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10:30 - 11:45

Event title

Southeast Asian Cities on the Rise – Lessons from Enhancing City’s Technical Capacities towards Climate Planning and Implementation -

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

Speakers Name and Title
  • JICA Climate Change Office
  • JICA Expert/Chief Technical Advisor, Vietnam
  • C40
  • ICLEI
  • Vietnam / Ho Chi Minh City Climate Change Bureau (HCCB)
  • Malaysia / Iskandar City
  • Thailand / Bangkok Metropolis
  • Japan / Tokyo Metropolis Bureau of Environment
Organiser / Co-organiser
  • Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA)
  • C40
  • ICLEI - Local Governments for Sustainability
Final Programme
  1. Opening Remarks and Brief Introduction of Support Activities (10 min)
    • Mr. Seth Schultz
      C40, Director, Science and Innovation
    • Mr. Vic Aquitania
      Regional Director, ICLEI Southeast Asia Secretariat
  2. Framing Presentation (5 min)

    Enablers to Drive NDC Readiness and Key Observations from Technical Assistance

    • Mr. Koji Fukuda
      Chief Technical Advisor, JICA SPI-NAMA
  3. City Presentations (30 min)
    Iskandar / Malaysia
    • Mr. Boyd D Joeman
      Head of Environment
      Iskandar Regional Development Authority (IRDA)
      Ho Chi Minh City/ Viet Nam
    • Mr. Ha Minh Chau
      Deputy Manager, HCMC Climate Change Bureau
      Pasig City / Philippines
    • Ms. Racquel Naciongayo
      Chief, City Environment and natural Resources Office (CENRO)
      Tokyo Metropolis / Japan
    • Mr. Kaoru Nakanishi
      Deputy Director, Emissions Trading, Climate Change and Energy Division, Bureau of Environment
  4. Panel Discussion (25 min)
    • Moderator: Dr. Masato Kawanishi, Senior Advisor (Climate Change), JICA, Japan
    • C40, ICLEI, Iskandar, Ho Chi Minh City, Pasig City, Tokyo Metropolis
  5. Take-Away Messages and Closing Remark (5 min)
    • Mr. Satoshi Shigiya, Senior Director, Office for Climate Change, JICA

Q&A

Relationship between state and municipal actions, existing gaps and next steps, concrete measures to overcome identified challenges, and transition from voluntary to mandatory reporting


Session Summary

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.


Key Messages

The dialogue session confirmed

  • All cities participated in the dialogue demonstrated steady progresses over climate change action plan formulation, and development of city-level inventory and MRV system which all contribute to build robust technical basis towards implementation.
  • Role of non-state actors could be strengthened through city-to-city cooperation, which serves as a essential means to facilitate behavioral change, and help accelerate city-level climate actions in the dynamic environment.
  • Provision of guideline/guidance is the practical approach for stakeholders/implementing entities to understand how to realize city’s climate aspiration.

Name and organisation of the person(s) who prepared the summary

Koji Fukuda, Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA SPI-NAMA)

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