ACEF 2026 takeaways

The just concluded four-day Asia Clean Energy Forum or ACEF 2026, sponsored by the Asian Development Bank and held at its headquarters in Mandaluyong this week, highlighted the global need to build a sustainable and resilient energy system that should include more renewable energy sources from solar, wind, hydro and geothermal, as the world moves to lessen its dependence on energy sources that may be volatile and affected by conflict, and from traditional but environmentally-polluting sources of