On June 4, Fair Finance Asia (FFA) will host a fireside chat session, “Emerging Challenges and Recommendations on Transition/Critical Minerals Mining and its supply chain in the ASEAN” during the 3^rd Southeast Asia Collaborative Convening of Civil Society Organizations on Just Energy Transition, This session aims to foster dialogue among policymakers, civil society organizations (CSOs), and other stakeholders to ensure that the region’s approach to critical minerals is equitable, sustainable, and inclusive. 

Session Objective/s:  

• To understand and identify the priorities, gaps, and risks associated with regional mineral frameworks such as the 1) the Asian Development Bank’s (ADB) Sustainable Critical Minerals & Clean Energy Technology Manufacturing (CM2CET) Value Chains approach, and 2) the Association of Southeast Asian Nations’ (ASEAN) Minerals Cooperation Action Plan (AMCAP) 2026-2030. 

• To explore how sustainability or just transition is streamlined in these transition mineral plans to mitigate the risks of extractives on social and environmental resources and how can civil society bolster these efforts 

• To understand the practical implications of sustainability tools like taxonomy 

Speaker/s: 

• Main Discussants: 
  • Annika Seiler, Asian Development bank (ADB) 
  • Nachatira Thuraichamy, Climate Action Network Southeast Asia

• CSO fireside chat host/moderator:
  • June Rubis, Building Indigenous Initiatives in Heritage 

• CSO reactors: 
  • Benita Sashia Jayanti, Institute for Essential Services Reform 
  • Beverly Besmanos, Bantay Kita 
  • Dwi Rahayu Ningrum, Responsibank Indonesia 

More information: 

Read FFA’s reports

• Towards a Gender-Transformative Energy Transition in Asia 

• The Asian Development Bank’s Energy Transition Mechanism: Emerging Social, Environmental and Rights-Based Considerations