APP
The Asia-Pacific Partnership on Clean Development and Climate (APP) brings together Australia, Canada, China, India, Japan, Republic of Korea and the United States of America to address the challenges of climate change, energy security and air pollution in a way that encourages economic development and reduces poverty. This grouping represent around half the world’s emissions, energy use, gross domestic product (GDP) and population, and is an important initiative that engages key greenhouse gas emitting countries in the Asia Pacific region.
The APP represents the first time government, industry and the research community have worked together to develop solutions to address climate change and clean energy technology challenges from the seven key Asia-Pacific countries.
The inaugural APP meeting in Sydney on 11-12 January 2006 involved APP Ministers and business representatives from the six founding members 1, who agreed on a Charter, Communiqué and Work Plan that outline a ground-breaking new model for international climate change and energy collaboration. At this meeting, eight international government and business taskforces were established:
In January 2006 the Australian Government committed $100 million over five years for the partnership. In recognition of the significant commitment to the development of renewable resources, 25 per cent of the funds have been specifically earmarked for renewable energy. Australia's funding has been fully committed to a range of projects drawn from across all eight Task Forces.
APP projects represent true partnerships, with each involving at least two partner countries. In all cases, Australian financial support is being provided in conjunction with support from other APP Partner countries and industry participants.
The Partnership for Action [PDF, 674KB] booklet provides details of the initial round of projects receiving Australian Government funding support.
For more information on the Asia-Pacific Partnership on Clean Development and Climate please visit the international website.
1 Canada officially joined APP at the Ministerial meeting held in New Delhi on October 15, 2007.