About the Clean Air Initiative for Asian Cities

Glynda BathanPolicy & Partnership ManagerCAI-Asia CenterJanuary 2010

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The problem

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The problem

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Co-benefits: GHGs and Air Pollutants Reduction

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CO2CO2

CH4CH4 N2ON2O

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HFCHFC

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Greenhouse gases covered by Kyoto Protocol Air Pollutants

GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE

URBAN AIR POLLUTION

REGIONAL AIR POLLUTION

GLOBAL AIR POLLUTION

Black Carbon

Ozone

CAI-Asia

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The Clean Air Initiative for Asian Cities promotes reductions in air pollutant and greenhouse gas emissions from transport, energy and other sectors through translating knowledge to policy and action

CAI-Asia began as a multi-stakeholder initiative by ADB, World Bank and USAID

The CAI-Asia Center was incorporated in 2007 as a non-stock, non-profit corporation in the Philippines

The CAI-Asia Partnership has 170 organizational members and 8 Country Networks in Asia

CAI-Asia structure

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Scaling out: within cities

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Knowledge & capacity

One sector

Air Pollution

Policies

Multi-sector

Co-benefits

Action

Urban Planning

Sustainability

Our Strategy

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CLEAN AIRAir Pollution and Greenhouse Gas Emissions

• BAQ conference • Clean Air Portal including CitiesACT database (GAPF, ADB)• Communities of Practice (ADB)• Clean Air Scorecard (ADB)• Air quality & GHG plans and policies (GTZ, UNEP)• Co-benefits of air quality and climate change (IGES, ADB)• Clean air and mega-events (FTI Fdn, WB) • Network of City Network (CDIA)• Governmental Meetings on Urban AQM (UNEP)• Dialogues with cities, donors, private sector

INDUSTRY & ENERGY

•GHG & AP indicators for energy sector (WB)•GHG inventory for energy sector in Philippines (UNDP/MO)•GHG & AP accounting and training for companies (private sector)

TRANSPORT•GHG and AP indicators for transport (WB)•CO2 methodologies for transport (ADB, ITDP)•EST framework development (ADB/UNCRD)•GHG projections and policies for reduction (ITPS)•Fuel quality, vehicle emissions and fuel economy standards (PCFV, FIA Foundation)•Green trucks pilot project & program development (WB, US-EPA)•Walkability surveys (ADB)•Clean Fleet Management Toolkit (PCFV)•SUMA framework for cities

OTHER

•Waste mgmt – Open burning

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Clean Air Portal

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Registered users can add content to the Knowledgebase

Users can browse site by several categories (e.g. Topics)

CitiesACT database - Air quality, Climate & energy, Transport

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www.citiesact.org

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Countries & Cities Policies Training

CoursesTechnologie

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People

Organizations

Case studies

Projects &

Programs???

Specific topics

News feed

Clean Air Scorecard

• Air Pollution and Health Index – rating air pollution levels of cities against WHO guideline values and interim targets

• Capacity Index – rating a city’s capacity to determine sources, levels and impacts and capacity to address air pollution and GHG emissions

• Policies and Actions Index – rating the presence and enforcement of policies and actions to address emissions from relevant sources (mobile, stationary, area and trans-boundary)

AP and Health Index

AP and Health Index Capacity IndexCapacity Index Policies and

Actions IndexPolicies and

Actions IndexOverall Clean Air

ScorecardOverall Clean Air

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• Objective: assess current management or air pollution and GHG emissions to improve policies and actions

Fuel quality, vehicle emissions, fuel economy standards

• Road Map for Cleaner Fuels and Vehicles in Asia (2008)

• Develop work plans for introducing more stringent fuel quality and vehicle emissions standards in Asian countries

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Workshop

Auto industry

Oil industry

Government

NGOs

Others

Action Plan for Clean Fuels & Vehicles

Walkability surveys

• Walkability surveys assess the quality of pedestrian infrastructure and supporting policies:– Field Walkability Survey: state of the pedestrian facilities– Pedestrian Interview Survey: pedestrian needs and

preferences– Government/Stakeholder Survey: the policies, roles and

responsibilities of government and stakeholders

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Results survey in Karachi, Pakistan•Field walkability survey: Karachi Road best infrastructure•Pedestrian interview survey: greater demand for walking on Tariq Road

Source: Assessing Walkability in Karachi. Arif Parvez in cooperation with CAI-Asia Center (2009). www.thenews.com.pk/daily_detail.asp?id=198801

Clean Fleet Management Toolkit

Developed by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and TNT in 2006. Field tested by TNT Turkey and humanitarian aid fleets

The toolkit contains a number of tools that help fleet managers to evaluate the impacts of their fleets on the environment and human health, and with minimal information and inputs, develop practical strategies and scenarios for corrective and cost-effective action

Activities in Asia:•Asia launch at BAQ 2008•Training in Philippines•Case studies with Philippines companies

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Green Freight China

• Pilot project in Guangzhou: 2-18% fuel savings from tire and aerodynamics technology packages

• Study tour to USA

• Green Freight program for Guangdong Province & China– Technologies & logistics

– Financing

– Green Freight Partnership (shippers, carriers, suppliers, government, NGOs, other)

– Information, training, marketing

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Scaling up to 2,500 cities:Network of City Networks

• CAI-Asia Center• Cities Development

Initiative for Asia• CITYNET• Earthquakes and

Megacities Initiative• Global City

Indicators Facility• International Centre

for Sustainable Cities

• Kitakyushu Initiative

• United Cities and Local Governments

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Sophie PunteSophie.punte@cai-asia.org

Glynda Bathanglynda.bathan@cai-asia.org

Bert FabianBert.fabian@cai-asia.org

Unit 3510, 35th floorRobinsons-Equitable Tower

ADB Avenue, Pasig CityMetro Manila 1605

Philippines

www.cleanairnet.org/caiasiawww.citiesact.org

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