The Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Energy Ministers' Meeting (EMM) will be held from Friday, June 18 to Sunday, June 20 in Fukui City (at Hotel Fujita Fukui).

1. Energy Ministers' Meeting

(1) Date

• Friday, June 18, 2010 :    Welcome events
• Saturday, June 19, 2010 : EMM
• Sunday, June 20, 2010 :   Site tours

(2) Venue

• Hotel Fujita Fukui, Fukui City

(3) Attendees

• Masayuki Naoshima, Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry (chair)
• Ministers responsible for energy in 21 APEC member economies, and related international organizations

The Energy Ministers' Meeting is aimed at bringing together energy ministers of the Asia-Pacific region, where energy demand and carbon dioxide emissions are expected to increase more rapidly than in any other part of the world, to discuss energy security, energy policies for the effective and clean use of limited natural resources, and the promotion of the deployment of low carbon emission energies, under the main theme of “Low Carbon Path to Energy Security.”

[Participating economies]
Australia, Brunei, Canada, Chile, China, Hong Kong - China, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Peru, Philippines, Russia, Singapore, Chinese Taipei, Thailand, United States, Vietnam, APEC Secretariat, International Energy Agency (IEA)

April 30, 2010

International Affairs Division, Agency for Natural Resources and Energy