On Friday 12 May 2023, Clean EDGE Asia launched the inaugural event in Country Spotlight Series by featuring Malaysia. U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Energy Resources Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Lochman, along with Malaysian Ministry of Natural Resources, Environment and Climate Change Undersecretary Mahpudz, presided over the event. The Malaysia Spotlight focused on how the United States and Malaysia could work together to achieve Malaysia’s clean energy transition goals.
Clean EDGE Asia’s Country Spotlight Series routinely highlights a different country in the Indo-Pacific. This Series brings together the highlighted country’s government and NGOs, whole of U.S. government, private sector, and international financial institutions to wed tactical level clean energy development problems faced by the invited country to near-term actionable solutions.