Asia‐Pacific Network for Global Change Research IInntteeggrraattiinngg ccaarrbboonn mmaannaaggeemmeenntt iinnttoo ddeevveellooppmmeenntt ssttrraatteeggiieess ooff cciittiieess –– eessttaabblliisshhiinngg aa nneettwwoorrkk ooff ccaassee ssttuuddiieess ooff uurrbbaanniissaattiioonn iinn tthhee AAssiiaa--PPaacciiffiicc Final report for APN project 2004-07-CMY-Lasco The following collaborators worked on this project: Rodel Lasco (PI), CIFOR, Philippines,
[email protected] Louis Lebel (co-PI), USER, Thailand,
[email protected] Agus Sari, PELANGI, Indonesia,
[email protected] A.P. Mitra, National Physical Laboratory, India,
[email protected] Nguyen Hoang Tri, CERE, Vietnam,
[email protected] Ooi Giok Ling, National Institute of Education, Singapore,
[email protected] Antonio Contreras, De La Salle University,Philippines,
[email protected] Integrating carbon management into development Integrating carbon management into the development strategies of cities – establishing a network of case studies of urbanisation in the Asia-Pacific 2004-07-CMY-Lasco Final Report submitted to APN ©Asia-Pacific Network for Global Change Research 2 Integrating carbon management into the development strategies of cities Overview of project work and outcomes Non-technical summary The way urbanization unfolds will have a profound implication for future growth in energy use and emissions, and consequently, global environmental change. Cities offer many potential environmental protection benefits, arising from efficiencies in transport, energy used in cooling and heating, as well as opportunities to sequester additional carbon on land release from use by denser human settlements. On the other hand, cities have often been centres of wasteful consumption and serious air pollution problems. This project drew on past and on-going research efforts on emissions and urban management in Asia to establish a new set of coordinated case studies of New Delhi, Jakarta, Manila, Ho Chi Minh City and Chiang Mai.