Best Joseph Jacobelli Podcasts (2024)

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Ep48 Three views on key aspects of climate finance in Asia, ft Dr Tim Cadman, Dr Tapan Sarker, Joseph Jacobelli 54:27

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Topics? Guest ideas? Comments? Just text us, including reply details This is a special episode. It is an abridged version of a webinar held in May 2024 on climate finance. There are three short presentations followed by a short Q&A session. You will hear the views from Dr Tim Cadman from the University of Southern Queensland, from Dr Tapan Sarker, …

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Ep47 Asia RE projects development “101”, ft Steve Shi, Sungrow 47:14

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Topics? Guest ideas? Comments? Just text us, including reply details In this episode, we focus on a crucial part of climate-related business and finance: the creation of renewable energy projects. This is a significant step towards a cleaner energy future. Our expert guest, Steve Shi, is a seasoned professional in renewable energy project transacti…

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Ep46 Climate finance addressing coal plants, ft Christoph Nedopil Wang, Griffith Asia Institute 35:46

2M ago35:46

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Topics? Guest ideas? Comments? Just text us, including reply details The phase-out of coal-fired power plants in Asia Pacific presents a significant challenge, requiring a delicate balance between environmental sustainability and economic feasibility. In this discussion, we are joined by Dr Christoph Nedopil Wang of the Griffith Asia Institute, who…

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Ep45 Offshore wind in 2023 and beyond, ft Mark Hutchison, GWEC 23:17

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Topics? Guest ideas? Comments? Just text us, including reply details The world’s offshore wind installed capacity reached 117 gigawatts in 2023, up 50% over 2022. It is projected to reach 320 GW by 2030. We discuss with Asia energy markets veteran Mark Hutchinson the recently released Global Wind Report 2024 by Global Wind Energy Council. We have a…

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Ep44 How innovative financing is powering energy efficiency, ft Alexander Ablaza, Climargy 58:33

3M ago58:33

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Topics? Guest ideas? Comments? Just text us, including reply details Scaling up energy efficiency can for 11 per cent of cumulative emissions reductions by 2030 according to the IEA. In this episode energy industry veteran Alexander Ablaza, explains why energy efficiency the most important pieces of the energy transition although it is often unjust…

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Ep43 Climate business: fiction and reality, ft Genevieve Hilton & Steve Willis 1:01:27

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Topics? Guest ideas? Comments? Just text us, including reply details In this episode podcast, we’re privileged to host two seasoned stalwarts of the heavy industry, Genevieve Hilton and Steve Willis. Their unexpected pivot has led them to channel their vast experience into a compelling work of fiction: ‘Fairhaven: A Novel of Climate Optimism’ (Habi…

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Ep42 Boosting corporate clean energy purchases in Asia, ft Suji Kang, Asia Clean Energy Coalition 34:11

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Topics? Guest ideas? Comments? Just text us, including reply details One of the rapidly growing areas in climate business and finance is the purchase by corporations of clean energy. This is frequently referred to as corporate renewable energy procurement. Such purchases jumped 12% to 46 gigawatts in 2023 according to BNEF. Our guest is Suji Kang, …

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Ep41 US and EU climate business and finance trends impacting Asia, ft Pamela Largue, Power Engineering Int'l 24:53

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Topics? Guest ideas? Comments? Just text us, including reply details Some of the climate business and finance trends in Europe and the US are highly applicable to the Asian experience. In this episode, energy media specialist Pamela Largue provides some clarity on some of these trends. We first briefly chat about her organisation, Enlit World, an i…

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Ep40 Asia climate business and finance: the progress in 2023 and the road ahead, ft Mike Thomas, The Lantau Group 50:34

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Topics? Guest ideas? Comments? Just text us, including reply details Our guest is Mike Thomas who heads The Lantau Group, a Hong Kong-based consultancy, and who is one of the leading energy economics thinkers in the Asia Pacific region. As it is the beginning of the year, Mike evaluates a small sample of the many developments in the region’s climat…

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Ep39 Corporate transition strategies: what is the state now and what are the prospects, ft Summer Chen 29:28

