Pradeep Tharakan
Principal Climate Change Specialist, Southeast Asia Department, Asian Development Bank

Mr.  Tharakan has worked for ADB since 2010.  He currently heads the Sovereign Energy Operations for the Greater Mekong Subregion, which involves coordinating ADB’s sovereign lending and policy support for energy activities across Cambodia, the Lao People’s Democratic Republic, Myanmar, Thailand, and Viet Nam. 

Policy Brief

Powering the Clean Energy Transition

Plans, policies, projects, and partnerships should deliver concurrently on these imperatives: access to renewables, energy efficiency, and coal phaseout.

   Climate change; Energy; Regional cooperation and integration
   SDG: Goal 7: Affordable and Clean Energy; Goal 13: Climate Action; Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals