Wahyu Dwi Anggoro
IDXChannel - The Australian Government has strengthened its co-operation with Southeast Asia through a new AUD10 million Climate and Clean Energy Window, designed to bolster our joint efforts on climate change and clean energy.
“Climate change is an existential threat to our region and we are working with our ASEAN partners to mitigate its impacts and accelerate the clean energy transition. The new Climate and Clean Energy Window is one example of how we are creating opportunity and addressing shared challenges together," Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong said in a media release, Monday (4/3/2024).
The Window, announced at the ASEAN-Australia Special Summit in Melbourne this week, will provide multi-year funding for climate and clean energy programs including technical capacity building, and will ensure Australia and ASEAN countries are sharing expertise and learning from each other.
Building on existing cooperation, the Window will enable Australian Commonwealth and State and Territory Government agencies to expand and sustain lasting relationships with Southeast Asian counterparts on climate change and the clean energy transformation.
It will also include a flexible funding stream to respond to partner country requests.