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Topics? Guest ideas? Comments? Just text us, including reply details Corporates play a crucial role in driving the energy transition. Their role is critical to accelerating change and addressing the pressing climate change challenges. It is critical for corporates to formulate transition strategies, beyond climate risk and other types of reporting.…

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Ep 38 Building sustainable finance regulation: the ASEAN experience, ft Eugene Wong 56:34

8M ago56:34

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Topics? Guest ideas? Comments? Just text us, including reply details Decarbonisation efforts start with the commitment by a government. Once the broad policy is set, the real hard work of regulation begins. To understand and advance sustainable finance it is absolutely imperative to understand this work. In this episode our guest is Eugene Wong who…

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Ep37 Asia's clean energy boom: an in-depth investor view, ft Robert Mcgregor 1:18:07

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Topics? Guest ideas? Comments? Just text us, including reply details Industry practitioners are a key source to understand the business and finance of the energy transition in Asia. In episode 37’s we have a conversation is Robert McGregor. Robert is the Chief Corporate Development Officer of Gurīn Energy, a pan-Asia renewable energy company. He ha…

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Ep36 Insights into decarbonisation strategies of Asian corporates from a practitioner’s view, ft Albert Sutanto 46:19

11M ago46:19

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Topics? Guest ideas? Comments? Just text us, including reply details Corporates all over the world are under immense pressure to address their carbon footprint. They must worry about their own footprint as well as that of other companies their linked with, such as their suppliers. In this episode I chat with a specialist in this area, Albert Sutant…

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Ep35 Financing Asia’s decarbonisation and energy transition: an infrastructure finance view, ft Andrew Kinloch 30:45

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Topics? Guest ideas? Comments? Just text us, including reply details Asia will account for 50% or more of global energy transition investments in the next three plus decades. Financing is of primary importance and is a challenge. In this episode, Andrew Kinloch, a leading infrastructure finance expert, discusses some of these challenges. He looks a…

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Ep34 Solar energy and China: the past, present and future, ft Frank Haugwitz 1:04:23

1y ago1:04:23

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Topics? Guest ideas? Comments? Just text us, including reply details The development of China's solar industry is key to the nation’s as well as the world’s net zero ambitions. Installed capacity was 392 GW in 2022 and is set to continue to grow further. In this episode, we speak to Frank Haugwitz who has been involved in the sector for over two de…

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Ep33 Sustainability advisory: driving strategies and green finance solutions, ft Wee Boon Siong. 46:02

1y ago46:02

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Topics? Guest ideas? Comments? Just text us, including reply details Sustainability and green finance can be highly complex subjects as they comprise a multitude of disciplines. Recent years have seen the creation of a variety of advisor and consulting firms specialising on sustainability. In this episode, Wee Boon Siong, CEO of RHT Green which spe…

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Ep32 One of green finance's pillars: deep dive into the real world of carbon exchanges, ft Bill Pazos 57:04

1y ago57:04

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Topics? Guest ideas? Comments? Just text us, including reply details Carbon exchanges are an important component of sustainable finance as they enable the sale of carbon credits to reduce emissions. In this episode, we have Bill Pazos, Co-founder and Co-CEO of the AirCarbon Exchange (ACX), which won Environmental Finance’s Best Carbon Exchange awar…

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Ep31 Private equity's take on circular economy investment opportunities in Asia, ft Ellen Martin 45:22

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Topics? Guest ideas? Comments? Just text us, including reply details A circular economy transforms goods nearing the end of their useful life into resources for reuse. It aids climate action in three ways. It complements decarbonization measures, it supports the sustainable scaling of the clean energy transition, and it enhances adaptation to a cha…

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Ep30 Past the ESG acronym – research and key green finance and investors’ issues, ft Charles Yonts 1:03:53

1+ y ago1:03:53

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Topics? Guest ideas? Comments? Just text us, including reply details Hundreds of billions of dollars in global assets follow ESG principles. The massive growth seen in the past few years is set to continue, estimate various investments banks. This means that ESG research has become one of the pillars of green finance, socially responsible investing…

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Ep29 Are offshore wind investments and financing booming? ft Mark Hutchinson 46:28

