The U.S Assistant Secretary for Energy Resources Geoffrey Pyatt is leading a delegation to Tokyo, for the third energy security dialogue between Japan and the United States.
Running from the 11th to 13th of December 2024, the third annual United States and Japan Energy Security Dialogue features discussions on energy security, investment opportunities in the clean energy sector, and regional energy cooperation between the two nations.
Assistant Secretary Pyatt, is accompanied by experts from the Department of State’s Bureau of Energy Resources, the Bureau of International Security Non-proliferation, the Department of Energy, and the U.S. Embassy in Tokyo.
The team will meet with the Japanese delegation led by Ministry of Foreign Affairs Director General Satoshi Katahira and Ministry of Economy, Trade, and Industry Director General Shinichi Kihara.
According to a press statement from the U.S Department of State, the dialogue in Japan will also include a significant private sector component.
The discussions are covering key areas of Japan and United States’ energy policy and diplomacy cooperation, including economic partnership under the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) as well as Japan’s Green Transformation (GX) law.
Other items on the agenda include addressing critical mineral supply chains through the Minerals Security Partnership (MSP), United States’ LNG exports, and continued efforts to fortify Ukraine’s energy sector against relentless Russian attacks.
The delegations will also discuss securing global energy flows and scaling up de-carbonization technologies as well as progress in deploying clean energy resources such as civil nuclear, renewables, and hydrogen.
Additionally, the discourse will review activities under the Japan and the United States’ Mekong Power Partnership (JUMPP), the Clean Energy Demand Initiative (CEDI), and other regional work to bolster energy security and energy sector transformation.
Meanwhile also the US Ambassador at large, Van Schaack is on an official trip in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, where she is meeting with members of the Ethiopian government, international justice advocates, and representatives of the African Union to advance transitional justice and accountability initiatives in Ethiopia and across Africa.
Ambassador Van Schaack will also speak at a conference hosted by the Institute for Security Studies and Ethiopian Ministry of Justice to discuss draft legislation to advance transitional justice in Ethiopia.
And in yet another development, Fulbright Amazonia Scholars are convening in Washington, D.C. to share their findings with scientists, researchers, government officials, and the public following 18 months of collaborative research to support sustainability in the Amazon Basin.
Fulbright Amazonia promotes innovative approaches that preserve the health of the Amazon and the well-being and traditions of its communities, building on the close collaboration between U.S. universities and counterpart institutions in the Amazon region.
The initiative, which furthers the collaborative work of nations committed to the region’s environmental sustainability, is open to scholars from the United States, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela.
Fulbright Amazonia is sponsored by the Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs with funding provided by the U.S. Government and the Fulbright Commission in Brazil, and directly supports efforts to foster a healthy and resilient Amazon basin through a collaborative research model.