CAI-ASIA CELEBRATES 10 YEARS OF PARTNERSHIP10

To kick-off our 10th year anniversary this year, we gave our logo a celebratory look, distributed our first-ever institu-tional calendar for 2011 and hosted an office-warming reception and anniversa-ry celebration attended by our founding donors. In the anniversary reception, we recognized Asian Development Bank for the unwavering support it has extended especially after CAI-Asia’s incorporation as a non-profit organization in 2007 .

CAI-Asia was established in Feb-ruary 2001 in a workshop in Bangkok entitled ‘Fighting Air Pollution – From Plan to Action.’ The ADB, World Bank

Sophie Punte, CAI-Asia Executive Director, with Masami Tsuji and Nessim Ahmad who received the Plaque of Appreciation in behalf of ADB

and United States Agency for Interna-tional Development formally launched what will become the Clean Air Initiative for Asian Cities (CAI-Asia) as part of a global network that includes Latin Amer-ican Cities (CAI-LAC) and Sub-Saharan African Cities (CAI-SSA). From 2001 to 2007, CAI-Asia was hosted in the ADB Headquarters and has grown to become the main regional initiative on urban air quality management in Asia.

In 2007, CAI-Asia was reorganized as an independent non-governmental entity with headquarters in Manila and offices in Beijing and Delhi. To date,

CAI-Asia Center works with more than 200 member organizations of the CAI-Asia Partnership (a United Nations Type II partnership) and its Country Networks in China, India, Indonesia, Nepal, Paki-stan, Philippines, Sri Lanka and Vietnam.

The ‘10 Years of Partnership’ celebra-tion was officially launched in November 2010 at the CAI-Asia Partnership Meet-ing in Singapore. Key events in all CAI-Asia offices (Manila, Beijing and Delhi) and Country Networks will be organized during the commemorative year of 2011 to mark this important milestone for the organization.

Issue No. 14, January – March 2011

ANNIVERSARY ISSUE

Clean Air Initiative for Asian Cities - Quarterly Newsletter2

WRAPPING UP 2010 MEGA-EVENT PROJECTS

by Ritchie Anne Roño by Eryn Gayle de Leon

During the World EXPO 2010, CAI-Asia worked with Shang-hai on improving communication on air quality and move to-wards improved regional cooperation on air quality manage-ment.

CAI-Asia helped enhance public communication for the Shanghai EXPO by providing access to information on Shanghai’s air quality levels and measures through a dedicated site in English. Further support was extended by surveying air quality management at past and planned mega-events; bring-ing international experts from Atlanta (Olympics 1996) and London (2012) to meetings in Shanghai to assist the Shanghai Environmental Protection Bureau in improving the city’s air quality plan..

In January 2011, more than 200 experts and representatives from Shanghai, Jiangsu Province, Zhejiang Province, Guang-zhou, Beijing, as well as experts from the US gathered for the “3rd Shanghai Clean Air Forum & International Workshop on Achievement of 2010 EXPO Air Quality Management.”

The Forum and Workshop was jointly organized by Shang-hai Environmental Protection Bureau (SEPB) and CAI-Asia Center, and co-organized with the Shanghai Association of Environmental Sciences, Shanghai Environmental Monitor-ing Center, Shanghai Academy of Environmental Sciences, AIRNow International with support from the Fu Tak Iam Foundation.

CAI-Asia prepared a full report on the discussion of les-sons learned and follow-up work relating to air quality man-agement before, during and after the Shanghai EXPO.

See link:http://cleanairinitiative.org/portal/projects/ShanghaiExpoBeyond

communicaTing Air Quality During Delhi Commonwealth Games 2010 is a project managed by CAI-Asia in coopera-tion with India’s Central Pollution Control Board and support from the Embassy of Sweden. This project enabled the devel-opment of a dedicated website consolidating air quality infor-mation for the Delhi Commonwealth Games.

The website documents air quality policies and measures and provide links to air quality data from different monitor-ing and forecasting organizations (e.g., CPCB, Delhi Pollution Control Committee, National Environmental Engineering Re-search Institute and Indian Institute of Tropical Metrology).

A post-CWG workshop was held in March 2011 where organizations welcomed the website as a central platform to compile AQ information and data monitored by different organizations. Shri J.S. Kamyotra from CPCB discussed the plans for updating the Environment Data Bank which will consolidate real-time air quality monitoring data in a common website for both Indian cities and about 2000 industrial sites. More cities will be added in years to come.

CPCB also plans to coordinate with neighboring states to prepare air quality management plans to manage trans-bound-ary air pollution and to increase air quality monitoring stations from 342 to 3500 with the investment of 30 million dollars.

