also met in Shanghai, China on October 26–27, 2009 where they discussed the accomplishments of the Partnership since the New Delhi Ministerial, and received the results of a report analyzing and evaluating the progress of the APP flagship projects. Criticism The Partnership has been criticized by environmentalists who have rebuked the proceedings as ineffectual without mandatory limits on greenhouse-gas emissions. A coalition of national environment groups and networks from all of the APP countries issued a challenge to their governments to make the APP meaningful by agreeing to mandatory targets, creating financial mechanisms with incentives for the dissemination of clean energy technologies, and create an action plan to overcome the key barriers to technology transfer. U.S. Senator John McCain said the Partnership "[amounted] to nothing more than a nice little public relations ploy.", while the Economist described the Partnership as "patent fig-leaf for the refusal of America and Australia to ratify Kyoto". Successes Proponents of the Partnership have lauded the APP's achievements since its inception in 2006. In its over three years, the Partnership has established a record of achievement in promoting collaboration between our governments and private sector in key energy-intensive sectors and activities. The Partnership has worked to develop and implement detailed action plans across key sectors of the energy economy, and to date has endorsed 175 collaborative projects including 22 flagship projects across all the seven Partner countries. These projects have, inter alia, helped power plant managers improve the efficiency of their operations, trained cement plant operators how to save energy at their facilities, assisted in pushing solar photovoltaics toward commercialization, and improved design, equipment and operations of buildings and appliances. The Partnership has been widely noted for its innovative work in public-private sector cooperation, and stands as an example of the benefits of international cooperative efforts in addressing climate change. References External links Asia-Pacific Partnership Website - Includes information on the work of the Partnership, individual Task Force and other meeting pages, and documents in all Partner languages Australian Department of Foreign Affairs Website Partnership Webpage - Includes documents China's Asia-Pacific Partnership Website - Includes documents in Chinese Japan's Asia-Pacific Partnership Website - Includes information in Japanese Korea's Asia-Pacific Partnership Website - Includes information in Korean U.S. Government's Asia-Pacific Partnership Website Joint Press Release: Asia-Pacific Partnership Sets New Path to Address Climate Change & China - The Lure of Cheap Coal Wikinews July 28, 2005 US