Informal Document No WP 29 142 18 142

Informal Document No. WP. 29 -142 -18 (142 nd WP. 29, 26 -29 June 2007, agenda item 10. 6. Summary of the G 8 Decisions at 2007 G 8 Summit Takao Onoda International Energy Agency WP 29, Geneva, June 2007 © OECE/IEA (2007) INTERNATIONAL ENERGY AGENCE INTERNATIONALE DE L’ENERGIE

2007 G 8 Summit l l From June 6 to 8, the G 8 leaders met for their annual summit in Heiligendamm, Germany. Summit declaration on Growth and responsibility in the world economy, among other documents, was published at the G 8 Summit. http: //www. g-8. de/Webs/G 8/EN/G 8 Summit/g 8 -summit. html INTERNATIONAL ENERGY AGENCE INTERNATIONALE DE L’ENERGIE

The G 8 Decisions concerning the IEA l l Move forward with implementing the Gleneagles and St. Petersburg Action Plans, thereby retaining and supporting the IEA’s close involvement. Take forward the concrete recommendations on energy efficiency presented by the IEA and consider drawing on these when preparing national energy efficiency plans. Ask the IEA to continue to … make proposals for effective international co-operation. Invite the IEA … to increase the dialogue with the major emerging economies on more efficient energy policies and develop guidance mechanisms. INTERNATIONAL ENERGY AGENCE INTERNATIONALE DE L’ENERGIE

IEA concrete recommendations l l l 12 recommendations to the 2007 G 8 2 recommendations on transport sector Those are: Ø Ø Mandatory Fuel Efficiency Standards for Light -duty Vehicles Implementing Measures for Deployment of Fuel Efficient Tyres http: //www. iea. org/G 8/docs/recommendations_heiligendamm. pdf INTERNATIONAL ENERGY AGENCE INTERNATIONALE DE L’ENERGIE

Implementing Measures for Deployment of Fuel Efficient Tyres l l Governments should adopt new international test procedures for measuring the rolling resistance of tyres to set maximum rolling resistance limits and for road-vehicle tyre labeling. All governments, in cooperation with international organisations including UNECE, should make the fitting of tyre-pressure monitoring systems on new road vehicles mandatory. http: //www. iea. org/G 8/docs/final_recommendations_heiligendamm. pdf INTERNATIONAL ENERGY AGENCE INTERNATIONALE DE L’ENERGIE

The G 8 Decisions concerning Transport l Monitor the implementation of the necessary measures and discuss progress at two-year intervals during the Environmentally Friendly Vehicles Conference the results of which shall be reported to G 8 -leaders, l. . . INTERNATIONAL ENERGY AGENCE INTERNATIONALE DE L’ENERGIE

IEA’s Activities towards the 2008 G 8 Summit l Workshop on Fuel efficiency for HDVs Standards and Other Policy instrument was held on 21 -22 June with kind contributions from various parties including European Community, India and Japan. http: //www. iea. org/Textbase/workshopdetail. asp? WS_ID=306 l Workshop on eco-driving will be held in Paris on 22 -23 November. INTERNATIONAL ENERGY AGENCE INTERNATIONALE DE L’ENERGIE

Thank you for your attention! Takao. onoda@iea. org INTERNATIONAL ENERGY AGENCE INTERNATIONALE DE L’ENERGIE