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Ärende: Press Release (0601118) for Wed, 2006 Jan 11
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Fact Sheet: The Asia-Pacific Partnership on Clean Development and Climate
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For Immediate Release
Office of the Press Secretary
January 11, 2006

Fact Sheet: The Asia-Pacific Partnership on Clean Development and Climate
Implementation, Action, and Results




"This new results-oriented partnership will allow our nations to develop
and accelerate deployment of cleaner, more efficient energy technologies to
meet national pollution reduction, energy security, and climate change
concerns in ways that reduce poverty and promote economic development."

- President Bush, July 27, 2005

The United States has joined with Australia, China, India, Japan, and South
Korea to launch the Asia-Pacific Partnership on Clean Development and
Climate. This Partnership will advance the President's goal of developing
and accelerating the deployment of cleaner and more efficient technologies
and practices. Under this initiative:
  þ The Partner countries will work together and with private companies to
    expand markets for investment and trade in cleaner, more efficient
    energy technologies, goods, and services in key sectors.
  þ The Partner countries will establish an initial set of public/private
    task forces that focus on (1) cleaner use of fossil energy; (2)
    renewable and distributed generation; (3) power generation and
    transmission; (4) aluminum; (5) steel; (6) cement; (7) buildings and
    appliances; and (8) mining.
  þ The Partner countries will work with multilateral development banks on
    financing for initiatives and programs identified by the task forces
    that will expand the use of technologies and practices designed to
    promote objectives of the Partnership.
  þ The United States Government will propose $52 million in funding to
    support the work of the Partnership as part of the President's Fiscal
    Year 2007 Budget.

Addressing Climate Change in a Broad Pro-Growth Context

President Bush believes that the greatest progress will be assured by
working together with other nations to advance the related objectives of
improving economic and energy security, alleviating poverty, improving
human health, reducing harmful air pollution, and reducing the growth of
greenhouse gases.

The Partnership involves countries that account for about half of the
world's population and more than half of the world's economy, energy use,
and greenhouse gas emissions. This Partnership builds on existing
multilateral climate initiatives including the Carbon Sequestration
Leadership Forum, the International Partnership for a Hydrogen Economy, and
Methane to Markets.

Our Work Plan:

In Sydney, the Partner countries committed to an action-oriented work plan
that will promote the use of proven and emerging cost-effective clean
technologies and practices by:

    1. Accelerating the deployment of coal gasification and other clean
    coal technologies, particularly in those Partner countries with
    plentiful coal resources and rapidly increasing energy demand.

    2. Expanding the use of renewables to provide lower-cost, clean power
    in areas without access to modern energy services.

    3. Encouraging the power sectors in each Partner country to improve the
    efficiency and reliability of their electric power systems.

    4. Developing and deploying advanced manufacturing processes for
    cleaner aluminum, cement, and steel production.

    5. Strengthening adoption and use of building and appliance efficiency
    standards, using proven market approaches.

    6. Capturing and using coal-bed methane as a clean energy source, and
    adopting new techniques and technologies to improve safety and reduce
    emissions in the mining sector.

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