Asia Pacific Partnership
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</p><p style="margin: 0.4em 0px 0.5em; line-height: 1.5em;">The <b>Asia Pacific Partnership on Clean Development and Climate</b> is an international agreement between Australia, United States, China, India, Japan and South Korea which aims to reduce greenhouse gas emissions through the transfer of technology. It is non-binding on any of the parties.</p><p style="margin: 0.4em 0px 0.5em; line-height: 1.5em;">The six members of the Partnership together account for almost half of the world's global greenhouse gas pollution. But the partnership includes no targets for greenhouse gas reductions, no timetable for achieving goals, and no incentives for governments or corporations to actually reduce greenhouse emissions.</p><p style="margin: 0.4em 0px 0.5em; line-height: 1.5em;">The first meeting of the Partnership in Sydney, Australia in January 2006. The meeting involved 60 government representatives meeting in total secrecy with 120 industry representatives from the world's largest corporations in coal, nuclear, aluminium, cement and steel sectors. All <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Nongovernmental_organizations" title="Nongovernmental organizations" class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">nongovernmental organizations</a>were excluded from the meeting. Even the media was not allowed inside the talks.</p><p style="margin: 0.4em 0px 0.5em; line-height: 1.5em;">"The countries involved aren't meeting to find ways to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. They are meeting with the CEOs of the big oil and coal companies to work out how to save their industries,"<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Cate_Faehrmann" title="Cate Faehrmann" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Cate Faehrmann</a>, director of the <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Nature_Conservation_Council&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Nature Conservation Council (page does not exist)" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(165, 88, 88); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Nature Conservation Council</a> of NSW, said. <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://theage.com.au/news/national/greens-to-miss-out-on-green-summit/2006/01/08/1136655087028.html" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); background-image: url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs+9AAAAGXRFWHRTb2Z0d2FyZQBBZG9iZSBJbWFnZVJlYWR5ccllPAAAAFZJREFUeF59z4EJADEIQ1F36k7u5E7ZKXeUQPACJ3wK7UNokVxVk9kHnQH7bY9hbDyDhNXgjpRLqFlo4M2GgfyJHhjq8V4agfrgPQX3JtJQGbofmCHgA/nAKks+JAjFAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC); padding-right: 13px; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat;">[1]</a>]</p><p style="margin: 0.4em 0px 0.5em; line-height: 1.5em;">The outcome of the meeting was a pledge by Australia and the US to provide A$445 million of funding for clean energy projects over the next five years. This represents a tiny fraction of the billions of dollars of subsidies provided by these countries to fossil fuel industries. Analysis show's that under the plan, global greenhouse gas emissions would more than double by 2050. <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://www.theage.com.au/news/national/445m-for-cleaner-energy/2006/01/12/1136956302252.html" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); background-image: url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs+9AAAAGXRFWHRTb2Z0d2FyZQBBZG9iZSBJbWFnZVJlYWR5ccllPAAAAFZJREFUeF59z4EJADEIQ1F36k7u5E7ZKXeUQPACJ3wK7UNokVxVk9kHnQH7bY9hbDyDhNXgjpRLqFlo4M2GgfyJHhjq8V4agfrgPQX3JtJQGbofmCHgA/nAKks+JAjFAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC); padding-right: 13px; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat;">[2]</a></p><p style="margin: 0.4em 0px 0.5em; line-height: 1.5em;">Environment group <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/WWF_Australia" title="WWF Australia" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">WWF Australia</a> said that "A 100 per cent increase in global greenhouse gas emissions, as allowed under the new Partnership plan, would lock the world into a four-degree rise in average global surface temperatures." <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://wwf.org.au/news/ap6-locks-world-in-to-four-degrees-global-warming" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); background-image: url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs+9AAAAGXRFWHRTb2Z0d2FyZQBBZG9iZSBJbWFnZVJlYWR5ccllPAAAAFZJREFUeF59z4EJADEIQ1F36k7u5E7ZKXeUQPACJ3wK7UNokVxVk9kHnQH7bY9hbDyDhNXgjpRLqFlo4M2GgfyJHhjq8V4agfrgPQX3JtJQGbofmCHgA/nAKks+JAjFAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC); padding-right: 13px; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat;">[3]</a></p><p style="margin: 0.4em 0px 0.5em; line-height: 1.5em;">Companies involved at the inaugural meeting include:</p><ul style="line-height: 1.5em; list-style-type: square; margin: 0.3em 0px 0.5em 1.6em; padding: 0px; list-style-image: url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAUAAAANCAMAAABW4lS6AAAAGXRFWHRTb2Z0d2FyZQBBZG9iZSBJbWFnZVJlYWR5ccllPAAAAAZQTFRFAFKM////QIUK9QAAAAJ0Uk5T/wDltzBKAAAAGklEQVR42mJgBAEGokgGBjBGBxBxsBqAAAMACHwALd5r8ygAAAAASUVORK5CYII=);"><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Nippon_Steel" title="Nippon Steel" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Nippon Steel</a></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Tokyo_Electric_Power_Company" title="Tokyo Electric Power Company" class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Tokyo