10:30 - 11:45
| Event title | Southeast Asian Cities on the Rise – Lessons from Enhancing City’s Technical Capacities towards Climate Planning and Implementation - |
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| Contents | This interactive dialogue session invites both selected leading cities from dynamic Southeast Asia and development partners/key global initiatives to support cities in the region to take stock of current domestic efforts and experiences to build technical readiness towards climate actions, share key lessons, and collectively explore concrete ways forward to further actions on the ground. Such dialogue will respond directly to observed needs to enhance technical capacities among key players (cities) to sophisticate their climate planning and set up proper implementation framework in the context of both localized socio-economic development and the provisions of the Paris Agreement as a whole. |
| Keywords | Paris Agreement, Non-state Actor, City-level MRV, City-level GHG Inventory, GPC |
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Enablers to Drive NDC Readiness and Key Observations from Technical Assistance
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Relationship between state and municipal actions, existing gaps and next steps, concrete measures to overcome identified challenges, and transition from voluntary to mandatory reporting
This interactive dialogue, co-organized by JICA-C40-ICLEI, invites both selected leading cities from dynamic Southeast Asia and key support initiatives/partners in the region to take stock of current domestic efforts and experiences to build technical basis to enable climate actions.
In the opening remarks, C40 highlighted its Global Protocol for Community-scale GHG Inventories (GPC) has incorporated into global data standard, and $50 million additional funding recently acquired will enable further support to Paris-compliant action plan development. ICLEI Southeast Asia also recalled cities had already started taking actions in early 2000s in the region, and referred to various collaborative programs to support cities such as in Philippines, Indonesia, Vietnam, Lao PDR and Myanmar.
Framing presentation identified city-level GHG emission profile/reporting, city-wide policy framework, and monitoring and evaluation framework as the key elements constituting technical basis of cities to take robust climate actions.
During city presentations, Iskandar/Malaysia emphasized the process to pursue its Low Carbon Blueprint itself was an innovation, and highlighted the Prime Minister’s pledge was an important impetus. Iskandar also highlighted the adoption of relevant practices and standards from cities in developed countries, including, inter alia, CASBEE Iskandar to manage energy efficiency for buildings. Ho Chi Minh City/Vietnam also highlighted it steady progresses made on climate change action plan formulation, city-level GHG inventory and MRV system. Pasig City/Philippines also highlighted its local climate change action plan, while stressing the needs for certified technologies and national guidance to further city-level climate actions. Tokyo Metropolis also displayed an evolution over its reporting program focusing on energy efficiency focusing on building sector as the major source of GHG emission in the city.
Subsequent panel discussion focused on sharing of views over the relationship between national-municipal climate actions, existing gaps and next steps, and step-wise evolution from voluntary to mandatory reporting.
The dialogue session confirmed
Koji Fukuda, Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA SPI-NAMA)
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