Wahyu Dwi Anggoro
IDXChannel - The United States has committed to enhance its cooperation on energy transition and energy security with Japan.
According to data released by International Energy Agency (IEA), around 40 percent of global growth in energy demand will come from the Asia-Pacific region by 2050.
"How our two countries invest now in meeting our energy needs is going to impact the world for literally decades to come," said US Assistant Secretary of State for Energy Resources Geoffrey R Pyatt in a digital press briefing on Friday (13/10/2023).
"We’ve been working very closely with Japan in a variety of fora – the Indo-Pacific quad, G7, G20, the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework," he added.
Next week, the US-Japan Energy Security Dialogue will be held at Harvard University's Hoover Institution in Palo Alto, California.
US officials will promote the research and development sector in California, including a cutting-edge battery firm and some of the other research-based efforts that are underway in order to accelerate the energy transition.
"We want to make sure that we’re working as closely together as we possibly can to meet the challenge of climate change, but also to build the energy security of our countries and our societies," Pyatt stated.
"We both understand very clearly that the surest route to energy security is energy transition, and of course in California we’ll have an opportunity to see how rapidly that transition is unfolding here in the United States, but also some of the emerging challenges around issues like critical minerals and de-risking of clean technology supply chains," he explained.
The two countries launched the inaugural US-Japan Energy Security Dialogue in Tokyo in December 2023. (WHY)
