Transcript The Clean Air Initiative for Asian Cities

Clean Air Initiative for
Asian Cities
Building Effective Partnerships for Urban
Air Quality Management in Asia
Regional Workshop Kitakyushu Initiative Seminar on Urban Air Quality
Management, Bangkok, Thailand
February, 2003
CAI-Asia Goals
“Air pollution puts the lives of Millions at risk in Asian cities”
The Clean Air Initiative promotes and demonstrates innovative
ways to improve the air quality of Asian Cities through sharing
experiences and building partnerships
• Sharing knowledge and experiences on air quality
management
• Capacity building
• Improving policy and regulatory frameworks at the
regional level
• Piloting projects to encourage innovation
• Assisting cities in implementing integrated air quality
management systems
Create an Air Quality Management Community in Asia
Progress to date
• Organization established February 2001
• Currently about 70 organizational members and 600+
individual members
• CAI-Asia is now establishing focal points and local
chapters in key countries and cities.
• Program merger with Air Pollution in the Mega-cities
of Asia (APMA) project (supported by KEI, WHO,
UNEP and SEI)
• Cooperation agreements with JARI, Kitakyushu
Initiative, UNEP Brown Cloud Study
“CAI-Asia THE umbrella for air quality management in Asia”
Types of Members Membership Criteria
 Cities in Asia (19)
 National
government
agencies (12)
 NGOs and
foundations (22)
 Academic and
research institutes
(10)
 Multi- and bi-lateral
development
agencies (3)
 Private sector
companies (7)
 Cities with significant air quality
problems and committed to
address this problem
 Cities or organizations that have
implemented successful solutions
and willing to share
experiences with other cities
 Cities and organizations willing to
invest their own resources in
air quality management activities
 Development Agencies and Private
Sector Companies contributing
$ 15,000 - $ 50,000 per year
Interested to join CAI-Asia: Contact Glynda Bathan [email protected]
Governance and Organizational
Structure Structure
• Activities of CAI-Asia are governed by CAIAsia Charter and its annual Business Plan
which are discussed and approved at annual
CAI-Asia General Assembly
• Coordinating and Executive Council,
composed of CAI-Asia members, oversee the
implementation of the Business Plan
• CAI-Asia Secretariat is hosted by ADB, World
Bank and Pollution Control Department in
Thailand
CAI-Asia Website
•
Community building
•
Disseminate
information on air
quality
•
Major restructuring
planned for 2003
•
Country specific data
to be added in 2003
Webmasters:
[email protected]
and [email protected]
http://worldbank.org/cleanair/caiasia
CAI-Asia Partner web site
• First portal on vehicle
emission reduction in
Asia and forms
important
contribution to CAIAsia web site
• Contains both
general information
on strategies to
reduce vehicle
emissions and
country specific data
on management of
vehicle emissions
http://adb.org/vehicle-emissions
CAI-Asia Discussion Listserv
Launch Date: January 2002
600 + subscribers and growing
CAI-Asia Listserv is
a discussion
forum and bulletin
board dedicated to
air quality
management in
Asia and is open to
all who want
to discuss and share
experiences on
air quality
management in Asia
To join, send a blank email to: [email protected]
Training and Capacity Building
CATNet-Asia
Objectives: CATNet-Asia will
assist training organizations in
Asia to improve curriculum,
training materials, and trainers on
air quality management.
