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APEC Energy Ministers Push for Energy Resilience
Issued by the 12th
Energy Ministers' Meeting
Cebu, the Philippines,
13 October 2015 - APEC’s Energy Ministers from the 21 APEC
member economies concluded their meeting on Tuesday in Cebu, the Philippines,
by adopting the Cebu Declaration and Instructions, a joint statement on
the the region’s energy priorities.Ministers instruct the region’s energy stakeholders to promote and collaborate on initiatives under the theme: “Towards an Energy Resilient APEC Community,” as well as create a task force on energy resilience to implement the following:
- Disaster-proofing
of energy infrastructure
- Advancing
cutting-edge energy efficiency technologies
- Promoting
community-based clean energy use in energy poverty-stricken areas
- Improving
energy trade and investment in APEC
Click to view 2015 APEC Joint Energy Ministerial
Statement
In their statement, the ministers affirm the importance of energy resiliency
and energy security in the energy trade and investment framework. They also
welcomed the new APEC Initiative for Enhancing the Quality of Electric Power
Infrastructure.
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For further details, please contact:Ma. Lizbeth S. B. Edra +65 9452 8344 at mlbe@apec.org
Michael Chapnick +65 9647 4847 at mc@apec.org
The above media Advice was put together by APEC - if you view the joint statement there is a reference to increasing private sector participation - PSI and Public Sector Unions need to be consulted and be part of the APEC energy group and have an opportunity to represent and speak up for electricity industry workers and communities - Greg McLean