The CWG 2010 Delhi Air Quality Website will continue to exist and information relevant to general air quality manage-ment will be updated.

See link: http://cleanairinitiative.org/portal/AirQualityDelhiCWG2010

VISIT THE MEGA-EVENTS WEBSITE!http://megaevents.cleanairinitiative.org/

January – March 20113

Green Freight Network Surveyhttp://cleanairinitiative.org/portal/greenfreightsurveyDeadline: 11 April 2011

CAI-Asia and its partners are designing a Green Freight China Program and a global Green Freight Network to facilitate exchange of information and access to exper-tise and available technologies. This network would benefit countries in Asia aim-ing to establish green freight programs and would facilitate harmonization of, or at least ensure greater consistency between different green freight programs around the world.

We invite organizations involved or is interested in green freight to participate in this survey. Part 1 of the survey is for all organizations. If you are a supplier of technol-ogy and related services, please complete Part 1 and 2.

Part 1: Survey for OrganizationsPart 2: Survey for Suppliers of Technologies and Related Services

Information collected through the survey will be made available online in the Green Freight website.

Questions? Contact Jaja at gianina.panopio@cai-asia.org

Air Pollution Percetion Surveyhttp://cleanairinitiative.org/portal/airpollutionsurveyDeadline: 25 April 2011

In December 2004, Synovate Ltd. conducted a public opinion survey on air pollu-tion. Respondents were from China (Shanghai, Beijing, Guangzhou, Wuhan), Hong Kong, Malaysia (Kuala Lumpur), Thailand (Bangkok) and the Philippines (Manila). Results from this survey are available in the Clean Air Portal.

Seven years has passed since this survey and with permission from Synovate Ltd., CAI-Asia is re-introducing the survey to know what are people’s opinion and atti-tude towards air pollution now.

Completing this survey will take no more than 5 minutes of your time. All answers will remain entirely anonymous.

Questions? Contact Kaye at kaye.patdu@cai-asia.org

COMPLETE OUR SURVEY!

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CAI-Asia Center organized emissions inventory trainings in two Philippine cit-ies - Cagayan de Oro and Iloilo City as part of the GIZ-funded Clean Air for Smaller Cities Project. Two national ex-perts spearheaded the conduct of the emissions inventory trainings: Dr. Doris Montecastro from the Chemistry De-partment of Ateneo de Manila Univer-sity and Dr. Manny Biona of the Don Bosco Technical Institute. They both shared their expertise on emissions in-ventory for sources of air pollution andprovided an overview of models and tools for air quality management.

The two-day training is intended to orient and capacitate local partner in-stitutions and universities for the actual

GIZ CLEAN AIR FOR SMALLER CITIES PROJECT UPdATE: EMISSIONS

INVENTORY TRAININGS HELd IN TWO PILOT CITIES

by Ronald Cartagena

conduct of emissions inventory hap-pening in the next few months.

CAI-Asia Center is the national co-ordinator for this project in the Philip-pines.

For Iloilo City, the University of the Philippines Visayas is the lead partner and will work with the University of San Agustin and Central Philippine Univer-sity. The current project set-up will pro-vide opportunities for further coopera-tion among academic institutions even beyond the project timeline in terms of common researches and extension ser-vice program with particular focus on air quality.

On the other hand, Xavier University will take on the lead role for Cagayan de

Oro City and is expected to work closely with the Mindanao University of Sci-ence and Technology, Capitol University and Liceo de Cagayan University.

Aside from the academe, other im-portant partners for this project are: DENR-EMB Regional Offices, DOST, DOH and LTO. CAI-Asia is working closely with city representatives from the Environment and Natural Resources Office, City Planning and Development Office, Traffic Management Unit, Coun-cilor’s Office, Health Office and Liga ng mga Barangay for the implementation of this project which aims to assist cities develop and implement local clean air action plans.

