In a united call to the energy ministers and governments of Association of Southeast Asian (ASEAN) member states (AMS), civil society organizations (CSOs) across the region advance a 9-point agenda outlined in the official communique from the 3rd Southeast Asia Collaborative Convening of CSOs on Just Energy Transition held on 3-5 June 2025.

Participating CSOs in the convening co-created the communique with specific calls to action that urge the energy ministers and government leaders of the ASEAN member states to:

1. Include an equitable and sector-driven, gender-just and inclusive energy transition (GJIET) as a pillar of ASEAN Plan of Action for Energy Cooperation (APAEC) 2026-2030;
2. Enable and assure transparent, substantial, and meaningful inclusion and participation of marginalized groups and CSOs in developing, monitoring, and implementing the APAEC 2026-2030;
3. Prioritize energy security and equitable access for all that addresses the gender disparity in the energy sector through a transformative GJIET;
4. Urge the AMS to reflect GJIET principles in their respective Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs), Long-Term Low Emission Development Strategies (LT-LEDS), and National Adaptation Plans (NAPs);
5. Urge financial institutions and investors to scale up and accelerate the redirection of finance from fossil fuels to renewable and GJIET, and to provide substantial finance for community-led sustainable renewable energy solutions and transition programs for impacted communities and marginalized groups;
6. Enhance safeguarding, transparency, and accountability in the process of GJIET, the mining of critical minerals and in tracking the progress of the transition;
7. Ensure that financial institutions and investors involved in the region’s energy transition comply with international safeguarding guidelines and frameworks; abide by the highest standards in transparency, accountability, including the development, and implementation of robust safeguards, grievance and remedial mechanisms; respect the Free, Prior, and Informed Consent (FPIC) of Indigenous Peoples and local communities; and meaningfully engage affected communities and CSOs;
8. Urge AMS in delivering time-bound commitments towards realizing net-zero emission by 2050; and
9. Ensure the alignment with ASEAN Regional Policy Frameworks and Instruments.

The communique contains key asks of CSOs to ASEAN's Ministers of Energy and the 2025 ASEAN Malaysia Chairpersonship that aim to prioritize GJIET as a pillar in the updating and development of APAEC 2026-2030.