The Sydney Apec Leaders’ Declaration On Climate Change, Energy Security And Clean Development, released on Sunday 9th, didn’t hold much of interest for the geothermal sector, except an agreement to “establish the Asia-Pacific Network for Energy Technology (APNet) to strengthen collaboration on energy research in the region.

Participation in the Network will be open to all research bodies in the APEC region. The aim of the Network will be to facilitate research linkages and co-operation in areas such as clean fossil energy and renewable energy. APNet will be inaugurated at a major energy research conference in 2008.” Could be one to watch out for next year.