1+ y ago46:28

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Topics? Guest ideas? Comments? Just text us, including reply details Offshore wind generation capacity is one of the fastest growing forms of green energy globally. It will rise 10-fold this decade – to 330 GW by 2030 from about 34 GW in 2020 –based on one estimate (Wood McKenzie) and will need tens of billions of dollars. Our guest, Mark Hutchinso…

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Ep28 The Blue Economy, an ocean of business and investments prospects, ft Mike Abundo 1:27:43

1+ y ago1:27:43

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Topics? Guest ideas? Comments? Just text us, including reply details The Blue Economy’s annual turnover is US$3–6 trillion (UN), which some estimate will double by 2030, presents a growing opportunity for business and investment. In this episode, Dr Mike Abundo, CEO of OceanPixel, first offers a clear and detailed definition of the Blue Economy, it…

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Ep27 Carbon markets and trading: where are we headed? what about China? ft Julien Hage 47:36

1+ y ago47:36

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Topics? Guest ideas? Comments? Just text us, including reply details The global carbon markets are an important source for funding the decarbonisation needed to mitigate the climate crisis. The compliance and the voluntary global carbon markets amount to almost US$1 trillion or so. They are set to grow dramatically. The smaller of the two, the volu…

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Ep26 Japan domestic and global green growth ambitions(?), ft Mika Ohbayashi 37:33

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Topics? Guest ideas? Comments? Just text us, including reply details The Japanese government should be treating decarbonisation with the outmost importance and urgency. It is one of the largest energy consumers in the world – fifth largest oil consumer for example –and it is almost totally reliant on fossil fuel imports. The authorities did set out…

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Ep25 EV charging – one of the keys to Asia’s decarbonisation path, ft Vincent Yip 1:15:46

1+ y ago1:15:46

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Topics? Guest ideas? Comments? Just text us, including reply details The Asian and global electric vehicle market is massive and growing fast. One of the many forecasts put the value of the sector to rise six-fold, to almost $1,110 billion by 2030 from about $180 million in 2021. Key to the growth of EVs, and thus to decarbonisation and the energy …

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Ep24 Real estate, smart cities and decarbonisation trends, ft Johan Tellvik 48:44

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Topics? Guest ideas? Comments? Just text us, including reply details The real estate sector accounts for about two-fifths of global carbon dioxide emissions meaning it plays a direct key role in decarbonisation and a major indirect role in the energy transition. This is something particularly important to Asia given the region has eight of the top …

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Ep23 Temperature check on the energy transition in Asia, ft Mike Thomas 1:04:50

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Topics? Guest ideas? Comments? Just text us, including reply details In Episode 23, the last for 2022, we measure the current temperature of the energy transition in some key Asia economies with one of the region’s most experienced and respected energy economist and consultant, Mike Thomas. He explains how the region is rapidly transitioning today …

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Ep22 Temperature check on Asia transitional finance, ft Anastasios Zavitsanakis 1:03:39

1+ y ago1:03:39

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Topics? Guest ideas? Comments? Just text us, including reply details It is a ideal time to take a temperature check of the state of sustainable finance in Asia as the year draws to an end. The episode’s guest is an expert in all things sustainable finance given his background and interactions with regulators, corporations, and investors. Tasos Zavi…

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Ep21 Asia's sustainable finance elephant topic: insuring projects, ft Jan Napiorkowski 1:06:20

1+ y ago1:06:20

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Topics? Guest ideas? Comments? Just text us, including reply details Our guest is Jan Napiorkowski, global head of clean energy at Ariel Re. Jan first discusses his background and his work in insurance in clean energy, an area which is vital to sustainable finance. The elephant topic! Then we launch into two sections. In the first part of the episo…

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Ep20 Views from an energy transition tech provider ft Nicolas Leong 1:05:30

1+ y ago1:05:30

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Topics? Guest ideas? Comments? Just text us, including reply details Welcome to the 20th episode. Our guest is Nicolas Leong from Wärtsilä Energy, based in Tokyo. We first discuss the company, a leading technology provider, as a case study of a firm heavily involved in the energy transition and decarbonization in Asia. A firm which, amongst other t…

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Ep19 Major business and finance shifts in Australia, Singapore clean energy, ft Andrew Koscharsky 49:16