CAI-ASIA IN SNOWY d.C.EvEry January, we participate and or-ganize various meetings in Washington, D.C. This year, CAI-Asia was one of the co-organizers of the Transforming Transportation Conference which saw about 200 people attending despite the severe snow storm in D.C. CAI-Asia presented an overview of the current challenges on freight in Asia and draw-ing on our work in China. Freight is one of the most important contributors to air pollution, especially in urban areas, and also a large contributor to CO2 emissions because a large percentage of freight in developing Asian countries are transported by road and requires a lot of fuel. As a co-organizer, CAI-Asia also participated in the closing session, highlighting the need to scale up sus-

tainable transport activities and improve coordination among NGOs and devel-opment institutions, and as well as other organizations. (The presentations can be accessed at http://go.worldbank.org/XB63EGOF60)

CAI-Asia is also one of the members of the committee that selects and hands out the Sustainable Transport Award (STA) every year during the Transpor-tation Research Board conference. The STA Award this year went to a develop-ing city in Asia – Guangzhou in China – for their bus rapid transit system, bike-sharing program, and the river devel-opment that promotes walking and cy-cling. Their BRT System is now touted as the highest capacity BRT system in the world, with total daily ridership of

about 800,000 and passenger ridership of about 25,000 per hour per direction. In the awarding ceremony, CAI-Asia ex-pressed that Guangzhou has effectively demonstrated that future emissions can be avoided through BRT systems in-tegrated with cycling and other public transport systems at relatively low costs.

This situation is what the STA com-mittee members want to promote for all cities. More information is available http://www.itdp.org/index.php/sus-tainable_transport_award/

We also took the opportunity to meet with CAI-Asia Partnership mem-bers based in D.C. such as the US En-vironment Protection Agency, World Bank and others.

by Bert Fabian

January – March 20115

in fEbruary 22-23 2011, the CAI-Asia Center participated in the final meeting and seminar for Japanese audience of the “International Study of Transport Systems in a Low Carbon Society”. The seminar was participated by Dr. Rajen-dra Pachauri, Dr. David Banister, Dr. Lee Schipper, and other members of the study teams from various regions. The Study was initiated by the Institute of Transport Policy Studies (ITPS) based in Japan with funding from the Nip-pon Foundation and consists of a global study and six regional studies. CAI-Asia Center carried out the study for South-east Asia. The study aims to determine what policies are needed for global CO2 transport emissions in 2050 to be equal to or minus 50% of 2000 emissions and

INTERNATIONAL STUdY OF TRANSPORT SYSTEMS IN A

LOW CARBON SOCIETYfor transport emissions per capita in 2050 to be equal worldwide using the visioning-backcasting approach. This assumed different regional targets for 2050: capped emission growth targets for China, India and Southeast Asia and emission reduction targets far higher than 0-50% for the EU and North America.

CO2 emissions from the transport sector already contribute substantially to total CO2 emissions and will undoubt-edly increase several fold in the future if appropriate strategies and measures are implemented. Technological solutions alone will not be able to reduce emis-sion. The various experts and as well as the findings of the research institutions points to the need to implement a com-

bination of strategies and measures, that can avoid or reduce need for travel, shift or maintain sustainable transport modes like public transport and walking, and improve current vehicular technologies in transport.

The global study and the regional studies will be published and made avail-able online in the second quarter of 2011.

See the Institution for Transport and Policy Studies website for more infor-mation on the Seminar at http://www.jterc.or.jp/english/Henglish.htm

To know more about the project see the ITPS Project Website http://itps.sakura.ne.jp/stlsite/STL-TOP.html and the CAI-Asia website

CAI-Asia and partners with Nobel laureate and Chairman of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, Dr. R.K Pachauri

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‘LovE ThE air, SavE ThE PLanET’ is a study on the economic viability, envi-ronmental soundness, health impact and social acceptability of a LPG-powered public jeepney that was launched on February 14 at the Environmental Stud-ies Institute of Miriam College (Miriam ESI) in Quezon City.

This study is a joint collaboration of Global Ambient Hi-Technology Systems Inc (GATES) and Philippine Automotive Depot Inc, Miriam ESI, COCAP, Clean Air Initiative for Asian Cities and Partnership for Clean Air (CAI-Asia Country Network in the Philippines).

Rene Pineda Jr, Chair of the Part-nership for Clean Air, pointed that this initiative is a “win-win” approach to curbing air pollution and improving the economic lot of the public jeepney sec-tor.

“We foresee that a huge portion of the market for diesel consumed by the public jeepney sector would shift to

CAI-ASIA, OTHER PARTNERS LAUNCH A STUdY ON

LPG-POWEREd JEEPNEYS

LPG as soon as we are done with the validation of the study because of its much-needed and desired economic and environmental benefits that all sec-tors of society have been waiting for so long,” says Cielo Fregil, Managing Di-rector of GATES, adding that the same shift happened with most of the taxi fleets in Metro Manila.

Members of the group said they would require more than three months conducting the study to cover all pos-sible factors as extensively as possible.

For more information, please con-tact Ms. Vicky Segovia, Executive Di-rector of the Partnership for Clean Air at pcacoordinator@gmail.com.

