Date: 30 May 2008
Time: 9:00 AM to 11:00 AM
Venue: Global Distance Learning Center, Asian Institute of Management
Clean Development Mechanism and the Energy Sector
On May 30, APC invited CDM experts/specialists and some private sector representatives to join the public sector group in a half-day discussion on exploring opportunities for CDM in the country through the experiences of Mr. Larry Asera. Mr. Asera was conferred the Pamana ng Pilipino award by President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo in recognition of his accomplishment as the founder of an international energy and environmental technology company specializing in the development of renewable energy resources to promote sustainable communities, among other achievements. Indeed, Mr. Asera’s presentation on renewable energy (RE) and his RE projects in Palawan, Aurora, Albay, and Panay Island further ignited the desire of LGUs to adopt clean technologies through renewable energy sources. As Ms. Marina Mallare, Program Coordinator of klima (Manila Observatory) clearly expressed, Mr. Asera’s presentation has allowed the audience to re-assess their perceptions on renewable energy technology. Shifting from conventional and “dirty” technology to clean technology can be viable and feasible through private-public partnerships and the private sector’s commitment to their SRIs or Social Responsibility Investments. In response, alluding to the literary classic Dante’s Inferno, Professor Bagadion of the AIM center for Development Management pronounced, “The portals of the future have opened.”
To culminate the event, the participants forwarded to APC some excellent policy recommendations on CDM which the APC commits to carefully studying. They have committed as well to preserve their ties and to actualize their plans promoting clean technologies and supporting CDM.
Clean Development Mechanism and the Energy Sector Primer
Download (.pdf) CDM Opportunities for the Philippines(.pdf)
AIM Policy Center
Konrad Adenauer Stiftung
Carlo Francis Raymundo
Anna Mae Tuazon
Anselmo Noe Salang III
Jesselynn de la Cruz
May 2008
Mr. Larry Asera
Asera Group, Inc.