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Topics? Guest ideas? Comments? Just text us, including reply details Andrew Koscharsky, Energy Markets Project Director at Australia’s Squadron Energy, shares his views on Singapore as a Asian clean energy hub at the operational level and at the sustainable finance levels. We compare and contrast two highly different clean energy markets Singapore …

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Ep18 Climate finance and Asian corporates’ net zero journey, ft Piers Touzel 32:27

2y ago32:27

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Topics? Guest ideas? Comments? Just text us, including reply details Brief yet comprehensive discussion on current developments in climate finance in mainland China, Hong Kong, in Taiwan. We first touch on the recent evolution of international Environmental and Social Performance Standards related to project financing. We then discuss what internat…

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Ep17 How is the financing of Southeast Asia’s energy transition progressing, ft John Yeap 1:02:02

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Topics? Guest ideas? Comments? Just text us, including reply details Southeast Asia is a massively important region given its population of almost 700 million and fast-growing energy consumption of 30 exajoules – the EU’s was 57 EJ. Many of the individual economies in the region are in the process of decarbonizing. Given the bulk of them are still …

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Ep16 An inside view to China clean power trading, ft Fulvio Bartolucci 1:04:55

2y ago1:04:55

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Topics? Guest ideas? Comments? Just text us, including reply details SUMMARY. We discuss with Fulvio Bartolucci the current state as well as the future of renewable energy trading in the world’s largest electric power market, China. Fulvio, a highly experienced industry participant and GM at Tera Energies, first provides his insights on the nation'…

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Ep15 A down-to-earth view of sustainable investing and finance in Asia, ft Stephanie Choi 52:30

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Topics? Guest ideas? Comments? Just text us, including reply details Summary. In-depth discussion with UBS Global Wealth Management’s Stephanie Choi about sustainable investing (SI) and finance. The discussion first puts SI into the global context as well as the regional one. Then Stephanie tackles SI products from a variety of perspective. Stephan…

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Ep14 ESG finance and investing and decarbonisation: reality vs babble, ft Matt Orsagh 59:49

2y ago59:49

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Topics? Guest ideas? Comments? Just text us, including reply details Summary. Ep.14 is a comprehensive, insightful, and honest discussion on ESG and sustainable finance and investing with Matt Orsagh, a thought leader on the subject. It is a lively two-way chat covering all of the latest key trends and developments globally and putting Asia in the …

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Ep13 Decarbonising Asia through carbon markets and finance, ft Charles Bedford 55:08

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Topics? Guest ideas? Comments? Just text us, including reply details Summary. Carbon finance and investing is a crucial area of development in climate and sustainable finance. Fund flows have been increasing exponentially and currently only the tip of the iceberg can be seen from the perspective of opportunities. It is a topic which is complex and,…

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Ep12 SMEs’ Green Investing in Midst of Australia’s Energy Crisis, ft Rebecca Tilbrook 53:46

2y ago53:46

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Topics? Guest ideas? Comments? Just text us, including reply details Summary. In episode 12 we go back to discuss Australia because of important recent developments in terms of clean energy policy as well as an ongoing energy crisis. Policy-wise the newly elected government is proving to be serious about shifting the energy system to a green and su…

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Ep11 Global views on Asia clean energy projects financing, ft Robert Todd 33:27

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Topics? Guest ideas? Comments? Just text us, including reply details Summary. In Ep11 we had the pleasure of chatting with a deeply experienced financier about the financing of clean energy projects around the world, Robert Todd from CIBC Capital Markets, a leading North American financial institutional with a global footprint. He first touches on …

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Ep10 Financing Australia’s Path to a Global Clean Energy Leader, ft Tim Buckley 1:10:12

2y ago1:10:12

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Topics? Guest ideas? Comments? Just text us, including reply details Summary. The episode, recorded on June 16 20022, is an important discussion. It is about Australia evolving into a regional or even global clean energy leader from being a laggard. The Australian energy market may be small by Asian standards, but it has a leading global place in t…

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Ep9 Singapore’s Public and Private Green Drive, ft Lathika Chandra Mouli 58:15

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Topics? Guest ideas? Comments? Just text us, including reply details Summary. In this episode nine we focus on the relative success of the green drive adopted in Singapore. We tried to dig into the various business and finance aspects of the current state and the future outlook of Singapore’s transition towards a green and sustainable future. A tra…

