The Concept of the Low-Carbon Town in the APEC Region Final Report October, 2011 The APEC Low Carbon Model Town Task Force APEC Energy Working Group EWG 09/2010A Prepared by Asia Pacific Energy Research Centre Inui Building, Kachidoki, 1-13-1, Kachidoki, Chuo-ku, Tokyo, 104-0054, Japan Phone: (81) 3-5144-8551 E-mail:
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[email protected] Website: http://www.apec.org © 2011 APEC Secretariat APEC#211-RE-03.2 ISBN 978-4-931482-44-9 The Concept of the Low-Carbon Town in the APEC Region (Part I) Final Report October, 2011 The APEC Low Carbon Model Town Task Force APEC Energy Working Group The Concept of the Low-Carbon Town in the APEC Region Part I CONTENTS Acknowledgement Executive Summary Introduction Chapter 1 Background Chapter 2 The Concept of the Low Carbon Town Chapter 3 Basic Approach to Develop a Low-Carbon Town Chapter 4 Characterization of Towns and Low Carbon Measures Chapter 5 Summary Appendices Appendix 1 Low Carbon Target for APEC Economies Appendix 2 Low Carbon Measures and their Applicability Acknowledgement This report was compiled based on a preparatory study by the Task Force (TF) Japan, the team of Japanese low carbon town experts, under the guidance of Project Overseer of APEC Low Carbon Model Town (LCMT) Project, International Affairs Division, Agency for Natural Resources and Energy, Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI), Japan.