January – March 20117

EarLy this year, fresh from my holiday vacation in Philippines, I was welcomed by colorful displays of vibrant tourism year billboards around Kathmandu on my way from airport to my apartment. There is an intense enthusiasm from people greeting and meeting tourists who just landed in Kathmandu, committed to the country’s goal of receiving at least 1 million tourists this year.

My heart leapt and throbbed in a fluttering way feeling that this is going to be a good year for me and Nepal. For over a year now, I have been working on a project that campaigned for safer streets for people, clean and leveled pedestrian footpaths especially for the differently-abled population. And I am still groping in the dark to see when this will come into fruition.

Nepal is a country where a huge number of people rely in walking as a mode of transport. Walking has infinite benefits; it enhances the city’s urbanity and lifestyle. Geared towards Nepal tourism year 2011, walking is a great window for people to appreciate sights of incredible icons and temples in the city, creates a vibrant envi-ronment, healthier ways of life and helps promote cleaner air.

Making streets walkable for people do not need massive creation of infrastruc-tures such as highways and bridges. Lessons learnt from New York City in its Plan NYC (presented at BAQ 2010) paved way to a bold but widely accepted plan to en-hance urban environment and livability in the city. It consisted of paints, designing public ceilings, using old stones, slabs and planters. New York City redesigned its streets by adopting a “people’s first” approach and looking after the growing demand of a diverse population. Underutilized stretches of roads were created into public plazas with colorful array of chairs, tables, umbrellas and planters inviting people to stay and talk. Streets were painted with canvasses of art to attract more people to walk. People started flocking and initiated weekend community programs such as public concerts and school activities. Information and directional signs for walking were used to unlock navigation of streets. ‘Greening the city’ through planting on sidewalk streets, installing flower filled window boxes, and creating mini gardens on vehicle free zones allowed for a pleasing pedestrian experience. A sidewalk tree planting program called Block Beautiful became a private initiative mobilizing peo-ple to will and own it. The results were sweeping. There was a 71 percent increase in retail shops as a consequence of pedestrianization. In just one year, New York City has planted 33,150 trees in neighborhoods that have now enhanced the city’s streetscape. These improvements conserve energy, improve air quality, and increase property values.

Nepal has still a long way to go but hopefully is on its way to this transition. Based from my daily walks, I have seen positive changes in the pedestrian paths and look forward to see more in the days to come. For instance, the footpaths are renovated with leveled bricks within the stretch of Putalisadak. This is complemented with the improved drainage systems with people manually cleaning the canals. Traffic signs are placed in King’s Way with traffic police monitoring the road to see that this is actually being followed. What I love seeing are the big green bins for waste that is easy to pull and move for the cleaners to collect the garbage.

I have also witnessed greater authority in Traffic Police as they pull up illegally parked motorcycles from footpaths into police vans for confiscation. Later this week, when I visited the Metropolitan Traffic Police Office, I witnessed a long line of people recovering their confiscated motorbikes with a punched hole in their li-cense. I later knew that five punches in the license is equivalent to suspension of license to drive for 6 months.

I consider these initiatives as ripples of change that will eventually turn into a tide of innumerable transformation. If a multitude of like-minded individuals could cre-ate enough momentum, Kathmandu will become a vibrant and livable city.

Chin Cabrido is a Research Officer at the Clean Air Network Nepal (CAI-Asia CountryNetwork in Nepal). She is a Filipino based in Kathmandu, Nepal since November 2009.

Putalisadak footpaths are renovated with leveled bricks and wider foot-

paths

Improved drainage systems are in placed in Putalisadak areat

No parking signs in King’s Way with traffic police patrolling.

RIPPLES OF CHANGEby Chin Cabrido

Green bins for garbage disposal.

Clean Air Initiative for Asian Cities - Quarterly Newsletter8 THE EXCHANGE CHRONICLES

i viSiTED Hong Kong for 14 days (February 25–March 10, 2011) to take part in a technical workshop in the Hong Kong Polytech-nic University (HKPolyU). The workshop focused on enhancing my skills in air quality monitoring and vehicle emissions testing, and on broadening my knowledge in driving cycle development. The two-week stay in Asia’s world city involved a seminar, a research briefing, equipment demonstrations, and a site visit.

It started off with a workshop on driving cycle development with Dr. Tong Hing-yan (Francis). I was enthusiastic to meet Dr Francis in person since he was one of the key contributors in a project collaboration between HKPolyU and the Vietnam Environment Administration (VEA) a few years back. It was in 2009 that the VEA endeavored to develop real-driving cycle models of Hanoi, for which one of the methodologies was obtained from HKPolyU. By the end of the workshop, I had a better understanding of the subject matter and was given reference materials to practice on.

