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The meeting will provide an opportunity for groups of governments and other participants to announce actions to accelerate deployment of clean energy technologies. The agenda of the Clean Energy Ministerial will focus on concrete steps forward to promote clean energy.

U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu will host the first-ever Clean Energy Ministerial in Washington, DC, bringing together ministers and stakeholders from more than 20 countries to launch or join new initiatives that will accelerate the world’s transition to clean energy technologies. Government delegations will meet on Monday, July 19. On Tuesday, July 20, ministers, CEOs and other clean energy leaders will discuss their experiences and announce joint initiatives in a Public Forum.

The meeting grows out of a Global Partnership launched by the leaders of the Major Economies Forum.

The countries attending represent 70 percent of global greenhouse gas emissions, 80 percent of global gross domestic product and 80 percent of the global market for clean energy technologies.

In July of 2009, the Leaders of the Major Economies Forum on Energy and Climate (MEF), representing the 17 largest economies of the world, launched the Global Partnership for low-carbon and climate-friendly technologies. As an initial step, they requested a suite of plans, which now span ten climate-related technologies that together address more than 80% of the energy sector carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions reduction potential identified by the IEA. The Executive Summary summarizes the resulting menu of potential actions for all countries to consider in pursuit of the common goal of a global low-carbon economy.

The 17 major economies participating in the MEF are: Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, the European Union, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Korea, Mexico, Russia, South Africa, the United Kingdom, and the United States. Denmark, in its capacity as the President of the December 2009 Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, and the United Nations have also been invited to participate in this dialogue.

The announcement for the Clean Energy Ministerial says " The Major Economies Forum (MEF) Global Partnership’s Technology Action Plans, released in December 2009, provide a rich menu of possible actions generated by experts from a diverse group of governments. Many other actions are possible as well. By joining together in groups large and small, governments and other stakeholders can help overcome barriers, and speed the adoption of clean energy technologies."

Details of the action plans are available:

• Advanced Vehicles Technology Action Plan (PDF 1.61 MB)
• Bioenergy Technology Action Plan (PDF 1.28 MB)
• Carbon Capture, Use & Storage Technology Action Plan (PDF 1.34 MB)
• Cross Cutting R&D Global Gaps in Clean Energy Research, Development, and Demonstration (PDF 2.82 MB)
• Energy Efficiency - Buildings Sector Technology Action Plan (PDF 1.20 MB)
• Energy Efficiency - Industrial Sector Technology Action Plan (PDF 1.38 MB)
• High-Efficiency, Low-Emissions (HELE) Coal Technologies Technology Action Plan (PDF 713 KB)
• Marine Energy Technology Action Plan (PDF 719 KB)
• Smart Grids Technology Action Plan (PDF 3.49 MB)
• Advanced Vehicles Technology Action Plan (PDF 1.61 MB)
• Bioenergy Technology Action Plan (PDF 1.28 MB)
• Solar Energy Technology Action Plan (PDF 2.75 MB)
• Wind Energy Technology Action Plan (PDF 2.54 MB)

Note:

The Technology Action Plans - Executive Summary  is available at http://www.majoreconomiesforum.org/images/stories/documents/MEF%20Exec%20Summary%2014Dec2009.pdf.