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ClimateTech in Focus: Artificial Intelligence for Sustainability

Tuesday, February 10, 2026 Publications
With contributions from more than 120 experts across 28 countries and regions, including 26 heads of state and ministerial-level officials, the report examines how AI is increasingly embedded across energy systems, infrastructure, manufacturing, logistics, finance, certification, education, and public governance. It analyzes how AI is transforming climate mitigation and adaptation in practice, and what is required to translate technical capability into scalable sustainability outcomes. Rather than treating AI as a standalone technological breakthrough, the report emphasizes its role in reducing uncertainty, improving decision quality, and aligning complex systems under real-world constraints. The report highlights that while AI capabilities are advancing rapidly, their deployment in...

Asia-Pacific Economic Profiles 2025: Economy and Digital Commerce in Asia Pacific: Public Policies, Governance Models, and Challenges for Chile

Tuesday, February 10, 2026 Publications
This report examines the principal trends shaping digital commerce in the Asia-Pacific region, with a focus on Australia, China, the Republic of Korea, and Singapore, in order to derive...

PECC Standing Committee Endorses Mission Statement

Thursday, December 04, 2025 Issues
At its Standing Committee meeting in August 2025, the Pacific Economic Cooperation Council (PECC) endorsed the Mission Statement, reaffirming the Council’s role in advancing regional cooperation in...

CANCPEC, AusPECC International Project – Report Release on Modernizing Digital Trade

Monday, December 01, 2025 Publications
When the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) entered into force in 2018, Chapter 14 on Electronic Commerce represented a forward-looking approach to digital...

Pacific Currents

Trump Reciprocal Tariffs and Mitigating Global Recession: Role of ASEAN for the Soft-landing Option
Shandre Mugan Thangavelu, Christopher Findlay

Global value chains: From fruitful discussions to meaningful actions
Juan Navarro, Associate Faculty, Royal Roads University

Climate change in SOTR
Christopher Findlay, Tilak Doshi and Eduardo Pedrosa

Digital Technologies, Services and the Fourth Industrial Revolutions
Submitted by Jane Drake-Brockman, Christopher Findlay, Yose Rizal Damuri and Sherry Stephenson 

COVID-19 has Exposed Major Gaps in our Social Safety Nets: In a Post-COVID World Will these Gaps be Closed?
Hugh Stephens
Vice Chair, CANCPEC; Distinguished Fellow, Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada; Executive Fellow, School of Public Policy at the University of Calgary

 

 

Member Updates

PECC Signature Project: Addressing Labor Shortages in the Asia-Pacific

The Asia-Pacific region faces a pressing challenge: declining birth rates and aging populations are shrinking the workforce and threatening long-term growth. East Asia already records some of the world’s lowest fertility rates, while emerging economies are projected to experience similar...

CANCPEC: Ambassador Don Campbell Appointed to the Order of Canada

On June 30, 2025, former CANCPEC Chair Donald. W Campbell was appointed to the Order of Canada, one of Canada’s highest honours which recognizes people across all sectors of society who have made extraordinary and sustained contributions to the country. Ambassador Campbell is a highly respected...

Strengthening Academic and Regional Ties

On Monday, 2 June 2025, we hosted a distinguished delegation from Universidad Panamericana, Mexico City: 🔹 Dr. Santiago García Álvarez, President 🔹 Dr. Héctor Xavier Ramírez Pérez, Vice-Dean 🔹 Mr. Gerson Garudno, CEO, Singapore-Mexico Chamber of Commerce The delegation visited the PECC...

CANCPEC: Amb. Jonathan T. Fried appointed as the new CANCPEC Chair

The Canadian National Committee for Pacific Economic Cooperation (CANCPEC) is pleased to announce the appointment of Amb. Jonathan T. Fried to succeed Amb. Donald W. Campbell as Chair of CANCPEC, effective June 1, 2025. Amb. Campbell has served as Chair of CANCPEC since 2011 and was concurrently...

CNCPEC: PECC Co-Chair and CNCPEC Chair Amb. Zhan Yongxin attended the 2024 Global Ocean Development Forum

On October 24th, the 2024 Global Ocean Development Forum was held in Qingdao, China. Amb. Zhan Yongxin, Co-Chair of PECC and Chair of CNCPEC attended "East Asia Maritime Cooperation Platform Qingdao Dialogue" of the forum and delivered a speech. Amb. Zhan was also interviewed by Shandong People's...

AusPECC: Mr Arjuna Nadaraja appointed as the new AusPECC chair

Mr Arjuna Nadaraja succeeds Mr Christopher Langman as the Chair of the Australian PECC committee (AUSPECC). Mr Arjuna recently retired after an extensive career as an Australian trade official with deep experience on regional economic issues, including services trade negotiations, services...

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Issues

PECC attends APEC Finance Ministers' Meeting and...

Monday, November 03, 2025

Youth Voices Shape PECC’s Future

Thursday, October 23, 2025

The 32nd PECC General Meeting Concludes

Monday, September 29, 2025

2025 PECC Yeouido Declaration

Tuesday, September 02, 2025

Dr. Karen Pitakdumrongkit speaks at Digital...

Monday, June 16, 2025

Dr. Kaewkamol Pitakdumrongkit speaks at ISEAS...

Tuesday, April 08, 2025

PECC Appoints Dr Kaewkamol (Karen)...

Monday, January 27, 2025

PECC Seminar on Responsible Adoption of...

Wednesday, December 11, 2024

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Publications

ClimateTech in Focus: Artificial Intelligence...

Asia-Pacific Economic Profiles 2025: Economy and...

CANCPEC, AusPECC International Project – Report...

State of the Region 2025-2026

Export Facilitation More Effective Than...

Asia Pacific Economic Profiles 2024: Asia...

ClimateTech in Focus: Innovations for a greener...

State of the Region 2024-2025

State of the Region 2023-2024 (Supplement)

State of the Region 2023 - 2024

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PECC XX: Youth Delegate Program

 

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Program of PECC Youth Delegates

27 – 30 September 2011

The Madison Hotel, 1177 15th Street, NW, Washington, DC


27 September

17:50-20:00

Student Delegates arrive and check in at The Madison Hotel

Student Delegates attend PECC Welcome Reception, Constitution Salon A

 

 

28 September

08:00

08:30 – 11:45

11:45

12:00 - 13:00

14:00

17:00

19:00

 

Gather in Madison Hotel Lobby, and Depart for Johns Hopkins University,
School of Advanced International Studies (on foot)

Breakfast and National Bureau of Asian Research Seminar: Strategic Asia 2011-12:
Asia Responds to Its Rising Powers-China and India, Johns Hopkins University SAIS

Return to Madison Hotel

Luncheon program of PECC Standing Committee, Dolley Madison Ballroom

Depart Madison Hotel via bus for guided tour of Washington, DC

Return to Madison Hotel

Dinner program – PECC General Meeting, Dolley Madison Ballroom

 

 

29 September

08:00 – 09:00

09:00 – 12:00

12:00 – 14:00

14:00 – 17:00

18:00 – 20:00

 

Continental Breakfast – Constitution B

Youth Delegates attend PECC Plenary and Concurrent Sessions

Luncheon program of PECC General Meeting

PECC Plenary Session resumes

Youth Delegates Working Dinner, EWCW Conference Room

 

 

30 September

08:00 – 09:00

09:00 – 12:00

 

Continental Breakfast – Constitution B

Concluding Meeting of PECC Standing Committee – Youth Delegates deliver report
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