2018 Annual Report
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2018 ANNUAL REPORT ICLEI EAST ASIA SECRETARIAT 1 CONTENTS FOREWORD Cities are centers of opportunity and prosperity where innovation sparks 3 Foreword and takes root. However, cities and their surrounding regions are also on the front lines of global change. They adopt to shifts in dimensions of urban life 4 About ICLEI and confront the impacts of rapid urbanization, demographic change, climate 5 Governance change, technological advancements and a range of development challenges. ICLEI has long recognized the warning signs and is responding directly to global challenges. At the ICLEI World Congress 2018 in Montréal, Canada, 6 Activities Overview Members of ICLEI made a commitment to create deep, systemic change in urban areas. They rallied behind the ICLEI Montréal Commitment and Strategic 8 2018 Highlights Vision 2018-2024 to guide them through the following six years via the five interconnected pathways for change. Shu Zhu 11 Programs & Activities Regional Director & Reviewing 2018, ICLEI East Asia has expanded partnerships with local China Representative governments and institutions in the region and welcomed Shanghai Changning ICLEI East Asia Secretariat 24 Strategic Development District, China as our new Member. In better supporting ICLEI Members and network cities in the region, we opened our Beijing Office in March 2018, and 25 Knowledge Sharing continued to deliver projects and programs based on local and regional needs. 27 Meet Our Team In response to the urgent need for action on air quality improvement in East Asia, a series of collaboration, capacity building, and research projects were carried out with East Asia Clean Air Cities, a program which has gathered 10 local governments since 2016, and is facilitating the environmental cooperation between Beijing and Seoul. Based on previous efforts on urban low carbon development, ICLEI East Asia continues leading the Building Efficiency Accelerator in the region, and is actively supporting Ulaanbaatar in project preparation and implementation of thermo-technical residential retrofits with regional partners. East Asian cities play critical roles in driving sustainable and green economy with rapid economic growth and decentralization. ICLEI supported Chinese and Korean jurisdictions to scale up green public procurement uptake under the 10YFP on SPP Working Group 1A project, and expanded the existed GPP Partnership under the new name Procura+ East Asia. In July, ICLEI East Asia successfully co-hosted the session “Building Green Circular Cities” in Guiyang, gathering local governments, businesses and partners to look at the opportunities and challenges in shifting towards the circular economy. ICLEI is preparing the new initiative Green Circular Cities Coalition to facilitate international cooperation on pursuing circular cites at a subnational level. Finally, ICLEI East Asia co-hosted a capacity building workshop on climate change adaptation and urban resilience with partners for Zhuhai city officials. In 2019, we will continue to deliver training on developing integrated climate change adaptation planning to individual pilot cities in China. Cities of ICLEI are leading the way towards global sustainability. ICLEI East Asia is committed to accelerating these efforts with the experiences and partnerships of ICLEI across the region, and supporting local governments in pursuing the five pathways for change. 3 ABOUT US GOVERNANCE ICLEI–Local Governments for Sustainability is a global network of more than 1,750 local ICLEI Council and regional governments committed to sustainable urban development. Active in 100+ countries, we influence sustainability policy and drive local action for low emission, nature- ICLEI is democratically governed by our Members through the ICLEI Council — the overarching based, equitable, resilient and circular development. Our Members and team of experts decision making and guiding body. The Council approves the ICLEI Strategic Plan with a six- work together through peer exchange, partnerships and capacity building to create year scope and has the sole power to amend the Charter and elects the Global Executive systemic change for urban sustainability. Committees — the GexCom — portfolio seats. Chaired by elected President and Vice Presidents, the GexCom is composed of up to 6 appointed Members and Representatives from the 9 Regional Executive Committees — the ICLEI EAST ASIA SECRETARIAT RexComs — and represents ICLEI towards international institutions and has the authority making strategic decisions concerning the organization. On 1 June 2018, the ICLEI GexCom Hosted by the Seoul Metropolitan Government, the ICLEI East Asia Secretariat supports East elected its new leadership for the 2018-2022 term. Asian Members in the Greater China