Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (Kitakyushu Urban Centre) The MRV capacity building project for local governments: The case studies of Thailand, Viet Nam and the Philippines Junko Akagi Task Manager Sustainable Cities (Kitakyushu Urban Centre) IGES
Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (The MRV capacity building project for local governments) 1. Why do cities take actions against climate change? Junko Akagi, IGES | http://www.iges.or.jp Seminar: Low Carbon City Development, 30-31 March 2015, Mida City Resourt, Bangkok 2
Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (The MRV capacity building project for local governments) IPCC 5 th Assessment Report (AR5, 2013) 95-100% confidence Source: : IPCC, 2013: Summary for Policymakers. In: Climate Change 2013: The Physical Science Basis. Contribution of Working Group I to the Fifth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change [Stocker, T.F., D. Qin, G.-K. Plattner, M. Tignor, S.K. Allen, J. Boschung, A. Nauels, Y. Xia, V. Bex and P.M. Midgley (eds.)]. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, United Kingdom and New York, NY, USA. Junko Akagi, IGES | http://www.iges.or.jp Seminar: Low Carbon City Development, 30-31 March 2015, Mida City Resourt, Bangkok
Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (The MRV capacity building project for local governments) Cities as the largest source of global CO 2 Area < 2% Source: : “WRI GHG Protocol City Project: Experience and Lessons Learned”, March 2013, Wee Kean Fong Junko Akagi, IGES | http://www.iges.or.jp Seminar: Low Carbon City Development, 30-31 March 2015, Mida City Resourt, Bangkok
Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (The MRV capacity building project for local governments) Key findings from the IPCC AR5 http://www.iclei.org/fileadmin/PUBLICATIONS/Brochures/IPCC_AR5_Cities_Summary_FINAL_Web.pdf Economic significance of cities https://www.cdp.net/CDPResults/CDP-global-cities-report-2014.pdf Junko Akagi, IGES | http://www.iges.or.jp Seminar: Low Carbon City Development, 30-31 March 2015, Mida City Resourt, Bangkok 5
Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (The MRV capacity building project for local governments) Key findings for cities from the IPCC AR5 http://www.iclei.org/fileadmin/PUBLICATIONS/Brochures/IPCC_AR5_Cities_Summary_FINAL_Web.pdf Junko Akagi, IGES | http://www.iges.or.jp Seminar: Low Carbon City Development, 30-31 March 2015, Mida City Resourt, Bangkok 6
Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (The MRV capacity building project for local governments) https://www.cdp.net/infographics/cities/CDP-cities-infographic-2014.pdf Junko Akagi, IGES | http://www.iges.or.jp Seminar: Low Carbon City Development, 30-31 March 2015, Mida City Resourt, Bangkok 7
Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (The MRV capacity building project for local governments) Impacts to businesses expected by cities https://www.cdp.net/CDPResults/CDP-global-cities-report-2014.pdf Junko Akagi, IGES | http://www.iges.or.jp Seminar: Low Carbon City Development, 30-31 March 2015, Mida City Resourt, Bangkok 8
Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (The MRV capacity building project for local governments) Economic opportunities Quite a few number of cities consider climate change presents an economic opportunities. Junko Akagi, IGES | http://www.iges.or.jp Seminar: Low Carbon City Development, 30-31 March 2015, Mida City Resourt, Bangkok 9
Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (The MRV capacity building project for local governments) Local governments play an important role Learning & transferring good practices Visualization of emission Attracting investors status of GHGs Measurement, Reporting Network & Verification (MRV) Local government Management Mitigation Planning & monitoring Introduction of technology Budget Awareness-raising Institutional arrangement Capacity building Seminar: Low Carbon City Development, 30-31 March 2015, Mida City Resourt, Bangkok Junko Akagi, IGES | http://www.iges.or.jp 10
Institute for Global Environmental Strategies GHG inventory is (The MRV capacity building project for local governments) a tool of MRV Good governance attracts investments Goal setting for GHG emission Review measures/goal reduction Review management structure Concrete measures Disclosure of achievement Procedure and management Review of the plan as a whole structure of promotion of (at target year) measures Review PDCA cycle Check the sate of implementation, Educate city staffs understand actual energy use Evaluation of the state of Promotion of measures achievement Internal (external) auditing Junko Akagi, IGES | http://www.iges.or.jp Seminar: Low Carbon City Development, 30-31 March 2015, Mida City Resourt, Bangkok
Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (The MRV capacity building project for local governments) 2. MRV capacity building project for Asian cities Junko Akagi, IGES | http://www.iges.or.jp Seminar: Low Carbon City Development, 30-31 March 2015, Mida City Resourt, Bangkok 12
Capacity building on low ‐ carbon city development for local governments in Asia Background: Cebu City, The Philippines Target Baseline study in different sectors Mandate, Local governments play an important role for Incentive Consideration of mitigation actions setting realizing sustainable and low ‐ carbon city development. Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam Action plan development GHG inventory development Needs & Gaps: Planning of mitigation actions based on Plan Clear target setting (vision) current emission status Nonthaburi City, Thailand Sustainable institutional setup First GHG inventory GHG inventory development of Phitsanulok City Effective low ‐ carbon policy & measures (in prep.) GHG accounting skills Phitsanulok City, Thailand Awareness ‐ raising GHG inventory development Launch of rental bike scheme Action Do Local gov. Capacity building Surabaya City, Indonesia In 5 partner cities Review of mitigation Feasibility studies on low ‐ carbon Implementation of measures, action plans mitigation measures technology transfer Estimation of mitigation potentials Our approach for capacity building: Check Monitoring the effectiveness of JICA NAMA/MRV Training Course in Kitakyushu (3 weeks); mitigation measures On ‐ site workshop with local stakeholders; Baseline studies & sharing good practices of other cities; Regional Support for action plan development; leaders JCM feasibility studies in Surabaya & Haiphong. Horizontal deployment Site visit in Kitakyushu City Rental bike station of “PUN PUN Phitsanulok” Co ‐ benefits Efficient decision making Low ‐ carbon & sustainable cities in Asia! Workshops in Japan & partner cities
Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (The MRV capacity building project for local governments) Overall Objective To build capacity of local governments in East Asia to become ‘pioneers’ and ‘policy leaders’ in low carbon city development, particularly in MRV. MRV is a tool for: • Setting goals and designing policies/projects • Proving the credibility of efforts • Facilitate/attract further support Seminar: Low Carbon City Development, 30-31 March 2015, Mida City Resourt, Bangkok Junko Akagi, IGES | http://www.iges.or.jp 14
Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (The MRV capacity building project for local governments) Five Milestones towards Low Carbon Municipality/City 1. Conduct a baseline GHG emissions inventory and forecast 2. Adopt an emissions reduction target for the forecast year 3. Develop a Local Climate Action Plan 4. Implement policies and measures 5. Monitor & Verify Results Reference: ICLE 5 Milestone Methodology Junko Akagi, IGES | http://www.iges.or.jp Seminar: Low Carbon City Development, 30-31 March 2015, Mida City Resourt, Bangkok 15
Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (The MRV capacity building project for local governments) GHG inventory development status in FY2013 Seminar: Low Carbon City Development, 30-31 March 2015, Mida City Resourt, Bangkok Junko Akagi, IGES | http://www.iges.or.jp 16
Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (The MRV capacity building project for local governments) Overview of the MRV Project in Phitsanulok Year 1 Objectives: • Develop the capacity to establish a draft city GHG inventory and sustainable institutions ( working group)/systems for that (using pilot global protocol (GPC) for community-level greenhouse gases) • Based on the above, propose low carbon city goals, strategies and projects to Mayor, with attention to co-benefits (social, economic, environment) Visible Outputs: • Phitsanulok Municipality’s first city GHG inventory report (in English and Thai), including some proposed low carbon city projects Junko Akagi, IGES | http://www.iges.or.jp Seminar: Low Carbon City Development, 30-31 March 2015, Mida City Resourt, Bangkok 17
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