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Ep8 Asia's macro hurdles faced by private equity, ft Fabian D'Avola 48:51

2y ago48:51

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Topics? Guest ideas? Comments? Just text us, including reply details Summary. The podcast focuses on the challenges faced by private equity firms when investing in clean energy projects in Asia. Asia Renewable energy expert Fabian D’Avola provides is insights on some of the key current issues as well as his outlook on the issues. In the first part,…

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Ep7 Real and high impact environmental financing, ft Jean-Marc Champagne 1:03:44

2y ago1:03:44

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Topics? Guest ideas? Comments? Just text us, including reply details Summary. The conversation started with a discussion on bankable nature solutions. These are financially viable projects which support the development of more climate resilient and sustainable landscapes and economies. Their bankability enables projects to accelerate scaling and re…

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Ep6 Cool and profitable energy efficiency investments, ft Jim Maguire 1:03:08

2y ago1:03:08

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Topics? Guest ideas? Comments? Just text us, including reply details The Podcast. Energy efficiency (EE) may well be the misunderstood piece of the energy transition. To many EE is all about money saving. In reality EE projects offer attractive returns to asset owners and investors. In the episode, Joseph Jacobelli and Jim Maguire first demystify E…

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Ep5 The digital de-risk of clean energy investments in India, ft. Arun Kumar 45:14

2y ago45:14

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Topics? Guest ideas? Comments? Just text us, including reply details Content. In this episode, Joseph Jacobelli discusses with India power expert Arun Kumar how to go about digitally de-risking clean energy investments in India. Joseph first asks Arun about how he became involved in Asia’s energy transition. Then they discuss the crossover of digit…

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Ep4 Putin's War impact on Asia's decarbonisation, ft. Joseph Jacobelli 13:42

2+ y ago13:42

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Topics? Guest ideas? Comments? Just text us, including reply details In this audioblog, podcast host Joseph Jacobelli details how Russia's invasion of Ukraine has a negative short term impact on Asia's path to net zero emissions but beyond the 24-month horizon, the region's outlook for decarbonisation remains bright. Full article published in the A…

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Ep3 The rise of corporate power purchasing contracts in Asia, ft. Steve Lu 54:35

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Topics? Guest ideas? Comments? Just text us, including reply details Conversation about corporate power purchasing agreements (CPPAs) featuring Steven Lu, a four-decade energy and banking veteran. We first discuss how to become part of the energy transition in the Asia Pacific region from the jobs perspective. Then we dig deep into the current dyna…

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Ep2 Asia's offshore wind market is booming and blowing, ft. Mark Hutchinson 32:55

2+ y ago32:55

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Topics? Guest ideas? Comments? Just text us, including reply details Conversation with Asia energy markets thought-leader Mark Hutchinson on the present and future of Asia's offshore wind market, including Vietnam. About Mark: he has over 30 years of energy sector experience, including 25+ years consulting and research experience in Asia. He has ex…

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Ep1 The business+finance of Asia's energy transition, ft. Joseph Jacobelli 20:03

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Topics? Guest ideas? Comments? Just text us, including reply details This first episode discusses the key elements of Asia's massive energy transition, including two fundamental drivers, the two transformations, and the related climate finance elements. This audio-blog allows for a better understanding of all of the key elements. Feedback is really…

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Ep0 The "why" and the "what" of The Asia Climate Capital Podcast 1:27

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Topics? Guest ideas? Comments? Just text us, including reply details Welcome to the Asia Climate Capital Podcast. I’m your host Joseph Jacobelli. I would like to tell you the “what” and the “why” of the podcast series. First, the “what”? The Podcast is about identifying and discussing current and future business and finance trends in the energy tra…

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Trailer | The Asia Climate Capital Podcast 0:29

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Topics? Guest ideas? Comments? Just text us, including reply details Transcript. Hello there. This is Joseph Jacobelli. I am the host of The Asia Climate Capital Podcast where we talk about what's going on in the world of | decarbonisation and the energy transition in Asia, with finance and economics in mind and linking ESG and sustainability issue…

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