Region, Japan, Korea, and Mongolia. ICLEI East Asia has developed local and regional programs and exchange platforms to accelerate sustainable and low carbon development in the region, including East Asia Clean Air Cities, Procura+ East Asia, the Green Circular Cities Coalition, and Urban Resilience. We provide technical consulting, training and information services to build capacity, share knowledge and support local governments in pursuing sustainable development. In order to further extend our support to Chinese cities’ sustainable and environmentally PRESIDENT FIRST VICE PRESIDENT VICE PRESIDENT VICE PRESIDENT Ashok Sridharan Cathy Oke Stephany Uy-Tan Frank Cownie friendly development, ICLEI East Asia opened the Beijing Office in March 2018. Mayor | Bonn, Germany Councillor | Melbourne, Australia Mayor | Catbalogan, Philippines Mayor | City of Des Moines, US MEMBERSHIP ICLEI EAST ASIA REXCom Globally, ICLEI Membership has grown to more than 1,750 local and regional governments in Convened by the newly elected members and advisors, the 2018 East Asia RexCom meeting 124 countries worldwide since 1990. In East Asia, 96 local governments in East Asia have joined took place on 22 June in Montréal, Canada during the ICLEI World Congress 2018. RexCom ICLEI as of December 2018. members and ICLEI offices shared their achievements and reached an agreement to share their work plans in consolidating synergy and engaging sister cities. NEW MEMBER Located on the west side of the global financial center Shanghai, Changning District is committed to the overall enhancement of urban area functions and quality, which includes the building of a smart urban area and continuously improved green and low-carbon development. In fostering its international and inter-city engagement, Changning joined ICLEI in 2018 and is participating in the Building Efficiency Accelerator with the support of ICLEI East Asia (see page 16). ChaiR Vice ChaiR Daisaku Kadokawa Joon-Byeong Yoon Amarsaikhan Sainbuyan Shu-chuan Lee Mayor | Kyoto, Japan Vice Mayor | Seoul, Korea Governor & Mayor Deputy Mayor Green, Circular & Air Quality Improvement & Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia Kaohsiung City, Chinese Taipei Resource-efficient Economy Regional Cooperation Low Carbon & Resilience & Climate Adaptation Climate Change Mitigation AdvisoRY MEMBER AdvisoRY MEMBER Tae-Young Yeom Pro. Hironori Hamanaka Alex Zhang Mayor | Suwon, Korea Chair | ICLEI Japan Director | Eco-Forum Global GexCom East Asia Seat GexCom Member © Shanghai Changning District. 4 Sustainable Urban Mobility 5 ACTIVITIES OVERVIEW January September December August 9.3–9.7 | Seoul, South Korea Shanghai Changning District Joined ICLEI February ICLEI–SHRDC Capacity Building on 8.1–8.3 | Chengdu, China Climate Change Policies 12.2–12.14 | Katowice, Poland 2nd High–Level International Forum De-carbonizing Era in Cities and Regions on Sustainable Urban Development 9.4–9.5 | Seoul, South Korea UNFCCC COP24 ‧ Japan Pavilion 8th Northeast Asia Forum on Air Quality Improvement 12.18 | Zhuhai, China Strengthening Capacities for 9.8–9.13 | Pyongyang, North Korea Climate Change Adaptation and 11th Pyongyang International Book Fair Disaster Risk Reduction in Zhuhai July 9.12–9.14 | San Francisco, USA March Progress and Lessons Learned: 7.5–7.6 | Beijing, China 20 Years of Fighting Air Pollution in Beijing 2018 Beijing International Forum on 2018 Global Climate Action Summit ‧ China Pavilion Beijing Office Opened Metropolitan Clean Air Actions November 3.21–3.22| Bangkok, Thailand 9.16–9.19 | Bonn, Essen & Dortmund, Germany 2018 Asia Pacific Clean Air 7.7 | Guiyang, China Study Tour of Changning District on 11.6–11.7 | Shenzhen Guangming District, China Partnership Joint Forum Building Green Circular Cities Urban Transitions and Climate Action of GPP On-Site Technical Consultation Clean Air Week 2018 Eco Forum Global Guiyang 2018 German Cities Seminar for Guangming District 3.20 | Seoul, South Korea Seoul-Beijing Joint Workshop on 11.15–11.23 | Belgium, Iceland & Portugal Ways to Reduce Fine Dust and VOCs International Exchange on 3rd Meeting of the Seoul-Beijing Joint Committee Urban Resilience for Zhuhai City June 11.17–11.29 | Sharm el Sheikh, Egypt 6th Global Biodiversity Summit of 6.18–6.19 | Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia Local and Subnational Governments Key Policy Challenges and Solutions for Low Carbon Development in the Region COP14 of the Convention on Biological Diversity 8th Northeast Asian Mayors’ Forum: 11.26 | Beijing, China Low Carbon City Development October April Beijing–Seoul Forum on Climate and Environment Cooperation 6.19–6.23 | Montréal, Canada 10.8–10.16 | Denmark, Sweden & Norway th Urban Transitions Forum 25 Anniversary of the Establishment China National GPP Study Visit 2018 ICLEI East Asia RexCom Meeting