Media Note
Office of the Spokesman
Washington, DC
October 15, 2007
Canada Joins the Asia-Pacific Partnership on Clean Development and Climate
The Asia-Pacific Partnership (APP) on Clean Development and Climate held its second Ministerial Meeting in New Delhi,
India on October 15, 2007. Senior representatives from founding members Australia, China, India, Japan, Republic of
Korea, and the United States welcomed Canada as the seventh member of the Partnership.
At the meeting, we announced our $45 million commitment for APP in 2007 for collaborative activities with the other
Partners in all eight sectoral areas, and that we will continue seeking this level of funding annually to support the
work of the Partnership.
The Ministers also announced the creation of an Asia-Pacific Energy Technology Cooperation Centre, facilitating sharing
of best practices in clean energy technology and recognizing eight Task Force Action Plans and their accompanying 110
endorsed projects, including 18 flagship projects, exemplifying the scale and potential of the cooperation undertaken by
the Partners.
The Asia-Pacific Energy Technology Cooperation Centre, originally considered at the initial Ministerial Meeting in
Sydney, Australia in 2006, will benefit Partners by enhancing the sharing and dissemination of energy efficiency
knowledge and best practices existing widely in the governments and industries of the Partner countries, through
workshops, train-the-trainer programs and an information database.
The 18 flagship projects demonstrate the wide variety of cooperative activities being undertaken by Partners. These
flagship projects from all eight Task Forces illustrate a range of cooperative activities that will be undertaken by
Partners. They will showcase the effectiveness of an innovative Partnership leveraging the determination of
participating governments, the entrepreneurship of our businesses, and the talents of our researchers to address
greenhouse gas emissions while promoting energy security and economic growth.
The Asia-Pacific Partnership is a public-private partnership among major Asia-Pacific nations to accelerate the
development and deployment of cleaner, more efficient technologies to meet national pollution reduction, energy security
and climate change concerns in ways that promote economic development and reduce poverty.
Partnership Task Forces focus their efforts in eight priority sectors including cleaner fossil energy, aluminum, coal
mining, steel, renewable energy and distributed generation, power generation and transmissions, buildings and
appliances, and cement. The seven partner countries represent more than half of the world's economy, population and
energy use.
More information about the Partnership is available at http://www.asiapacificpartnership.org
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