growing areas in climate business and finance is the purchase by corpora...
Ep41 US and EU climate business and finance trends impacting Asia, ft Pamela Largue, Power Engineering Int'l
27 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Comments/ideas: [email protected] Some of the climate business and finance trends in Europe and the US are highly applicable ...
Ep40 Asia climate business and finance: the progress in 2023 and the road ahead, ft Mike Thomas, The Lantau Group
05 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Comments/ideas: [email protected] Our guest is Mike Thomas who heads The Lantau Group, a Hong Kong-based consultancy, and who...
Ep39 Corporate transition strategies: what is the state now and what are the prospects, ft Summer Chen
14 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Comments/ideas: [email protected] Corporates play a crucial role in driving the energy transition. Their role is critical to ...
Ep 38 Building sustainable finance regulation: the ASEAN experience, ft Eugene Wong
24 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Comments/ideas: [email protected] Decarbonisation efforts start with the commitment by a government. Once the broad policy ...
Ep37 Asia's clean energy boom: an in-depth investor view, ft Robert Mcgregor
18 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Comments/ideas: [email protected] Industry practitioners are a key source to understand the business and finance of the energ...
Ep36 Insights into decarbonisation strategies of Asian corporates from a practitioner’s view, ft Albert Sutanto
16 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Comments/ideas: [email protected] Corporates all over the world are under immense pressure to address their carbon footprin...
Ep35 Financing Asia’s decarbonisation and energy transition: an infrastructure finance view, ft Andrew Kinloch
25 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Comments/ideas: [email protected] Asia will account for 50% or more of global energy transition investments in the next three...
Ep34 Solar energy and China: the past, present and future, ft Frank Haugwitz
28 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Comments/ideas: [email protected] The development of China's solar industry is key to the nation’s as well as the worl...
Ep33 Sustainability advisory: driving strategies and green finance solutions, ft Wee Boon Siong.
23 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Comments/ideas: [email protected] Sustainability and green finance can be highly complex subjects as they comprise a multitud...
Ep32 One of green finance's pillars: deep dive into the real world of carbon exchanges, ft Bill Pazos
08 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Comments/ideas: [email protected] Carbon exchanges are an important component of sustainable finance as they enable the sale ...
Ep31 Private equity's take on circular economy investment opportunities in Asia, ft Ellen Martin
24 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Comments/ideas: [email protected] A circular economy transforms goods nearing the end of their useful life into resources for...
Ep30 Past the ESG acronym – research and key green finance and investors’ issues, ft Charles Yonts
11 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Comments/ideas: [email protected] Hundreds of billions of dollars in global assets follow ESG principles. The massive growth ...
Ep29 Are offshore wind investments and financing booming? ft Mark Hutchinson
27 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Comments/ideas: [email protected] Offshore wind generation capacity is one of the fastest growing forms of green energy globa...
Ep28 The Blue Economy, an ocean of business and investments prospects, ft Mike Abundo
27 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Comments/ideas: [email protected] The Blue Economy’s annual turnover is US$3–6 trillion (UN), which some estimate will do...
Ep27 Carbon markets and trading: where are we headed? what about China? ft Julien Hage
14 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Comments/ideas: [email protected] The global carbon markets are an important source for funding the decarbonisation needed to...
Ep26 Japan domestic and global green growth ambitions(?), ft Mika Ohbayashi
30 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Comments/ideas: [email protected] The Japanese government should be treating decarbonisation with the outmost importance and ...
Ep25 EV charging – one of the keys to Asia’s decarbonisation path, ft Vincent Yip
16 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Comments/ideas: [email protected] The Asian and global electric vehicle market is massive and growing fast. One of the many...
Ep24 Real estate, smart cities and decarbonisation trends, ft Johan Tellvik
02 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Comments/ideas: [email protected] The real estate sector accounts for about two-fifths of global carbon dioxide emissions mea...
Ep23 Temperature check on the energy transition in Asia, ft Mike Thomas
19 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Comments/ideas: [email protected] In Episode 23, the last for 2022, we measure the current temperature of the energy transiti...
Ep22 Temperature check on Asia transitional finance, ft Anastasios Zavitsanakis
05 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Comments/ideas: [email protected] It is a ideal time to take a temperature check of the state of sustainable finance in Asia ...
Ep21 Asia's sustainable finance elephant topic: insuring projects, ft Jan Napiorkowski
21 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Comments/ideas: [email protected] Our guest is Jan Napiorkowski, global head of clean energy at Ariel Re. Jan first discusses...
