Mechanisms 20th Tripartite Environment Ministers Meeting in Suzhou, China
2018-06-23 ~ 2018-06-24
The 20th Tripartite Environment Ministers Meeting was held in Suzhou, China on June 23-24, 2018. Minister LI Ganjie of the Ministry of
Ecology and Environment of China, Minister NAKAGAWA Masaharu of the Ministry of the Environment of Japan, Minister KIM Eunkyung of
the Ministry of Environment of ROK led the delegations to participate in the meeting. TCS delegation headed by DSG YAMAMOTO Yasushi
and DSG HAN Mei also attended as an observer.
At the open forum, the ministers delivered keynote speeches on each country’s domestic policies, actions and progress in environmental
protection which covered air quality, biodiversity, chemical management, climate change, etc. They listened to the report from the
sub-forum representatives and awarded 6 winners (2 from each country) the TEMM20 Special Contribution Award. Following the open forum,
the three ministers had a closed-door meeting to discuss further on tripartite environmental cooperation to tackle current challenges and
build a cleaner Northeast Asia.
TEMM is the longest-standing and most institutionalized tripartite minister-level mechanism incepted in 1999. To celebrate the 20th anniversary,
the TCS published the TEMM20 Anniversary brochure with support from the three ministries, and the China-ASEAN Environmental Cooperation
Center. The brochure which aims to raise public awareness of tripartite environmental cooperation was welcomed by the ministers. In addition, the
ministers recognized with appreciation the role of the TCS in advancing trilateral environmental cooperation and expected its broader participation
in the TEMM mechanism.
As an international organization to promote peace and common prosperity among China, Japan, and ROK, the TCS will spare no effort to
support tripartite environmental cooperation under TEMM.
*The TEMM20 Anniversary Brochure in Chinese, Japanese, Korean and English can be downloaded at TCS Publications.
Documents
- Joint Communiqué of the 25th Tripartite Environment Ministers Meeting Among Korea, China and Japan
- Joint Communiqué of the 24th Tripartite Environment Ministers Meeting Among Japan, Korea and China
- Joint Communiqué of the 23rd Tripartite Environment Ministers Meeting Among Korea, China and Japan
- Joint Communique for the 22nd Tripartite Environment Ministers Meeting Among Korea, China and Japan (TEMM)
- Joint Communique for the 21st Tripartite Environment Ministers Meeting Among Korea, China and Japan (TEMM)
- Joint Communiqué of the 20th Tripartite Environment Ministers Meeting Among Korea, China and Japan (TEMM)
- Joint Communiqué of the 19th Tripartite Environment Ministers Meeting Among Korea, China and Japan
- Joint Communique of the 18th Tripartite Environment Ministers Meeting Among Korea, China and Japan (TEMM)