The Third APEC Senior Officials Meeting (SOM3) and related events began yesterday, in person, and will last until August 25. At this event, which is taking place in Lima and Trujillo, the Ministers of State of the 21 economies of the world will meet. Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Forum in the fields of energy, agriculture and health.
In the energy field, consensus is crucial for the sustainability of human life. It seeks to promote and implement the use of clean energy such as low-emission hydrogen.
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“Negotiations (regarding the use of clean energy) began a month ago. We are very close to reaching consensus. We are one paragraph away from this deliverable that Peru hopes will be approved this year. It includes the guidelines for implementing low-emission hydrogen in the Asia-Pacific,” Peru’s senior APEC official, Renato Reyes Tagle, told Peru21.
“This puts APEC in a cutting-edge forum, a laboratory of good practices,” he added.
Congruence
According to Reyes Tagle, the goal is that, no later than this Friday 16, the energy ministers will close this meeting with the consensus of having approved the principles to implement the use of hydrogen, as well as the APEC Ministerial Declaration on Energy.
He explained that the principles to be agreed upon are based on the extraction of key areas that help standardize standards and certifications for hydrogen production, so that it can interoperate in the different economies of the forum.
“The goal is to ensure that, when implementing the use of this clean fuel, there is consistency in the ecosystem, which includes the development of investments, access to financing, adequate infrastructure and the training of the actors involved in hydrogen production. In addition, it is essential to raise public awareness about the importance of developing this type of energy,” said Reyes Tagle.
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He added that the use of hydrogen also opens a new export route for Peru, thanks to its storage and transport capacity. For this reason, the American company Verano Energy plans to invest in a plant in Arequipa.
The senior official also said that the meeting of agriculture ministers will take place in Trujillo. The aim of this meeting is to reach a consensus on the development of principles to prevent and reverse food loss and waste in the Asia-Pacific region.
Regarding the meeting in the health field, he explained that the theme of the event is “healthy people, healthy economies”, which seeks to promote good practices to have coordinated responses to possible new pandemics.
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