Electric Power Company</a></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/ExxonMobil" title="ExxonMobil" class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">ExxonMobil</a></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Rio_Tinto" title="Rio Tinto" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Rio Tinto</a></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Peabody_Energy_Corp&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Peabody Energy Corp (page does not exist)" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(165, 88, 88); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Peabody Energy Corp</a></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Portland_Cement&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Portland Cement (page does not exist)" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(165, 88, 88); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Portland Cement</a></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/American_Electric_Power" title="American Electric Power" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">American Electric Power</a></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Origin_Energy" title="Origin Energy" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Origin Energy</a></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=BP_Solar&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="BP Solar (page does not exist)" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(165, 88, 88); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">BP Solar</a></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Woodside" title="Woodside" class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Woodside</a></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Westpac" title="Westpac" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Westpac</a></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Alcoa" title="Alcoa" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Alcoa</a></li></ul><h2 style="background-image: none; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px 0px 0.6em; overflow: hidden; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0.17em; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); width: auto; font-size: 19px;"><span class="mw-headline" id="Other_Sourcewatch_Resources">Other Sourcewatch Resources</span></h2><ul style="line-height: 1.5em; list-style-type: square; margin: 0.3em 0px 0.5em 1.6em; padding: 0px; list-style-image: url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAUAAAANCAMAAABW4lS6AAAAGXRFWHRTb2Z0d2FyZQBBZG9iZSBJbWFnZVJlYWR5ccllPAAAAAZQTFRFAFKM////QIUK9QAAAAJ0Uk5T/wDltzBKAAAAGklEQVR42mJgBAEGokgGBjBGBxBxsBqAAAMACHwALd5r8ygAAAAASUVORK5CYII=);"><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Climate_change" title="Climate change" style="text-decoration: none; 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color: rgb(102, 51, 102); background-image: url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs+9AAAAGXRFWHRTb2Z0d2FyZQBBZG9iZSBJbWFnZVJlYWR5ccllPAAAAFZJREFUeF59z4EJADEIQ1F36k7u5E7ZKXeUQPACJ3wK7UNokVxVk9kHnQH7bY9hbDyDhNXgjpRLqFlo4M2GgfyJHhjq8V4agfrgPQX3JtJQGbofmCHgA/nAKks+JAjFAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC); padding-right: 13px; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat;">Asia-Pacific Partnership for Clean Development and Climate</a></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Ben Crystall, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.newscientist.com/channel/earth/mg18725151.400" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); background-image: url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs+9AAAAGXRFWHRTb2Z0d2FyZQBBZG9iZSBJbWFnZVJlYWR5ccllPAAAAFZJREFUeF59z4EJADEIQ1F36k7u5E7ZKXeUQPACJ3wK7UNokVxVk9kHnQH7bY9hbDyDhNXgjpRLqFlo4M2GgfyJHhjq8V4agfrgPQX3JtJQGbofmCHgA/nAKks+JAjFAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC); padding-right: 13px; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat;">Clean energy special: The big clean-up</a>, NewScientist.com news service, 3 September 2005.</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Wendy Frew <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://theage.com.au/news/national/greens-to-miss-out-on-green-summit/2006/01/08/1136655087028.html" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); background-image: url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs+9AAAAGXRFWHRTb2Z0d2FyZQBBZG9iZSBJbWFnZVJlYWR5ccllPAAAAFZJREFUeF59z4EJADEIQ1F36k7u5E7ZKXeUQPACJ3wK7UNokVxVk9kHnQH7bY9hbDyDhNXgjpRLqFlo4M2GgfyJHhjq8V4agfrgPQX3JtJQGbofmCHgA/nAKks+JAjFAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC); padding-right: 13px; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat;">Greens to miss out on green summit</a> The Age, January 9, 2006.</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.smh.com.au/news/National/Lobby-group-slams-govts-climate-pact/2005/11/25/1132703365318.html" style="text-decoration: none; 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background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat;">Environmentalists slam inaugural climate change meeting in Australia</a>, China Post, 8/1/06.</li></ul></div><div id="catlinks" class="catlinks" style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); background-color: rgb(249, 249, 249); padding: 5px; margin-top: 1em; clear: both; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19.1875px;"><div id="mw-normal-catlinks" class="mw-normal-catlinks"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Special:Categories" title="Special:Categories" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Category</a>: </div></div>