Concluding Remarks to the Seventh Asian Geothermal Symposium

Abstract

On behalf of the National Advanced Institute of Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Japan, this paper gives concluding remarks to the Seventh Asian Geothermal Symposium and acknowledgements to all the supporting organizations and participants. Whether preferable or not, we Asian countries inevitably share the same global environmental issue and the same energy security problem in the current borderless world. Attention is here drawn to two urgent aspects in relation to the necessity of geothermal developments. One is that the global warming is already advancing as serious expressions such as unusual climate, desertification and sea level rise. The other is that a serious threat of the final oil crisis is closing within the earlier half of the 21-century. These trends inevitably accelerate geothermal development all over Asia. Efforts like the Seventh Asian Geothermal Symposium could be believed foresight to the future Asia.