Energy Evaluation Asia Pacific (EEAP) held its virtual conference on 1 October 2026, bringing together researchers, evaluators, policymakers, and practitioners online via Zoom. Under the theme “Building an Evidence-Based Path to Net-Zero Energy Transition and Sustainable Development,” the four-hour event featured 15 presenting speakers, including keynote speaker Abhishek Gupta of Sustainable Energy for All (SEforALL).

Ten research presentations and moderated discussions explored four themes:

• Evidence for Net Zero and Productive Use

• Regional Systems and Urban Development

• Community Energy, Livelihoods and Innovation

• Gender Justice and Climate Accountability

The conference examined how evaluation can inform energy policy, strengthen community-led solutions, and support fair and accountable energy transitions.

Explore the presentation slides and watch the session recordings below.

Presentations:

1. Theme 1: National Pathways to Net Zero

• Evidence-Based Evaluation on Industrial Decarbonization in Thailand: From Past Performance to Net Zero Target, Speaker: Wongkot Wongsapai

• From Diagnosis to Design: Evaluating Mini-Grid Underperformance and Productive-Use Potential in Remote Indonesian Islands, Speakers: Reiner Nathaniel Jabanto and Roihans Iqbal

  2. Theme 2: Regional Systems, Urban Development & Innovation

• Thailand’s Pathway to Net-Zero Emissions: An Integrated Energy System Assessment, Speaker: Nattapong Chayawatto

• Energy Efficiency Effects on the Carbon Emissions of ASEAN’s Manufacturing Sector, Speaker: Cristina Alfonso

• Outlining an Ex-Ante Evaluation Strategy of a Solar-Powered Transit-Oriented Development (TOD) Project in Indonesia, Speaker: Steivan Defilla

      3. Community Energy Livelihoods and Innovation

• A Youth- and Community-Led Solar Water System in Rural Thailand Speaker: Varunthorn Kungsanant

• Startups as Catalysts of Energy Transition: Their Potential Role in the Evolution and Deployment of New Energy Technologies in the Indian Subcontinent, Speaker: Aakanksha Mishra, Dr. Rajib Kumar Mishra

• Beyond the Average: What Disaggregated Data Reveals About India’s Clean Energy Livelihoods Transition, Speakers: Divya Gaur and Priyatam Yasaswi

      4. Theme 4: Gender Justice and Climate Accountability

• Results-Based Gender-Just Energy Transitions, Speakers: Yoonyoung Jung and Sohna Ngum

• The Evaluative Foundations of Climate Justice: Lessons from the ITLOS Advisory Opinion for Evidence-Based Energy Transition, Speaker: Lan Wu

Recording:

Access the recordins below:

• Theme 1: Evidence for Net Zero and Productive Use

• Theme 2: Regional Systems and Urban Development

• Theme 3: Community Energy, Livelihoods and Innovation

• Theme 4: Gender Justice and Climate Accountability