UNESCAP (Environment and Development Division)

Last update: November 23, 2012

PROGRAMME


Day 1 – 21 November 2012, Wednesday

	Opening Session: Opening Statement Mr. Rae Kwon Chung Director, Environment and Development Division, ESCAP Statement by the APEF 2013 Host Country, the Russian Federation Mr. Evgeny G. Bessonov Senior Counsellor and Deputy Permanent Representative to ESCAP, Embassy of the Russian Federation Overview of APEF 2013 preparatory process and programme of the EGM Mr. Hongpeng Liu Chief, Energy Security and Water Resources Section, Environment and Development Division, ESCAP

	Session 1: Subregional Perspectives on Energy Security and the Sustainable Use of Energy: Outcomes of subregional consultations Presentations East and North-East Asia North and Central Asia Pacific South-East Asia South and South-West Asia

	Session 2: Subregional Perspectives on Energy Security and the Sustainable Use of Energy: Outcomes of subregional consultations Presentations DESA UNDP UNIDO FAO UNEP UN-HABITAT ECA ECE ECE on PPP ESCWA IRENA SHELL


Day 2 – 22 November 2012, Thursday

	Session 3: Energy Future We Want for Asia-Pacific (Panel Discussion) –Government perspectives Presentations Open discussion on vision and strategies for Asia and the Pacific on energy security and the sustainable use of energy Hongpeng Liu, Chief, Energy Mr. Prabhat Kumar Energy Security and Investment Promotion, Ministry of External Affairs, India Mr. Peter Johnston Reducing dependency on fossil fuel import: potential for inter-subregional cooperation Mr. Brahmanand Mohanty Energy efficiency and renewable energy in the context of energy security and way forward Mr. Benjamin Sovacool universal access by 2030 Energy trade and connectivity Mr. Vladimir Krasnogorskiy

	Session 4: Emerging Concepts for Energy Security and Sustainable Use of Energy Presentations Mr. Anindya Bhattacharya Senior Energy Economist, Institute for Global Environmental Strategies, Japan: Costing transboundary energy and water trade Mr. Hongpeng Liu Chief, Energy Security and Water Resources Section: Concept on Asian Energy Highway Ms. Salmah Zakaria Economic Affairs Officer, Energy Security and Water Resources Section: Water-Energy-Food Nexus

	Session 6: Review of Outcome Documents' Structure and Content (Ministerial Declaration) Presentations Introduction to the Possible structure of the APEF Ministerial Declaration Mr. Sergey Tuinov