Economics, Policy, and Geopolitics at Energy Asia 2025
Energy Asia 2025 comes at a critical year for energy transition, with major political shifts meaning the global energy system is at a crossroads. Now is the time for Asia to work together and drive collaborative change that can steer a regional and global energy transition.
The geopolitical landscape is increasingly complex. At the same time, regional tensions are impacting multilateral agreements and pushing nations towards prioritising local and regional supply chain solutions. This is a complicated landscape where regional collaboration is increasingly important to deliver sustainable and aligned energy and climate policy.
Economics, Policy and Geopolitics is a key theme at Energy Asia 2025 that will look at how Asia’s policymakers can leverage strategic policies to stabilise energy markets and foster economic growth while aligning with the region’s climate goals. Emphasis will be placed on the importance of regional collaboration to harmonise transition efforts and strengthen resilience.
A Year of Change
Major elections in 2024 framed global political changes. In 2025, new governments and policymakers are set to implement significant changes to energy, climate and trade policy, with a focus on energy security and fostering domestic industries.
Many countries are changing their regulatory regimes to accelerate infrastructure projects, but trade-offs and changing political ambitions are slowing the drive to meet energy and climate goals. Geopolitical competition is creating a more difficult global environment and complicating energy markets, trade flows, investment decisions, technology choices, and energy transition.
Major political transitions frame a time of complex global politics, with a dynamic tariff landscape and fast-moving geopolitical situations. The conflicts in Europe and the Middle East, humanitarian crises, climate change, weakening of multilateral institutions, global financial instability, policy shifts and trade disruptions all provide a stark reminder of the vulnerabilities of an energy system heavily reliant on high-emission fuels, and the need for a more flexible, sustainable future.
Across this region, Southeast Asian countries continue to edge towards more collaborative energy policy, with Malaysia’s role as Chair of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) in 2025 providing a fresh push towards a more integrated regional power grid. This period of significant change frames remarkable opportunities for Asia to deliver energy transition through meaningful partnerships.
A Year of Powerful Opportunities
Energy Asia 2025 provides a crucial platform in moving the region towards bridging the gap between ambition and execution of the region’s energy transition, providing equitable and mutually beneficial agreements that can help steer a sustainable future for all.
Energy Asia looks at meeting the region’s unique needs, but one with global implications. Asia is at the heart of global supply chains, and genuine action to deliver on its shared climate ambitions must ensure a just transition built on collaboration and partnership.
The importance of the region’s voice in this conversation is clear. Rapid economic growth means Asian energy consumption is now responsible for more than half (59%) of annual global greenhouse gas emissions, increasing from 42% of global emissions in 2005. Energy Asia will tackle these complex topics, looking at how to implement strategic policies to safeguard energy market stability and economic growth while advancing the region’s climate ambitions. These discussions will be informed by global energy leaders and experts from countries around the world.
The theme of Economics, Policy and Geopolitics is critical in the run up to the 2025 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP30), which comes in a year where climate experts warn of a critical need to focus on our path to address global warming. The latest United Nations (UN) Climate Gap Emissions Report reveals that global emissions need to fall by 42% by 2030, and 57% by 2035, to put the world back on track for maximum warming of 1.5°C above preindustrial levels and mitigate the worst impacts of climate change.
There are some welcome and important signs of global agreement on policy and the environment, with net-zero targets set by nations and self-governing territories covering at least 87% of global emissions, 93% of global GDP, and 88% of global population. But more needs to be done.
Energy Asia 2025 will provide a platform for discussion and partnership which will be vital to harmonising the region’s transition efforts while strengthening collective resilience for a sustainable energy future. In a time of evolving economics, changing policy, and dynamic geopolitics, Energy Asia 2025 aims to provide a pathway to collaboration that can help drive Asia’s energy transition.
Be a part of conversations that will shape Asia’s energy future, this 16-18 June at the Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre for Energy Asia 2025.