http://www.worldbank.org/cleanair/caiasia/catnet_asia/
Distance
Learning
Objectives: Modular training
course for decision makers in Asia
dealing with all aspects of Air
Quality Management
Contact Paul Procee: [email protected]
Pilot Projects
Criteria
• address significant
problems faced by
several of CAI-Asia
members
• promote innovative
approaches to air quality
management
• implementation or
research
• CAI-Asia technical
supervision and active
involvement of members
in implementation
Examples
Health impact of
air pollution in
Asian Cities
Upgrading of diesel
refineries to reduce
sulfur
Regulatory
framework for
CNG usage in
Asian countries
Vehicle
emission
factors
Test protocol for
fuel additives
Modeling PM
reduction
through reduced
sulfur in diesel
Regional Policies
CAI Asia supports the formulation of regional policies
and standards aimed at improving air quality
management and reduction of air pollution across Asia
Benchmarking of Air Quality
Management in Asian Cities
(in cooperation with APMA project)
Strategic Framework for Air
Quality Management in Asian
Cities
(in cooperation with APMA project)
Bring ambient air quality
standards in Asia in line with
WHO guidelines and assess need
for ambient PM standards for Asia
Adoption of harmonized emission
standards across Asia for new
vehicles and associated fuel
standards to bring Asia in line
with European standards by 2010
Rationale Coordination –
Cooperation
CAI-Asia – Kitakyushu Initiative
• Existence of more than one city network
on air quality management in Asia creates
confusion
• Duplication means waste of resources for
network management, and supportive
activities
• Synergy between different initiatives not
fully exploited
Cooperation Air Pollution in Megacities
of Asia (APMA) Project and CAI-Asia
• APMA project was launched in 2001 at same time as
CAI-Asia with largely identical objectives
• Discussions were started to work together to avoid
overlap and duplication
• In December 2002 agreement on Program merger
was achieved whereby CAI-Asia takes lead role in
establishment and maintenance of network and
APMA in benchmarking of AQM and Strategic
Framework for AQM, reflecting mutual strengths
• Mutual representation in management structures of
CAI-Asia and APMA
• APMA and CAI-Asia will jointly organize BAQ 2003 in
Seoul in December 2003
Cooperation CAI-Asia and IES program
• Integrated Environmental Strategy (IES) program is
supported by US-EPA and provides assistance to
cities to develop strategies to improve local air
quality and reduce greenhouse gas emissions
• In Asia: Shanghai, Beijing, Manila, Seoul, Hyderabad
• Strong emphasis on scientific analysis of pollution
and health data to determine potential impact of
potential policy and technology measures
• CAI-Asia is interested in working with IES because it
can help to improve quality of strategies
CAI-Asia views on networking of cities for
better Air Quality Management in Asia
• Cities participating in a network need to be actively
committed to better air quality management: inactive cities
harm the reputation of the network
• Cities need to set up local network within their city,
involving national government agencies, NGOs, Academe,
private sector, development agencies
• Development agencies need to learn to share city networks,
rather than try to own them
• Policy formulation in network cities requires better scientific
foundation
• Risk: too much emphasis on workshops without attention
for follow-up
Challenge AQM networks in Asia
How to combine regional networking activities with
providing effective networking support at city level ?
Information
Management
Pilot
Projects/
Studies
Capacity
Building
Regional
Policies/
Standards
CAI-Asia
City
AQM
Strategies
Long Term
Perspective +
Policy
Integration
Study
Climate
Policy
Capacity
Building
Environmental
Education
Kitakyushu
Initiative
Joint approach to networking for AQM in Asia
Pilot
Projects
Regional
Policies
Information
Management
Methodology
Development
Health and
Economic Impact
Assessment
Networking
CAI-Asia/APMA/
KI
Information
Management
CAI-Asia
IES
City AQM
Strategy
Benchmarking
APMA/CAI-Asia
Bench
Marking
Strategic
Framework
Scientific
Analysis IES/
CAI-AsiaPAPA
Capacity
Building
Climate
Change
BAQ
2003
APMA
LTP
KI
Co-operation in practice: case of Manila
Partnership for Clean Air (PCA) brings
together stakeholders from national and local
Government, NGOs, private sector and
Development agencies to discuss AQM in Manila
Partnership for Clean Air (PCA) is expected to
Function as facilitator for local network under
CAI-Asia
Different strategies are not formulated in
isolation but are directly related to each other
and based on each other
Advantages: (1) reduced costs in strategy
formulation, (2) more consistency in
strategies, and (3) better chances for
successful implementation
Clean
Air Act
Air Quality
Action Plan
Metro Manila Air
Quality Sector
Improvement
Program
Gov.
Gov.
+
ADB
Manila AQM
Strategy for CAI Asia
CAIAsia
WB Environmental
Monitor 2002 on
Air Quality
WB
IES Strategy
For Manila
IES
Recommendations for
Cooperation KI and CAI-Asia
• Coordination in establishment and strengthening of city
network for AQM in Asia at regional level (leading to
joint network for AQM between CAI-Asia – APMA
and KI)
• Strengthening of individual networks in cities that are
part of regional network (leading to joint
responsibility for mobilizing external assistance)
• Coordination in planning and implementation of
supportive activities (policy level, studies, capacity
building) (leading to joint projects)
• Coordination in information collection, analysis and
dissemination (leading to joint web site for AQM)
For Further Information
On CAI-Asia
Contact
Cornie Huizenga
([email protected])
Glynda Bathan ([email protected])