Clean Air Initiative for Asian Cities

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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

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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
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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
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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 gbathan_at_adb.org
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Governance and Organizational Structure Structure

• Activities of CAI-Asia are governed by CAI-Asia
  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

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CAI-Asia Website

• Community building
• Disseminate information on air quality
• Major restructuring planned for 2003
• Country specific data to be added in 2003

Webmasters sconstant_at_worldbank.org and
mrco_at_adb.org
http//worldbank.org/cleanair/caiasia
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CAI-Asia Partner web site

• First portal on vehicle emission reduction in
  Asia and forms important contribution to CAI-Asia
  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
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CAI-Asia Discussion Listserv
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
Launch Date January 2002 600 subscribers and
growing
To join, send a blank email to
join-cai-asia_at_lists.worldbank.org
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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_a
sia/
Objectives Modular training course for decision
makers in Asia dealing with all aspects of Air
Quality Management
Distance Learning
Contact Paul Procee pprocee_at_worldbank.org
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Pilot Projects
Criteria
Examples

• 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

Vehicle emission factors

• Health impact of air pollution in Asian Cities

Upgrading of diesel refineries to reduce sulfur
Test protocol for fuel additives
Regulatory framework for CNG usage in Asian
countries
Modeling PM reduction through reduced sulfur in
diesel
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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

Bring ambient air quality standards in Asia in
line with WHO guidelines and assess need for
ambient PM standards for Asia
Benchmarking of Air Quality Management in Asian
Cities (in cooperation with APMA project)
Adoption of harmonized emission standards across
Asia for new vehicles and associated fuel
standards to bring Asia in line with European
standards by 2010
Strategic Framework for Air Quality Management in
Asian Cities (in cooperation with APMA project)
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Rationale Coordination CooperationCAI-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

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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

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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

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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

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Challenge AQM networks in Asia
How to combine regional networking activities
with providing effective networking support at
city level ?
City AQM Strategies
Long Term Perspective Policy Integration Study
Climate Policy
Information Management
Pilot Projects/ Studies
Capacity Building
Regional Policies/ Standards
Capacity Building
Environmental Education
CAI-Asia
Kitakyushu Initiative
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Joint approach to networking for AQM in Asia
Methodology Development Health and Economic
Impact Assessment
Pilot Projects
Information Management
Networking CAI-Asia/APMA/ KI
Regional Policies
Information Management
IES
CAI-Asia
City AQM Strategy
Benchmarking APMA/CAI-Asia
Scientific Analysis IES/ CAI-Asia- PAPA
Capacity Building
Bench Marking
Climate Change
BAQ 2003
LTP
Strategic Framework
KI
APMA
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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
Gov.
Clean Air Act
Air Quality Action Plan
Metro Manila Air Quality Sector Improvement
Program
Gov. ADB
Partnership for Clean Air (PCA) is expected to
Function as facilitator for local network
under CAI-Asia
CAI- Asia
Manila AQM Strategy for CAI Asia
Different strategies are not formulated in
isolation but are directly related to each other
and based on each other
WB Environmental Monitor 2002 on Air Quality
WB
Advantages (1) reduced costs in strategy
formulation, (2) more consistency in strategies,
and (3) better chances for successful
implementation
IES
IES Strategy For Manila
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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)

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• For Further Information
• On CAI-Asia
• Contact
• Cornie Huizenga (chuizenga_at_adb.org)
• Glynda Bathan (gbathan_at_adb.org)