Year			Event			Action
1989			APEC Established November Canberra, Australia			Ministers agree to begin national scoping work on, among other issues: energy, fisheries and marine pollution.
1990			Singapore Joint Statement			Establish 7 point work program, including, Human Resource Development, Energy Cooperation, and Marine Resource Conservation.
1991			Seoul Declaration			Defines scope of APEC activities. Firmly places regional cooperation, equity, and sustainable growth on APEC agenda.
1993			First Leaders' Summit November Blake Island, United States			Sustainable Development Dialogue Initiated Canadian Prime Minister Chretien calls for the 'Greening of APEC' and a meeting of APEC Environment Ministers Philippine President Ramos calls for a conference on creative financing of sustainable development Blake Island Declaration: "Our environment is improved as we protect the quality of our air, water and green spaces and manage our energy resources and renewable resources to ensure sustainable growth.."
1994			First Environment Ministerial March Vancouver, Canada Environment/Economic Experts Meeting August Hualien, Chinese Taipei Leaders & Ministerial Meetings November Bogor, Indonesia			Produces "Framework of Principles for Integrating Economy and Environment in APEC" and the "APEC Environmental Vision Statement" Consultation on how to implement the Principles for Integrating Environment and Economy in APEC Approved Sustainable Development Framework of Principles and Vision Statement Economic Committee is formed Japan submits 3Es proposal Leaders' task SOM and Working Groups to study suggestions and report on their progress to achieve these goals at the next ministerial.
1995			Senior Officials Meeting I February Fukuoka, Japan Leaders & Ministerial Meetings November Osaka, Japan			Senior Officials direct Working Groups and Committees to: integrate environmental considerations into their activities; provide direction to Economic Committee to address environment/economy issues; include progress on environment related activities in regular reports to the SOM. Implementation of Sustainable Development Initiatives Leaders task the SOM to address cross-cutting issues (Food, Energy, Environment, Economic Growth, Population- FEEEP) on the overall agenda. SOM tasks Economic Committee to oversee the implementation of FEEP. Confirmed consensus that environment should not be confined to a separate working group, but integrated into all working group activities.
1996			Senior Environmental Officials Meeting March Vancouver, Canada APEC Environment Experts Meeting June Quezon City, Philippines Sustainable Development Ministerial July Manila, Philippines Environment/ Economic Officials Meeting October Montebello, Canada Informal SOM November 20th Manila, Philippines			Identified priority areas for environmental cooperation in APEC Identified Sustainable Cities, Clean Production/Clean Technology, and Protection of the Marine Environment as common priority areas for regional cooperation. Examined and evaluated the potential use of innovative mechanisms to support sustainable development in APEC. Developed Action Programme for Cooperation on Three Priority Areas (Sustainable Cities, Clean Pacific Initiative, and Clean Production/Clean Technologies) Called for a stocktaking of these issues as a next step. Consensus Building Reviewed progress on Sustainable Development Initiatives and reaffirmed consensus. Produced a Set of Conclusions in Support of April Senior Environment Officials Meeting. Cross-Cutting Mechanism Expected to direct an annual SOM to review APEC cross-cutting sustainable development initiatives, as recommended by Environment Minister in July, 1996.
1997			Environment Ministers Meeting May, 1997 Vancouver, Canada			Goal is to provide a forum for Ministers to advance APEC's three Sustainable Development priority areas as well as to influence the APEC Leaders' meeting and other APEC fora. Focus on concrete, action oriented deliverables. Greater involvement of NGOs, business, public-private partnerships.