Through this Declaration the ASEAN Members States agreed to concert their efforts in order to promote peace, progress, prosperity and the welfare of the peoples of member states. The objective is to consolidate the achievements of ASEAN and expand ASEAN cooperation in the economic (including cooperation on energy), social, cultural and political fields.

In this Agreement, the ASEAN Member Countries agree to cooperate in the efficient development and use of all forms of energy, whether commercial, non-commercial, renewable or non-renewable. The range of cooperation will include planning, development, manpower training, information exchange, efficiency and conservation, supply and disposal.

This Protocol aims to enhance the ASEAN Centre for Energy to ensure that it serves as a high-performing institution which builds a coherent, coordinated, focused and robust energy policy agenda and strategy for ASEAN and to fulfill three critical roles: (i) advance ASEAN energy goals; (ii) function as an energy data and knowledge hub; and (iii) serve as an ASEAN energy think tank.

An Agreement to establish an ASEAN Centre for Energy (hereinafter referred to as the "Centre") beginning on 1 January 1999.

The Kyrgyz Republic, Tajikistan, Afghanistan and Pakistan are pursuing the development of electricity trading arrangements and the establishment of a Central Asia - South Asia Regional Electricity Market (CASAREM). A key aim of the CASAREM initiative is the proposed development of a cross-border electrical interconnection linking all four countries to facilitate the transfer of surplus power from the Kyrgyz Republic and Tajikistan, southwards to Afghanistan and Pakistan. The first phase of CASAREM is to establish the necessary transmission and trading infrastructure and systems to enable a trade of 1000 to 1300 MW of electricity between Central Asia and South Asia, and referred to as “CASA-1000”. The purpose of this ESIA/ESMP is to use existing relevant environmental and social information for the CASA 1000 project and assess project impacts and proposed mitigation and management measures. A key part of the ESIA/ESMP is the purchase of new 6 m resolution satellite imagery for the entire CASA 1000 route to augment existing baseline information. No new field investigations were conducted at this feasibility stage due to a variety of reasons including timing, logistics, feasibility and security. Specific objectives of this ESIA/ESMP are to: - Produce one document summarizing all environmental and social information available for the CASA 1000 project; - Evaluate project related social and environmental impacts and their associated mitigation measures; - Produce environmental and social alignment sheets that document environmental and social concerns along the entire 1200 km ROW corridor of the CASA-1000 project; - Identify data gaps at this project feasibility stage; - Prepare a feasibility-level environmental and social management plan that will form part of construction contract documents and form the basis of more detailed ESMPs that will follow during design and construction stages; - Provide guidance on public consultation for the CASA-1000 project during the summer of 2011; and, - Prepare a generic framework for Land Acquisition and Resettlement Plan for each of the four CASAREM countries and the preparation of individual plans once final route selection has been decided.

The CASA-1000 Project demonstrates landmark cooperation among the Kyrgyz Republic, Tajikistan, Pakistan, and Afghanistan. The modern and efficient CASA-1000 electricity transmission system will help transform the region and signify an important step toward realizing the planned Central Asia-South Asia Regional Electricity Market (CASAREM).

Through this Memorandum of Understanding, the Parties agreed that the CASA-1000 Project should be developed on the basis that it must be economically viable and sustainable for all Parties. The Project includes exports of electricity from the Kyrgyz Republic and Republic of Tajikistan to Islamic Republic of Afghanistan and Islamic Republic of Pakistan.

Vanuatu anticipates many impacts from climate change on its society, economy, environment and human health and Vanuatu through the Ministry of Climate Change is actively cooperating with United Nations agencies and international partners to assess these effects and develop appropriate plans through climate change adaptation and mitigation. Vanuatu’s adaptation plans and programmes intends to support progress towards the country’s national development priorities and the goal of environmental sustainability, by ensuring that a focus on reducing vulnerabilities and risks is incorporated into planning and activities across all sectors of the economy and society. Vanuatu is also keen to reduce its reliance on fossil fuels for the energy needs. The National Energy Road Map, which sets out a clear strategy and action plan for the development and use of alternative and sustainable energy sources, has an ambitious goal of reducing the country’s high reliance on imported fossil fuel by meeting 65% of its electricity needs from renewable energy sources.

The Energy Ministers of member economies of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum, met in Beijing, People’s Republic of China on 2 September 2014, under the theme of “Joining Hands Toward Sustainable Energy Development in the Asia-Pacific Region. The Meeting dealt with, a.o., energy security, sustainable development, low-carbon energy and clean energy, exploration of cooperation on conventional and non conventional energy sources, energy efficiency.

Viet Nam’s INDC includes a mitigation and an adaptation component. The mitigation component includes both unconditional and conditional contributions. The unconditional contributions are measures that will be implemented using domestic resources, while the conditional contributions are measures that could be implemented if new and additional international financial support, technology transfer and capacity building are received. The adaptation component describes the climate change adaptation actions that are currently being implemented. It also identifies adaptation gaps in terms of institutional and policy arrangements, financing, human resource capacity and technology and prioritized adaptation measures for the 2021-2030 period. It is estimated that the national budget will be able to meet approximately one third of the financial needs to implement adaptation measures in this period, and will seek international support and private sector investment for the remainder. Viet Nam’s INDC has been developed with the participation and contributions from different line ministries, non-governmental organisations, research institutions, business sector representatives as well as international development partners. Through this INDC, Viet Nam reaffirms its willingness to respond to climate change and contribute to the objective of the UNFCCC. Viet Nam believes its contribution is fair and ambitious, feasible and achievable. It is committed to continuing to address climate change based on domestic resources and international support.