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Implementing Solutions to Air Pollution and Climate Change in Asia: Building Capacities, Strengthening Policies, and Financing Technologies Framing Presentation Eric Zusman Research Director Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES )

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Implementing Solutions to Air Pollution and Climate Change in Asia:

Building Capacities, Strengthening Policies, and Financing Technologies

Framing Presentation

Eric Zusman Research Director Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES)

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Idea Generation Pilot & Prototype Diffusion and Scaling

  • 1. Lack of Finance
  • 2. Fragmented Policy
  • 3. Limited Capacity

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Asian Co-benefits Partnership

  • Launched at BAQ conference in 2010
  • to enable a variety stakeholders to work together
  • n co-benefits
  • to support the mainstreaming of co-benefits into

decision-making processes in Asia

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  • Information sharing and knowledge management
  • Enhanced communication among ACP members
  • Support for co-benefits policies and projects in Asia
  • Strengthening of regional cooperation to promote co-benefits

Major Functions of ACP

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Interest in co-benefits focused on GHGs and other development benefits

  • Energy Efficiency Standards
  • Renewable Portfolio Standards
  • Public Transport Upgrades

Mitigate Greenhouse Gas Development Co-benefits

Economic Environmental Social

  • Cleaner Technologies
  • Faster Commutes
  • Improved Air Quality
  • Reduced Waste
  • Greater Energy Access
  • Enhanced Mobility

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Interest in co-benefits has grown considerably over the past 10 years

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New air pollution perspectives on co-benefits also emerge over the past decade

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Climate Co-benefits Development Policies

Environmental Policies Economic Policies Social Policies

  • Reduced Air Pollution
  • Improved Public Health
  • Better Jobs
  • Cleaner Technologies
  • Greater Energy Access
  • Enhanced Mobility

Black Carbon Tropospheric Ozone

Ne Newer er Perspec ectives on Co-benefi fits ts

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Climate Perspective

Viewing co-benefits from other perspectives can also enhance the usefulness of the concept

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Air Quality Episodes Have Generated Even Greater Interest in Co-benefits

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Increa eased ed C Coverage o e of Climate P e Policies es H Have Also Added d Interes est

Source: Iacobuta et al. 2018

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Rec ecen ent r t repo eport helped u unify views o s on co-ben benefi fits ts: Air Poll llution in in Asia ia and t the P Pacific: Scien ence-Based S Solutions

  • English

https://www.unenvironment.org/asia-and-pacific/asia-pacific-clean-air-partnership/25-clean-air-measures

  • Japanese

https://pub.iges.or.jp/pub/solution_report_summary_j

Three main chapters:

  • 1. Why decisive action is needed to combat air pollution in Asia

and the Pacific

  • 2. Scenarios & Solutions (GAINS)
  • 3. Closing the implementation gap: bringing clean air to the region

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Conceptu tual Framework rk

Reduce exposure to outdoor and household air pollution Asia-wide application of conventional measures

  • Econ. wealth

Food Ecosystems Climate Human health Next-stage Asia-specific measures Measures contributing to development goals

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Potential Contributions of the Measures to Population-weighted mean exposure to PM2.5

(Source: IIASA 2019)

25 Clean Air Measures by UNEP in 2019

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ASI SIA-WID WIDE APPL APPLIC ICATIO ION OF C F CONVENTIO IONAL MEASU ASURES NEXT G GENE NERATION A N AIR QUAL ALIT ITY M MEASURES ES T THA HAT AR ARE N NOT Y YET M MAJ AJOR COMPO PONENTS O OF F CLEAN AI AIR P POLIC ICIES IES MEASU ASURES W S WHICH CONTRIB IBUTE T E TO DEVELOPMEN ENT P PRIO IORIT ITIE IES WITH TH A AIR QU QUALITY BENEF EFIT ITS

Looking for the measures that lead to the largest reduction in the population exposed to PM2.5 plus methane measures which will reduce tropospheric ozone and HFCs which reduce near-term warming

The solutions report rt identified in the r report rt fall into

  • three

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Key question: how can these solutions be implem emen ented ed i in A Asia?

ASI SIA-WID WIDE APPL APPLIC ICATIO ION OF C F CONVENTIO IONAL MEASU ASURES NEXT G GENE NERATION A N AIR QUAL ALIT ITY M MEASURES ES T THA HAT AR ARE N NOT Y YET M MAJ AJOR COMPO PONENTS O OF F CLEAN AI AIR P POLIC ICIES IES MEASU ASURES W S WHICH CONTRIB IBUTE T E TO DEVELOPMEN ENT P PRIO IORIT ITIE IES WITH TH A AIR QU QUALITY BENEF EFIT ITS

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Financing Technologies Strengthening Policies Building Capacity

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Building C Capacity

  • Audience: Policymakers, international organizations, and private

sector

  • Evidence-based assessment tools
  • Institutional and organizational design

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Financ ncing Techn hnologies

  • Climate finance: Green Climate Fund; JCM
  • Development assistance: ADB; JICA; Koica
  • National accounts and private investment
  • Blended finance

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Stren engthen ening P g Policies es

  • Multi-Solutions Strategies
  • Enabling Policies
  • Co-production and Policy Learning

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Idea Generation Pilot & Prototype Diffusion and Scaling

  • 1. Lack of Finance
  • 2. Fragmented Policy
  • 3. Limited Capacity

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