INTRODUCTION Kitakyushu Urban Centre Low Carbon Activities in Asian Cities Kitakyushu Urban Centre, IGES works to realise low carbon development across Asia through building capacity and finding and disseminating best practices. Two of its The ASEAN ESC Model Cities Programme is a regional initiative aimed at promoting the development of projects are showcased here – the ASEAN ESC Model Cities Programme and capacity Environmentally Sustainable Cities (ESC) across ASEAN countries, raising local capacity for implementing building for low carbon development for 5 Asian cities – Cebu City, Philippines; Ho innovative and voluntary bottom-up initiatives, as well as to strengthen national ESC frameworks and facilitating the replication and scaling up of good practices and policies within and across countries. This Chi Minh City, Viet Nam; City, ; City, Thailand; Surabaya programme has been realised with the generous support of the Japan-ASEAN Integration Fund (JAIF). City, Indonesia

2011 - 2012 ASEAN ESC Model Cities and Activities PHILIPPINES 2014 - ASEAN ESC Model Cities and Activities Orientated 16 local governments on the ESC MYANMAR framework and concepts. Selected trainees from 5 cities for water management LAO PDR Country City Activity training. Helped share best practices with cities PALO Cambodia Phnom Penh Piloting legal measures for plastic bag reduction including plastic bag charges across northern Lao Pursat Development of pilot model environmentally neighbourhood district in 7 communes -Piloted EM Bokashi composting focusing on proper SWM and public cleanliness in 16 communities -Established Y ANGON Indonesia Balikpapan Waste Bank Management and Plastic to Fuel training waste banks in schools involving -10-day training for 10 XAMNEUA several hundred local participants Lamongan Establishing health insurance for waste bank members officials on sustainable -Strengthened project -Increased awareness on Malang Community-based sanitation water distribution and management skills environmental issues. Tangerang Community-based sanitation quality -Mini demo-projects in Lao PDR Luang Prabang Decentralised Community-based Wastewater Treatment waste management, Xamneua Decentralised Community-based Wastewater Treatment wastewater treatment Philippines Legaspi Orientation and Information Sharing on the activities conducted by the Climate and urban greenery PUERTO PRINCESA Leadership Academy Santiago City (Luzon) Composting (Takakura & Bokashi) - Trained municipal officers and local THAILAND San Carlos City, Negros Wastewater treatment and air quality management study tours and training communities on home and large-scale Occidental (Visayas) compostingmethods as well as low-cost Disseminated good ESC practices to other Thailand Municipality Low-carbon training towards the establishment of low-carbon communities, schools local governments. and decentralised wastewater treatment. and temples - Special assistance was also given to Panusnikom Municipality Green and Clean activities, public participation in community and schools; action, develop model barangays / puroks (villages) evaluation and awarding prizes. MAEHONGSON Pichit Municipality Community-based solid waste management and water reuse Renunakon Municipality Organic waste management in schools -Trained 6 communities in waste Nongteng Municipality Community-based water supply management with solar cells segregation and composting VIET NAM Viet Nam Da Lat Establishing a pilot systematic and safe system for waste pesticide 'wrappers' -Launched a city-wide grease trap Proposed a set of national ESC indicators (packaging) management campaign. suitable for Viet Nam’s context. Da Nang Building a model Environmentally Friendly Suburb Residential Area

MUANGKLANG CAO LANH Capacity building on low-carbon city development for local governments in Asia - Trained city stakeholders on - Supported capacity building of ‘Green, Clean and Low Carbon’ municipal officers and raised city development the awareness, knowledge and Cebu City, The Philippines -Trained farmers on sustainable capacity of city stakeholders as Background: - Baseline study in different sectors Mandate, Incentive Target - Consideration of mitigation actions urban organic agriculture. well as the general public on Local governments play an important role for setting sustainable city development. realizing sustainable and low-carbon city Ho Chi Minh City, Viet Nam development. - Action Plan Development PHI TSANULOK - GHG inventory development Needs & Gaps: Planning of mitigation -Revised and enhanced the curriculum of the actions based on Clear target setting (vision) current emission status Plan Nonthaburi City, Thailand Phitsanulok Model of Community -based DA NANG - GHG inventory development Waste Management and increased the - Established a pilot Environmentally Sustainable institutional setup number of trainers. Friendly Residential Area in the City Effective low-carbon policy & measures -The revised curriculum was piloted in two with the assistance of local stakeholders GHG accounting skills district muncipalities, Wangthong and and communities. Awareness-raising Action Local gov. Do Phitsanulok City, Thailand Nonthong. - GHG inventory development Review of mitigation Implementation of - Launch of rental bike scheme measures, action plans mitigation measures Capacity building Surabaya City, Indonesia CAMBODIA INDONESIA MALAYSIA In 5 partner cities Check - Feasibility studies on low-carbon Contributed to a nationwide roll-out of Helped raise awareness of ESC among cities Monitoring the technology transfer Helped to streamline ASEAN ESC Indicators and effectiveness of - Estimation of mitigation potentials framework into a new nationwide ESC Campaign. piloting waste banks in 16 cities across Malaysia. mitigation measures IGES KUC approach to capacity building: Regional JICA NAMA/MRV Training Course in Kitakyushu (3 weeks); Leaders SIEM REAP NORTH KUCHING On-site workshop with local stakeholders; Horizontal -Waste segregation and composting - Expanded the capacity and Baseline studies & sharing good practices of other cities; deployment projects in pilot communities. improved the techniques of the Support for action plan development; -The ‘Clean Environment Day’ attracted North Kuching city’s composting JCM feasibility studies in Surabaya & Haiphong. Co-benefits hundreds of people from all sectors of so- centre and home-based composting Site visit in Kitakyushu City Efficient ciety. campaign. decision making PALEMBANG AND SURABAYA - Study tours to Nonthaburi, Thailand -Establishment of pilot waste banks within these and Kitakyushu, Japan - Achievements are being publicised two cities, building on a successful waste bank Low-carbon & sustainable cities in Asia! PHNOM PENH model in Yogyakarta. - 5 pilots waste banks were by the national government through Workshops in Japan & partner cities Initiation of a pilot plastic bag established in Palembang and 50 in Surabaya. the national sustainable cities awards reduction campaign, involving -In Surabaya the waste bank establishment was incor- programmme. local government, communities porated into Surabaya's annual Green and Clean IGES Sustainable Cities Area(Kitakyushu Urban Centre)/E-mail: [email protected] and supermarkets Contest. Details available at http://modelcities.hls-esc.org/