Training courses at APPEC

Energy Security, Energy Transition, ESG & Carbon Markets: Navigating the Future

September 29, 8am - 5pm SGT

At COP27 in Glasgow, the goals of Paris Accord were reaffirmed with net-zero commitments from countries responsible for over 90% of GHG emissions.  However, with the conflict in Ukraine, focus on energy security and access to affordable and reliable energy supplies has become a priority for consumers and policy makers globally. In addition, there is political pushback in the US on ESG investing and the reporting regulations proposed by the US SEC.

How should companies navigate through this period of significant uncertainty and turbulence?  How will policy makers and companies balance between immediate energy security challenges and longer-term emission reduction goals?  How will energy transition unfold in Asia?  What is the outlook for hydrogen, CCS and carbon markets?  How are institutional investors using ESG factors to make investment decisions and how companies are responding to investor feedback on their ESG performance?

Course Outline

• - Key concepts and definitions: Energy Security, Energy Transition, Net-Zero and ESG
• - Current context of global energy markets and short/medium term outlook
• - Why is energy security necessary for energy transition? 
• - Path of the energy transition/transformation: evolution vs. revolution; molecules and electrons
• - Key drivers for energy transition: technology, policies and investment
• - Outlook for clean energy technologies: CCS, hydrogen, renewables, storage
• - Overview of government climate and energy transition policies (with focus on Asia)
• - The role of the financial sector: investors, lenders, central banks, financial regulators
• - Company strategies for energy transition
• - What is sustainability and what is a sustainable business?
• - How are consumers and customer behaviors and preferences being influenced by climate change?
• - Environmental, social and governance issues faced in different sectors
• - What are companies doing to reflect ESG in their business strategy? ESG and company brand and reputation
• - What’s the difference between compliance markets and voluntary carbon markets?
• - What are the active compliance markets in Asia? What are the carbon prices in those markets?
• - What are carbon credits? How can we generate them? How can we use them to offset our emissions?
• - You have so many carbon pricing assessments – which one should I choose to offset my emissions?