クリーン経済、４事業立ち上げ　脱炭素支援へ４９億円―ＩＰＥＦ閣僚会合

　【ワシントン時事】日米、オーストラリアなど１４カ国が参加するインド太平洋経済枠組み（ＩＰＥＦ）の閣僚会合が１４日、オンラインで開かれた。「クリーン経済」分野で、持続可能な航空燃料の流通促進などの４事業を立ち上げることで合意。日米韓、オーストラリアが、新興国などの脱炭素化支援の基金に計３３００万ドル（４９億円）を拠出することを確認した。
　米商務省によると、昨年１１月に実質妥結した「クリーン経済」「公正な経済」の２分野と、今年２月に発効した「供給網」を巡って協議。残る「貿易」は交渉を続ける。６月にシンガポールで対面での閣僚会合を開くことも決めた。（2024/03/15-06:55）

Ministers from the 14 countries discussing the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework for Prosperity agreed Thursday to launch four projects in the area of clean economy, such as promoting the distribution of sustainable aviation fuel, or SAF.
   Meanwhile, ministers from Japan, the United States, South Korea and Australia, all IPEF countries, agreed to contribute a total of 33 million dollars to a fund to help emerging economies decarbonize.
   According to the U.S. Commerce Department, the 14 countries held virtual discussions on clean economy and fair economy, for which substantial conclusions had been reached last November, as well as on supply chains, on which a deal had entered into effect last month.
   They agreed to continue negotiations in the area of trade. They also decided to hold an in-person ministerial meeting in Singapore in June.
   The 14 countries confirmed progress in a Japan-led joint project to utilize hydrogen, which was agreed on last May.