South Korea: Promotion Act for New & Renewable Energy Development, Utilization & Dissemination + Formation of Market Demand for Renewable Energy and Improvement in its Economics (Alternative Energy Act)

Philippines: Investment Priorities Plan (IPP)

This plan outlines the sectors in which the Filipino government is actively promoting investment with incentives and a favorable regulatory framework. Activities promoted include the development of alternative energy sources and natural gas resources, as well as, for example, manufacturing items for export and building housing developments.

Date Implemented: 2004

Status: In Force; Voluntary

Philippines: Electric Power Industry Reform Act

Philippines: National Energy Efficiency and Conservation Program

Philippines: Medium-Term Philippine Development Plan (MTPDP)

Five-point national development agenda.

Date Implemented: 2004-2010

Targets: one of the goals of the agenda is energy independence: 60% self-sufficiency level in 2010

Philippines: Philippine Energy Plan

Philippines: Buhay Award

The government initiated the Buhay award in order to recognize those companies, individuals, groups and institutions which had voluntarily taken measures to reduce their GHG emissions. The hope was to demonstrate that energy conservation and GHG reductions are beneficial to both the environment and the business.

Date Implemented: 1998

Status: In Force; Voluntary

Philippines: Strategy for Sustainable Development (PSSD)

The concept for the Sustainable Development Strategy includes integration of environmental consideration in decision-making, proper pricing of natural resources, conservation of biodiversity, rehabilitation of ecosystems, control of population growth and human resources development, inducing growth in rural areas, promotion of environmental education, strengthening citizens’ participation, and promoting small to medium sized enterprises and sustainable agricultural and forestry practices.

Pakistan: National Environmental Policy

Pakistan: Increasing Natural Gas share in the energy mix

CNG has been introduced as an alternative in the transport sector.  During the 1990s the government provided incentives to the private sector to promote CNG as an alternative fuel, and as of 2003, Pakistan was the largest CNG consumer country in Asia.  Other initiatives were under consideration (2003) to expand the policy, including introducing a fleet of CNG buses, using further incentives to replace polluting diesel with CNG and expanding the use of natural gas in the power sector as well.