Under the patronage of His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, President of the UAE

تحت رعاية صاحب السمو الشيخ محمد بن زايد آل نهيان، رئيس دولة الإمارات العربية المتحدة

Supported by

Jun Arima

Chief Sustainability Officer

JOGMEC

Junarima
Junarima

Jun Arima is Chief Sustainability Officer, Japan Organization of Metal and Energy Security (JOGMEC) and Visiting Professor, Graduate School of Public Policy, University of Tokyo. He also serves as, Consulting Fellow at the Research Institute of Economy, Economy, Trade and Industry (RIETI), Distinguished Senior Research Fellow at the Asia Pacific Institute of Research (APIR), and Senior Policy Fellow for Energy and Environment at the Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia (ERIA). He was a Lead Author of the Intergovernmental Panel of Climate Change (IPCC) 6th Assessment Report. His publication includes “Energy Policies of the IEA Countries” (2003-2006 editions), “Memoir of the Kyoto Protocol” (2014), “Truth of Global Warming Negotiation – Economic War on National Interests-“(2015), “Global Warming Countermeasures with Pragmatism – Paris Agreement and Thereafter” (2016), “Trump Risk – America First and Global Warming” (2017), “Policy Recommendations by the Quadripartite Commission on the Indian Ocean Regional Security” (Chapter 2) (2017), “Japan’s Energy Conundrum” (Chapter 11) (2018), “Finding a Viable Path for Reducing GHG Emissions2 (2019 King Abdullah Petroleum Studies and Research Center (KAPSARC), “Eco-fundamentalism as a Grist to China’s Mill” (2021), “Eco-fundamentalism will ruin our country” (2021), and “Eco-Fascism –Diseases calling for Decarbonization, Renewables and Nuclear Phase-out” (2022 Joint Authorship).

Session Overview
Thursday, 6 November
10:40
Global strategy ICC Hall A 10:40 - 11:20
Embracing a multi-source energy revolution

In parallel with the accelerating shift toward resilient energy economies, the importance of exploring different energy sources continues to rise. Increasingly, it becomes clear that all energy sources will be needed as no single solution will be able to address all challenges.

Nuclear has emerged as a promising low-carbon source of energy. According to the International Energy Agency (IEA), nuclear energy is set to reach a new record in 2025 and can improve energy security as electricity demand accelerates. The momentum in nuclear energy is growing, fuelled by new policies, pioneering projects, strategic investments, and technological innovations like Small Modular Reactors (SMRs).

However, challenges remain when addressing timelines for project deliveries and financing. Other energy sources, such as wind and solar, are also emerging, contributing to a growing need to increase the capacity for storing intermittent energy.

Embracing a wide range of energy sources and assessing every integration strategy can open greater opportunities for companies and governments, lessen dependence on a single energy source, and access new markets.

Attendee insights:

Understand the different specifications and opportunities in new energy sources, including nuclear, wind, and solar, and what type of energy sources companies are focusing on now.

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