Objective
The Energy Resiliency Task Force, herein referred to as the “ERTF,” was established upon the instructions of the Energy Ministers during the 12th Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Energy Ministers’ Meeting (EMM12) held in Cebu, Philippines on 13 October 2015.
Its objective is to implement the Energy Ministers’ instructions to promote energy resiliency in the APEC region anchored on the four strategic priority sub-themes identified in the Cebu Declaration, the outcome document of the EMM 12, to wit:
(1) Climate-proofing energy infrastructures;
(2) Providing an avenue for cutting-edge energy efficient technologies;
(3) Advocating community-based clean energy use in energy poverty-stricken areas; and,
(4) Improving energy-related trade and investment in APEC.
Energy resiliency, as defined in the Cebu Declaration, is the ability and quality of energy infrastructure and facilities to withstand extreme natural and man-made disasters and other climate change impacts, to recover and return to normal conditions in a timely and efficient manner and to build back better.