2022.11.10 THU

17:00 - 18:30

Japan-Malaysia City to City Carbon Neutral Collaborations – Celebrating the 40th Anniversary of the Look East Policy (LEP)

Organizer

Institute for Global Environmental Strategies(IGES)
University of Technology Malaysia (UTM)
Ministry of the Environment, Japan (MoEJ)

Seminar abstract

Since Former Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad introduced “Look East Policy” in 1982, this year is the 40th year anniversary. There are collaborations on climate actions, especially city to city collaborations towards carbon neutral society. This side event focuses on collaborate climate actions between Japan and Malaysia and we will discuss the “way forward”.

【Agenda of the Event】
Opening Remarks

• TAKAHASHI Yasuo Executive Director, IGES (In person)
• Hishamuddin Mohd Ali Deputy Vice Chancellor, University Technology Malaysia (UTM) (Video Message)

Welcome Remark

• ONO Hiroshi Vice-Minister for Global Environmental Affairs, Ministry of the Environment, Japan (MOEJ)(In person)

Case study 1: "Kuala Lumpur and Tokyo Metropolitan Government/ Saitama City"

• Datuk Seri Mahadi Che Ngha Mayor of Kuala Lumpur City Iskandar (Online)
• CHIBA Toshiko Climate Change Policy Specialist and Director, Climate Change and Energy Division, Bureau of Environment, Tokyo Metropolitan
  Government (Online)

Framework presentation

• Ho Chin Siong Professor, Universiti Tecknologi Malaysia (UTM)(In person)
• FUJINO Junichi Principal Researcher, IGES (In person)

Case study 2: "Iskandar Malaysia/ Johor Bahru City and Kyoto City"

• KADOKAWA Daisaku Mayor of Kyoto City (Video Message)
• DATO' DR BADRUL HISHAM BIN KASSIM Chief Executive, Iskandar Regional Development Authority (In person)

Discussions: “How local case studies accelerate national and global actions from perspectives of Youth”

• Choo Hui Hong Assistant Vice President, Resilient Environment, IRDA (In person)
• Hiroyoshi Uchida Principal Policy Advocacy Advisor, Climate Youth Japan (CYJ) (In person)
• Haruki Yamamoto Chief of Events for Youth, Climate Youth Japan (CYJ) (In person)

Speakers

【Local Speakers】

• TAKAHASHI Yasuo（Institute for Global Environmental Strategies(IGES)） Executive Director
• ONO Hiroshi（Ministry of the Environment, Japan (MoEJ)） Vice-Minister for Global Environmental Affairs
• Ho Chin Siong（Universiti Tecknologi Malaysia (UTM)） Professor
• DATO' DR BADRUL HISHAM BIN KASSIM（Iskandar Regional Development Authority） Chief Executive
• Choo Hui Hong（Resilient Environment, IRDA） Assistant Vice President
• Hiroyoshi Uchida（Climate Youth Japan (CYJ)） Principal Policy Advocacy Advisor
• Haruki Yamamoto（Climate Youth Japan (CYJ)） Chief of Events for Youth
• FUJINO Junichi（Institute for Global Environmental Strategies(IGES)） Programme Director at Integrated Sustainability Centre

【Online Speakers】

• Hishamuddin Mohd Ali（University Technology Malaysia (UTM) ） Deputy Vice Chancellor
• Datuk Seri Mahadi Che Ngha（Kuala Lumpur City） Mayor
• CHIBA Toshiko（Climate Change Policy Specialist and Director） Climate Change and Energy Division, Bureau of Environment, Tokyo Metropolitan Government
• KADOKAWA Daisaku（Kyoto City） Mayor

Session Summary

Since Former Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad introduced “Look East Policy” in 1982, this year is the 40th year anniversary. There are collaborations on climate actions, especially city to city collaborations towards carbon neutral society. This side event focuses on collaborate climate actions between Japan and Malaysia and we will discuss the “way forward”.
IGES has conducted research activities on low/zero carbon scenarios/roadmaps development with University Technology Malaysia (UTM) using Asia-Pacific Integrated Model (AIM) models and other organisations more than 10 years at national and local levels. Now it is time to take actions and we will introduce our best practices through these activities.

Message and Results

The Zero Carbon Cooperation activities in Kuala Lumpur and the Wangsamaju district in the northeastern part of the city, which are being carried out with the support of the Ministry of Environment’s Decarbon Cities Collaboration Project, and in the city of Kyoto and the Iskandar Development Authority/Johor Bahru, which are working toward a Zero Carbon City, were shared. In the panel discussion, the panelists discussed what are the key points for the horizontal development of these good practices from the youth perspective for the next development.
https://www.iges.or.jp/en/events/202211101700