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Japan’s actions on international technology cooperation of ESTs: 

Japan’s actions on international technology cooperation of ESTs Kazuhiko Hombu DDG for Energy and Environment METI, Japan Nairobi, KENYA (November 14, 2006)

Outline: 

Outline The importance of development and transfer of technologies Japan’s action (1) Government (2) Public-Private Initiative (3) Private Sector Conclusion

The Importance of Development and Transfer  of Environmentally Sound Technologies (ESTs): 

The Importance of Development and Transfer of Environmentally Sound Technologies (ESTs) Key questions: For what? Both for mitigating the effects of GHG emissions and for adapting to climate change How can we do? Both Hardware (facilities etc.) and Software (knowledge sharing, capacity buildings, etc.) Who can promote? Both UNFCCC and other forums (ex. APP, International development banks etc.) Both Public and Private sector

Government Action (1): 

Government Action (1) Environmental ODA (incl. Kyoto Initiative) About 444 billion yen (Fiscal 2004) : US $4.0 billion Source: Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan

Government Action (2): 

Government Action (2) Examples of ODA projects Hard Ware Wind power plant in Zafarana, Egypt About 13.5 billon yen (US $123 million) Soft Ware (Capacity Building) Turkish National Energy Conservation Project Dispatching experts and providing learning sessions CDM Center in China Helping China set up local CDM center Source: Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA)

Government Action (3): 

Government Action (3) Greenhouse Gases Observing Satellite (GOSAT) Project Measuring concentration of carbon dioxide and estimating carbon balance to accurately analyze the situation of global climate change Source: Ministry of Environment, National Institute for Environmental Studies, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency

Public-Private Initiative (1): 

Public-Private Initiative (1) Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) Popularizing Japan’s advanced technologies for energy saving, alternative sources, etc thorough CDM projects A total of 68 CDM and 4 JI projects, Total GHG reduction about 4,000 k-tons per year (as of October 24) Ex. Rang Dong Oilfield Project (GHG reduction of 680 k-tons per year) Source: http://www.eneos.co.jp/

Public-Private Initiative (2): 

Public-Private Initiative (2) Asia-Pacific Partnership on Clean Development and Climate (APP) Established in July, 2005 6 Partners: Australia, China, India, Japan, Korea, and US Public-private partnership Project-based activities focusing on energy technologies Sectoral approach (cf. 8 Task Forces) Complement to the Kyoto Protocol APP Task Forces: 1) Aluminum 2) Buildings and Appliances 3) Cement* 4) Cleaner fossil energy 5) Coal mining 6) Power generation and transmission 7) Renewable energy and distributed generation 8) Steel* *Japan leads “Cement” and “Steel” as a chair country.

Public-Private Initiative (3): 

Public-Private Initiative (3) APP Recent event: 3rd Policy Implementation Committee (PIC) Oct. 11-13, 2006 (@ Jeju island, Korea) Objectives Agree on the Action Plans introduced by 8 Taskforces. Discuss the procedures related to flagship project, monitoring and reporting, outreach and other relevant issues. Discuss the next steps for the partnership Outcomes Endorsed all the Action Plans in principle Experienced transition from the ‘‘Planning’’ to ‘‘Implementation’’ stage Recognized the importance of financing to the project activities Agreed on some procedures such as flagship and outreach Created stable foundations for the current and future APP activities All the Action Plans were released on Nov. 1st Now available on the APP website http://www.asiapacificpartnership.org/

Private Sector (1): 

Private Sector (1) Japanese Private Firms are actively working on many international cooperative projects Waste Heat/Gas Utilization Technology Coke Dry Quenching (CDQ) for Shoungang Group in China Source: Nippon Steel Corporation

Private Sector (2): 

Private Sector (2) Small Wind Power Generator ‘Soyokaze-Kun (Mr. Breeze)’ in India and Cambodia Promoting small projects suitable for conditions in developing countries is very important Source: Shinko Electric Co. Ltd.

Conclusion: 

Conclusion Japan has already done many actions by both the government and the private sector. The capacity of government for combating climate change is limited. The total amount of energy-investment needs will be $16 trillion. (IEA, “World Energy Outlook 2003”) Governments cannot afford all the cost and further involvement of the private sector is “necessary”. Promoting small projects applicable for developing countries by using not only “innovative” but also “conventional” technologies is very important. Continuous efforts for R&D on ESTs by the private sector are important.

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