Fifth Clean Energy Ministerial (CEM5)
“Act Together, Think Creative”

The Fifth Clean Energy Ministerial (CEM5) continued in Seoul, Republic of Korea, on Tuesday, 13 May 2014. Ministers and senior officials met in a closed meeting to discuss clean energy, integration, energy efficiency and human capacity, and consider the CEM’s future areas of involvement.

Delegates heard a presentation by Greg Barker, Minister of State, Department of Energy and Climate Change, United Kingdom, on innovative energy finance mechanisms for supporting clean energy deployment. Barker stressed that clean energy finance will be critical to achieving a strong international climate agreement, and will require more work to be done before the 21st Conference of Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC COP 21) scheduled for November 2015.

Following this, delegates held a discussion about the CEM’s areas of focus, and agreed to set up three new work streams on the energy-water nexus, market accessibility of clean energy products, and clean energy finance. They also agreed to encourage greater participation of women in the clean energy sector, through increased support of the CEM’s Clean Energy Education and Empowerment (C3E) women’s initiative.

A "PlugFest" organized by the CEM’s Global Lighting and Energy Access Partnership (Global LEAP) initiative, exhibited appliances and brought together off-grid engineers and energy professionals to discuss interoperability challenges and collaboration.

In closing remarks, Yoon Sang-jick, Minister of Trade, Industry and Energy, Republic of Korea, thanked everyone for their support and participation. On behalf of Mexico as the host of CEM6, Leonardo Beltrán Rodríguez, Undersecretary of Planning and Energy Transition, Ministry of Energy, Mexico, looked forward to welcoming delegates to Mexico City in 2015. The meeting closed at 1.30 pm.

At a press conference later on Tuesday afternoon with Undersecretary Rodríguez and Minister Yoon, Ernest Moniz, Secretary of Energy, US, emphasized that clean energy is vital to energy security, especially in view of recent political events in eastern Europe. He noted that clean energy will also be important in helping countries meet their commitments to mitigating climate change.

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