APEC Capacity Building Workshop on APEC’s Goals of Doubling the Renewable Energy Share in the Energy Mix and Reducing Energy Intensity - Workshop Summary

The workshop aimed to enhance the capacity of APEC members and promote collaboration among the APEC Energy Working Group (EWG), APEC fora, and external partners. The objectives were:

(1)          to achieve APEC’s goals of increasing renewable energy and reducing energy intensity, and

(2)          to strengthen the cooperation for carbon neutrality.

The workshop covered topics such as:

•             global climate action and the APERC’s Energy Demand and Supply Outlook,

•             successful energy efficiency policies and initiatives in APEC,

•             successful renewable energy policies and initiatives in APEC, and

•             emerging low-carbon technologies and economic instruments.

The Workshop Summary Report summaries the workshop sharing, and serve as a reference to encourage APEC member economies to set their respective energy efficiency (EE) and renewable energy (RE) targets, policy framework, and roadmap to achieve APEC’s goals and carbon neutrality