Key Messages from North-East Asian Consultation Meeting Sung-Hwan OH Chair of the Meeting

Key Messages from North-East
Asian Consultation Meeting
Sung-Hwan OH
Chair of the Meeting
Overview of North-East Asia - Economy
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NEA accounts for a quarter of world total GDP (2011)
Over 30% of intra-sub-regional trade
NEA is also a region with great disparity in terms of demographic,
economic, political and energy situations.
Variances in GDP per capita by country but on the growing track as a
whole
Index of Change in GDP per capita
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Overview of North-East Asia - Environment
 NEA shares 1/3 of global GHG emissions while its share is growing
 Two non-Annex I countries, i.e. China and Republic of Korea, are
world’s first and ninth CO₂emitting states, respectively.
 Most countries have relatively high carbon intensity of economy
CO2 Emissions by NEA Countries in 2009
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Energy Situation: production and consumption
Oil
Gas
Coal
Reserves
Production
Consumption
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Energy Situation and Challenges
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Rising energy demand
China, Japan, Republic of Korea, and Russia combined accounts for 33% of
world primary energy (2011).
The region will maintain current growth pattern but not the pace is not as
fast as it was.
3,000
Country
Annual Growth
Rate
(2000-2011)
1,500
China
8.19%
1,000
Japan
-0.62%
RO Korea
2.77%
Russia
0.93%
2,500
2,000
MTOE
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500
0
1990 1992 1994 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010
China
Japan
South Korea
Russian Federation
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Energy Situation and Challenges
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Dominance of fossil fuels in primary energy use
Fossil fuel is dominant energy source (Mongolia 95%~Japan 81%)
Difference in primary energy mix: natural gas and nuclear
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Energy Situation and Challenges
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Underutilized geographical proximity and trade potential
Intra-regional oil and gas trade is still limited in NEA
Limited interconnection infrastructure (oil/gas pipelines, electricity
grid)
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UNDP/GreaterTumen Initiative
RO Korea
Russia
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
O
X
X
X
O
X*
X
X
X
X
X
FNCA
X
X
X
X
X
ECNEA
X
X
X
InternationalAtomic EnergyAgency
IAEA
X
InternationalEnergyAgency
InternationalEnergyForum
IEA
IEF
X
X
IntergovernmentalCollaborative
Mechanismon EnergyCooperationin
North-EastAsia
GTI
X
X
InternationalRenewable EnergyAgency
IRENA
Joint Oil Data Initiative
JODI
X
NortheastAsia Gas and PipelineForum
NAGPF
X
WorldAssociation of NuclearOperators
WANO
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
Mongolia
X
X
Japan
EAS
ECT
X
DPR Korea
X
X
China
X
X
Corss-bordertrade
APP-CDC
EnergyEfficiency
Forumfor Nuclear Cooperationin Asia
X
Renewableenergy
East Asia Summit
EnergyCharterTreaty
X
Electricpower
Asia-PacificPartnershipon Clean
Developmentand Climate
APERC
Petroleumfuels
Asia Pacific EnergyResearch Centre
Acronym
Energy
Name of initiative
Economicandothers
Multilateral Energy Cooperation in North-East Asia
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
Note:X-denotes membership;O-denotes observer status. ECNEA, Five Year Strategy, p.65, Annex 8.
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Potential for regional cooperation
Improved Energy Security
Reducing environmental
impacts
Renewable
energy
Energy efficiency
Cleaner use of
fossil fuels
Enhancing
mutual
benefits
Infrastructure
interconnection
and energy trade
Main massages and recommended action
•Making a renewed and more effective institutional design for energy
cooperation
•Upgrading the political level of energy cooperation
•Increasing the use of the lowest-carbon emitting fossil fuels
•Strengthening cooperation on cross-border energy infrastructure
•Strengthening cooperation for capacity building and R&D
•Encouraging transfer of technology and knowledge in the areas of energy
efficiency, renewable energy and cleaner fossil fuel combustion
Possible synergy with the rest of the
Asia-Pacific region
North-East Asia
Reducing energy and carbon intensity
of NEA economy
Improving energy efficiency,
renewable energy and cleaner use of
fossil fuels
Strengthening cooperation for
capacity building, R&D, technology
transfer
Asia-Pacific
• Contributing to regional scale-up of
new energy technologies and
techniques
• Contributing to lowering regional
demand for primary energy
• Contributing to mitigating GHG
emissions