Policy & Advocacy We contribute to the collective effort to influence policy that enables investors across Asia to allocate capital in a transition to net zero. Our People Anjali Viswamohanan, Director, Policy Nigel DeCoopman, Policy Manager Lin Kang, Manager, Policy and Stakeholder Initiatives Chaitra Nayak, Senior Program Manager, Just Transition Jeffrey Tong, Policy Analyst Martina Chow, Policy Analyst Emerging Policy Issues Energy Transition Supporting government policy that unlocks a rapid clean energy transition. Disclosures Working alongside regulators and governments to reform climate disclosure rules. Climate Financing Including taxonomies and other legislation to support the flow of sustainable finance. Physical Risk Understanding the implications of the physical impacts of climate change and helping build resilience to protect economies. Global Engagement International Forums Bringing the Asian investor perspective to discussions with; United Nations forums including COP, G20, G7, ASEAN. Peer Network Collaborations We facilitate a global voice on climate and finance policy with; IGCC in Australia, Ceres in the USA, IIGCC in Europe, PRI and CDP internationally. Regional Engagement Advocating for policies that will unlock the billions that investors can allocate to climate solutions. The Asian Utilities Engagement Program AIGCC’s program to help investors and service providers engage with Asia’s systematically important electric utilities on climate. Read more… Roundtables Bringing together investors, policy-makers and regulators. Submissions Providing the investor perspective on policies that are currently in development. View all submissions Direct 1:1 Engagement In-depth discussion with key government decision-makers on current and emerging policy themes. The Asian Utilities Engagement Program Decarbonising Asia’s energy system is crucial to protecting our economies. In 2021 AIGCC launched the AUEP program to help investors and service providers engage effectively with Asia’s systematically important electric utilities on climate. Find out more Working Groups Members can collaborate and learn more about climate policy in these specialist groups. Engagement & Policy Working Group Physical Risk & Resilience Working Group Energy Transition Working Group Forest & Land Use Working Group China Working Group Japan Working Group Key Resources AIGCC regularly makes policy submissions and position papers – for the full list of our submissions, please click here. Place-Based Just Transition Policy Baseline and Case Studies September 2025 Download the full report New analysis from AIGCC urges early, place-based planning that integrates climate adaptation and mitigation measures to attract stable, long-term private capital. Policy baseline study explores how place-based just transitions are unfolding in four key Asian markets: Japan, India, Indonesia and Malaysia. Background Briefing: The Economic Cost to Japan of Delayed Transition to Net Zero Based on data released by the NGFS December 2024 Download Climate damage would deliver an almost 10 percent annual hit to Japan’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) if current global climate policy trajectories continue, according to new economic modelling. The analysis is derived from new data released by the Network for Greening the Financial System (NGFS). Investor Expectations of National Adaptation Plans in Asia November 2024 Download The members of AIGCC’s Physical Risks Working Group have put together the following list of key asks from governments on the various elements of the National Adaptation Plan process: Outline a consistent, national view of physical climate risk Ensure corporate disclosure on physical risks Engagement with the private sector and financial institutions Inclusion of action-oriented points on implementation and financing strategies Policy Brief for COP29 November 2024 Download As COP29 convenes in Baku, amidst a backdrop of escalating climate impacts and urgent calls for increased ambition, AIGCC presents this briefer to highlight the perspectives of investors active in Asian markets on climate finance. Collaborative Global Policy Initiative: Global Investor Statement to Governments The Asia Investor Group on Climate Change is a founding member of the Investor Agenda, who submitted the 2024 Global Investor Statement to COP29. The 2024 Global Investor Statement to Governments on the Climate Crisis is the most ambitious statement to date in terms of the policy recommendations contained within it, calling on governments to raise their climate ambition in line with the goal of limiting global temperature rise to 1.5°C. The most ambitious actions called for include mandated climate transition plans from investors. 651 Institutional investors $34 T USD AUM COP29 Joint statement submission Latest Policy & Advocacy News, Resources, and Events. Comments on the Korea’s 2035 Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) Policy Submissions | Asia Investor Group on Climate Change | 2 October 2025 The Asia Investor Group on Climate Change (AIGCC) welcomes the opportunity to provide comments on the Korea’s 2035 Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC)Read the Submission Asia Investor Group on Climate ChangeGovernance & DisclosureKorea Working GroupPolicy & AdvocacySouth Korea Alke Haesra Alke Haesra is sustainable finance specialist with experience advising governments, financial institutions, and development partners on climate finance, blended finance, and infrastructure investment. At AIGCC, Alke is responsible in implementing the AIGCC regional and international policy agenda. Alke is based in Jakarta, Indonesia. Alke has more than 10 years of advising sustainable finance ecosystem for regulators at both public financing and market mechanism including energy transition financing, sustainability disclosure, innovative financing instruments, and sustainable finance taxonomies. Early Planning for a Just Transition is Crucial for Asian Policymakers and Investors 24 September 2025 New analysis from AIGCC urges early, place-based planning that integrates climate adaptation and mitigation measures to attract stable, long-term private capital. Policy baseline study explores how place-based just transitions are unfolding in four key Asian markets: Japan, India, Indonesia and Malaysia. IndiaIndonesiaJapanJust TransitionJust Transition Working GroupMalaysiaPolicy & Advocacy Place-Based Just Transition: Policy Baseline and Case Studies Report | Asia Investor Group on Climate Change | Just Transition Working Group | September 2025 This report examines place-based just transition perspectives emerging in four Asian markets — India, Indonesia, Malaysia and Japan — each with distinct policy baselines, institutional capacities and labour market dynamics. It offers investors and policymakers an overview of the social transition aspects and nuances in Asian markets as they transition towards a greener economy.Download the Report IndiaIndonesiaJapanJust TransitionJust Transition Working GroupMalaysiaPolicy & Advocacy Submission to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) on the “Baku to Belém Roadmap to 1.3T” Policy Submissions | Asia Investor Group on Climate Change | September 2025 The Baku to Belém Roadmap represents a pivotal opportunity to scale up climate finance and foster public-private collaboration. This submission is in response to the COP Presidencies’ call for inputs on climate finance from Parties and Observers to the Roadmap on 6 August 2025.Read the Submission Physical Risk & Resilience Working GroupPhysical Risk & ResiliencePolicy & Advocacy