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Executive Summary
In 2024, the Joint Ministerial Statement of the 42nd ASEAN Ministers on Energy Meeting (AMEM) endorsed the theme of the next APAEC (ASEAN Plan of Action for Energy
Cooperation) 2026–2030 as “Advancing Regional Cooperation in Ensuring Energy Security and Accelerating Decarbonisation for a Just and Inclusive Energy Transition”.
Given the complex challenges of energy transition globally and within the region, maintaining ASEAN centrality in defining a common understanding of a just and inclusive energy transition, along with codifying its principles and prioritised sectors, would enhance the effectiveness of a regional energy transition plan and strengthen collaborative efforts for a regional people-centric approach.
To guide ASEAN’s just and inclusive energy transition, this Guide proposes ten guiding principles to be considered at relevant regional blueprint milestones: (1) affordability; (2) accessibility; (3) energy security; (4) sustainability; (5) fair distribution of cost and benefits; (6) widest inclusion and participation; (7) recognition and empowerment; (8) fair economic growth; (9) gender equity; and (10) intergenerational.
There are five prioritised sectors for ASEAN to make the JIET approach feasible: (1) Energy Access and Affordability; (2) Energy and Employment; (3) Education, Capacity Development, and Skills; (4) Gender, Social Inclusion and Protection of Disadvantaged Groups; and (5) Inclusive Governance.
ASEAN Centre for Energy (ACE) is an intergovernmental organisation within ASEAN structure that represents the 10 ASEAN Member States’ (AMS) interests in the energy sector.
