Draft Resolution submitted by Mexico

THE SEVENTEENTH ANNUAL MEETING OF THE ASIA PACIFIC PARLIAMENTARY FORUM

Taking into account that the “Cebu Declaration on East Asian Energy Security”, has been deemed the most important tangible result obtained to date in the East Asian summits process;

Considering that the Asia-Pacific region is strongly dependent on coal, oil, natural gas, which means its greenhouse gas emissions are very high and that its dependence in relation to energy imports has increased, especially those originated outside the region;

Concerned because the region has assumed increment of two-thirds of the worldwide oil consumption; that its natural gas consumption has increased 160%, while world consumption of this fuel has increased 40%;

Considering that if current tendencies continue, the joint proportion of fossil fuels in the total consumption of commercial energy in the Asia-Pacific region would be very similar in 2030 to the current one, approximately 90%;

Taking into consideration that it is necessary to improve the investment environment in the energy sector to promote energy efficiency and saving; diversify energy sources; and guarantee the physical security of critical energy infrastructure;

Considering that dependency is causing serious problems in terms of energy supply and efficiency and that this situation has also created considerable political and diplomatic complications;

Recognizing the good will of the Russian Federation in the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Forum held in Lima, Peru to contribute to the creation of an energy supply system in the Asia-Pacific region that would afford energy-resource consumers to diversify the geography of importations and guarantee stable and uninterrupted supply of oil and gas;

Considering that in order to increase the supply of energy from renewable sources, new and ambitious objectives must be established also in the heating-cooling sector;

Taking into account the India-ASEAN free trade agreement and wishing this agreement would lead to greater economic growth, strengthens regional political relations and functions as the base for southeastern Asia energy security;

Resolves to:

1.             Call upon APPF member countries to reduce dependency in regard to fossil fuels through the development of alternative energy so the region can diversify its energy sources and reduce its carbon dioxide emissions;

2.             Guarantee a stable energy supply, especially in countries that have seen their dependency grow in relation to imports, through the development of regional infrastructures or the creation of strategic oil reserves in the Asia-Pacific region;

3.             Promote energy and economic integration in the Asia-Pacific region;

4.             Exhort APPF members to offer incentives to their operators for investing in fuels that provide a more balanced mix of them, thus reducing energy costs;

5.             Encourage public and private initiatives for researching biomass, all renewable energy sources and carbon gasification technology to reduce polluting emissions and create a world market for affected power stations;

6.             Urge APPF members to develop coordinated efforts for the implantation of new energy policies oriented toward supply security, which would need to consider geographic, economic, regional, climatic and structural characteristics of the Asia-Pacific countries;

7.             Exhort Parliamentarians to adopt measures oriented toward the diversification of energy supply using both traditional and renewable sources;

8.             Promote among Parliaments the need to make energy supply diversity a main political objective.