Ep20 Views from an energy transition tech provider ft Nicolas Leong
07 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Comments/ideas: [email protected] Welcome to the 20th episode. Our guest is Nicolas Leong from Wärtsilä Energy, based in To...
Ep19 Major business and finance shifts in Australia, Singapore clean energy, ft Andrew Koscharsky
24 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Comments/ideas: [email protected] Andrew Koscharsky, Energy Markets Project Director at Australia’s Squadron Energy, shares...
Ep18 Climate finance and Asian corporates’ net zero journey, ft Piers Touzel
10 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Comments/ideas: [email protected] Brief yet comprehensive discussion on current developments in climate finance in mainland C...
Ep17 How is the financing of Southeast Asia’s energy transition progressing, ft John Yeap
26 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Comments/ideas: [email protected] Southeast Asia is a massively important region given its population of almost 700 million a...
Ep16 An inside view to China clean power trading, ft Fulvio Bartolucci
12 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Comments/ideas: [email protected] SUMMARY. We discuss with Fulvio Bartolucci the current state as well as the future of renew...
Ep15 A down-to-earth view of sustainable investing and finance in Asia, ft Stephanie Choi
29 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Comments/ideas: [email protected] Summary. In-depth discussion with UBS Global Wealth Management’s Stephanie Choi about sus...
Ep14 ESG finance and investing and decarbonisation: reality vs babble, ft Matt Orsagh
16 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Comments/ideas: [email protected] Summary. Ep.14 is a comprehensive, insightful, and honest discussion on ESG and sustainable...
Ep13 Decarbonising Asia through carbon markets and finance, ft Charles Bedford
02 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Comments/ideas: [email protected] Summary. Carbon finance and investing is a crucial area of development in climate and susta...
Ep12 SMEs’ Green Investing in Midst of Australia’s Energy Crisis, ft Rebecca Tilbrook
19 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Comments/ideas: [email protected] Summary. In episode 12 we go back to discuss Australia because of important recent developm...
Ep11 Global views on Asia clean energy projects financing, ft Robert Todd
07 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Comments/ideas: [email protected] Summary. In Ep11 we had the pleasure of chatting with a deeply experienced financier about ...
Ep10 Financing Australia’s Path to a Global Clean Energy Leader, ft Tim Buckley
21 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Comments/ideas: [email protected] Summary. The episode, recorded on June 16 20022, is an important discussion. It is about ...
Ep9 Singapore’s Public and Private Green Drive, ft Lathika Chandra Mouli
07 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Comments/ideas: [email protected] Summary. In this episode nine we focus on the relative success of the green drive adopted...
Ep8 Asia's macro hurdles faced by private equity, ft Fabian D'Avola
24 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Comments/ideas: [email protected] Summary. The podcast focuses on the challenges faced by private equity firms when investing...
Ep7 Real and high impact environmental financing, ft Jean-Marc Champagne
10 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Comments/ideas: [email protected] Summary. The conversation started with a discussion on bankable nature solutions. These a...
Ep6 Cool and profitable energy efficiency investments, ft Jim Maguire
26 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Comments/ideas: [email protected] The Podcast. Energy efficiency (EE) may well be the misunderstood piece of the energy trans...
Ep5 The digital de-risk of clean energy investments in India, ft. Arun Kumar
12 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Comments/ideas: [email protected] Content. In this episode, Joseph Jacobelli discusses with India power expert Arun Kumar how...
Ep4 Putin's War impact on Asia's decarbonisation, ft. Joseph Jacobelli
27 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Comments/ideas: [email protected] In this audioblog, podcast host Joseph Jacobelli details how Russia's invasion of Ukra...
Ep3 The rise of corporate power purchasing contracts in Asia, ft. Steve Lu
22 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Comments/ideas: [email protected] Conversation about corporate power purchasing agreements (CPPAs) featuring Steven Lu, a fou...
Ep2 Asia's offshore wind market is booming and blowing, ft. Mark Hutchinson
15 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Comments/ideas: [email protected] Conversation with Asia energy markets thought-leader Mark Hutchinson on the present and fut...
Ep1 The business+finance of Asia's energy transition, ft. Joseph Jacobelli
01 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Comments/ideas: [email protected] This first episode discusses the key elements of Asia's massive energy transition, inc...
Ep0 The "why" and the "what" of The Asia Climate Capital Podcast
01 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Comments/ideas: [email protected] Welcome to the Asia Climate Capital Podcast. I’m your host Joseph Jacobelli. I would like...
Trailer | The Asia Climate Capital Podcast
28 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Comments/ideas: [email protected] Transcript. Hello there. This is Joseph Jacobelli. I am the host of The Asia Climate Capita...