2022.11.12 SAT

15:00 - 16:30

Japan’s contributions towards a decarbonised and resilient Asia

Organizer

Ministry of the Environment, Japan

Co-organizer

Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES)
National Institute for Environmental Studies (NIES)
Association of the Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN Secretariat)

Seminar abstract

The MOE Japan and the Asia-Pacific Integrated Model (AIM) project team have been supporting the development and update of nationally determined contributions (NDCs) and long-term strategies (LTS) in several countries in Asia including Japan. To promote actions on the ground, we have also been supporting cities in this region in devising their own strategies for carbon neutrality.
At the regional level, the ASEAN State of the Climate Change Report (ASCCR) was successfully released last year as a collaborative product of the ASEAN Secretariat and Japan. In response to the request of the continued support in this domain by the ASEAN Member States (AMS), the ASEAN Secretariat and Japan will work together in developing the ASEAN Climate Change Strategic Action Plan 2023-2030 (ACCSAP) by COP28 in 2023, building upon the ASEAN Working Group on Climate Change (AWGCC) Action Plan (AAP) 2019-2025 and sectoral action plans. The ACCSAP will play a key role in the development and update of NDCs and LTS to realise ASEAN’s long-term goal of achieving carbon neutrality and resiliency.
This side event aims to announce the development of the ACCSAP to the international community, and to consider how to bridge AIM and the ACCSAP in a holistic manner. The guiding document for ACCSAP development will be presented in the event to clarify the consultative development process and to seek for inputs from the audience. The latest progress on LTS development and updates by AMS with the use of AIM will also be shared.
In addition, this side event will highlight the AIM project team’s work in several ASEAN municipalities, introducing the developed quantitative future scenarios and the subsequent actions toward decarbonization taken as a result.

【Agenda of the Event】
Chairs:

• Dr. Vong Sok, Head of Environment Division, Assistant Director of Sustainable Development Director, ASEAN Secretariat
• Mr. MIZUTANI Yoshihiro, Director for International Cooperation for Transition to Decarbonization and Sustainable Infrastructure, Global Environment Bureau, Ministry of the Environment, Japan

• 1500～1505 Opening remarks Mr. TAKAHASHI Yasuo (Executive Director, IGES)
• 1505～1513 Framing presentation Dr. FUJINO Junichi (Programme Director, Integrated Sustainability Centre, IGES)

Session 1: Current status of ACCSAP development

• 1513～1529 ACCSAP overview Dr. Vong Sok (Head of Environment Division, Assistant Director of Sustainable Development Director, ASEAN Secretariat), Dr. ARINO Yosuke (Researcher, Strategic Management Office, & Project Leader (Mitigation and Adaptation Integration), IGES)
• 1529～1532 Photo session

Session 2: AIM’s support for each country

• 1532～1544 Viet Nam Dr. Luong Quang Huy (Department of Meteorology, Hydrology and Climate Change, Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment, Viet Nam), Dr. Nguyen Tung Lam (VNPI, Viet Nam)
• 1544～1600 Indonesia Prof. Rizaldi Boer (IPB, Indonesia), Prof. Retno Gumilang Dewi and Dr. Ucok WR. Siagian (ITB, Indonesia)
• 1600～1610 Thailand Prof. Bundit Limmeechokchai (SIIT-TU, Thailand)

Session 3: AIM’s support for cities in ASEAN

• 1610～1620 Mr. CHAU Loon Wai (UTM, Malaysia)
• 1620～1625 Q and A
• 1625～1630 Closing remarks Mr. ONO Hiroshi, Vice-Minister for Global Environmental Affairs, MOEJ

Speakers

【Local Speakers】

• Mr. ONO Hiroshi（MOEJ） Vice-Minister for Global Environmental Affairs
• Mr. MIZUTANI Yoshihiro（MOEJ） Director for International Cooperation for Transition to Decarbonization and Sustainable Infrastructure, Global Environment Bureau
• Dr. Von Sok（ASEAN Secretariat） Head of Environment Division, Assistant Director of Sustainable Development Director
• Dr. Luong Quang Huy（Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment, Vietnam）
• Mr. Loon Wai Chau（UTM, Malaysia）
• Mr. TAKAHASHI Yasuo（Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES)） Executive Director
• Dr. FUJINO Junichi（Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES)） Programme Director, Integrated Sustainability Centre
• Dr. ARINO Yosuke（Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES)） Researcher, Strategic Management Office, & Project Leader (Mitigation and Adaptation Integration)

【Online Speakers】

• Dr. Nguyen Tung Lam（VNPI, Viet Nam）
• Prof. Rizaldi Boer（IPB, Indonesia）
• Prof. Retno Gumilang Dewi （ITB, Indonesia）
• Dr. Ucok WR. Siagian（ITB, Indonesia）
• Prof. Bundit Limmeechokchai（SIIT-TU, Thailand）

Session Summary

This side event was organised to announce the development of the ACCSAP to the international community, and to consider how to bridge AIM and the ACCSAP in a holistic manner. At the sde-event, the guiding document for ACCSAP development was presented, and explained the consultative development process. The latest progress on LTS development and updates by the ASEAN member states with the use of AIM was also shared.
In addition, this side event highlighted the AIM project team’s work in several ASEAN municipalities, introducing the developed quantitative future scenarios and the subsequent actions toward decarbonization taken as a result.

Video of this side event is available on the following website:
https://www.iges.or.jp/en/events/20221112