By chance, my visit coincided with a scheduled briefing on spirometry by Dr TW Wong of the Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK). The activity was of great benefit to the ongoing research study on the health effects of air pollution exposure on primary school children. The team got a better grasp of how lung function test results can be studied as an indicator for children’s respiratory health in relation to acute/chronic air pollution exposure.

A demonstration on vehicle emissions testing followed as was arranged by Dr WT Hung. We went to the Vehicle Center at the Institute of Vocational Education in order to get a firsthand experience on conducting emissions testing through a portable five-gas analyzer. Mr Fung Man Keung explained that the basic monitoring parameters assessed in vehicle emissions testing are hydrocarbons (HC), carbon dioxide (CO2), carbon monoxide (CO), nitrogen monoxide (NO), and nitrogen dioxide (NO2). It was also during this activity that I met Teresa Fung, who was the exchange participant from HKPolyU that was assigned in CAI-Asia Center office in 2009. Teresa is currently a full-time lecturer for classes on civil engineering, air quality and pollution control at the VTC. More importantly, this was an opportunity to know about Teresa’s posting in Manila and also to share my own experiences halfway through the exchange program.

I also had a laboratory briefing and practice session on HKPolyU’s various air quality monitoring equipment. I was intro-duced to portable AQ monitors (e.g. Dust Trak, Q Trak, ppbRAE Total volatile organic compounds (TVOC) real-time sensor, CO and NO2 sensors), and a few laboratory equipment like the Gas Chromatography – Mass Selective (GC-MS) Detector and Trace Gas analyzers for NO, NO2 and SO2. I used the equipment to measure the pollutant levels within the HKPolyU campus micro-environment.

Lastly, I had the chance to visit HKPolyU’s background air monitoring station at Hok Tsui district, which is located on the southeastern tip of Hong Kong Island facing the South China Sea. The HKPolyU was commissioned by the Hong Kong En-vironment Protection Department to operate and maintain this monitoring station, which therefore has been used for several research projects by students, research fellows and professors of HKPolyU. As such, we were accompanied by Dr KS Lam, who has an ongoing research on background ozone concentrations at the station. From this activity, I was able to compare and contrast the monitoring stations in Vietnam and in Hong Kong.

Overall, the experience of learning how to use portable AQ monitoring and emissions testing equipment has made me excit-ed and hopeful that I will someday be able to use similar equipment in my work at the VEA in Hanoi. The two-week experience in Hong Kong has contributed greatly in my goal of becoming a specialist in the field of air quality monitoring and management.

MY HONG KONG EXPERIENCE

Visit to Hok Tsui Monitoring Station, from left to right: Christine Lee (Dr Hung’s RA), DR KS Lam, myself, Agung from Indonesia, and Ben from the Philippines.

by Nguyen Ngoc Hung, with additional inputs from Benj Roa and Agung Muhammad

January – March 20119

CAI-Asia was involved as a partner organization in the At-eneo National Environmental Conference (ANECON) held 28-30 January 2011 at the Ateneo de Manila University, Loy-ola Heights, Quezon City. This partnership of CAI-Asia was also a step towards developing a more active partnership with the youths this year. About 44 delegates representing different schools from different regions of the Philippines participated in the conference.

The three day conference was organized by Ateneo de Manila University Students- ANECON team. The objective of the conference was to promote awareness of the various consequences posed by climate change and to integrate theo-retical foundations and practical solutions into the role of the Filipino youth in addressing issues regarding climate change. Prominent speakers from leading organizations and universi-

ties provided insight and input to the participants to meet with the objectives of the conference. The conference was successful in soliciting the participants’ learning into the resolutions which they committed to

abide by and implement in their schools and community. Ms. Amita Thapa Magar, a Nepali exchange participant hosted in the Philippines, represented CAI-Asia in the con-

ference as a facilitator. Speaking at a session for sharing NGO initiatives, Ms. Magar briefly discussed about the scope, working areas and activities of CAI-Asia throughout the region in Asia. She also welcomed all the participants to engage and involve themselves with CAI-Asia to work together for better air quality and livable cities.

CAI- Asia also managed a booth in the NGO fair on the last day of the conference in order to disseminate more information among the participating students.

CAI-ASIA IN ANECON

INTERNSHIP AT HANOI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY

Chassis dynamometer for motorcycles (CD 20”)

ThE Laboratory of Internal Combustion Engines (LICE) is a department under the School of Transportation Engineering in Hanoi University of Science and Technol-ogy. LICE offers a collaborative space for academics from a range of research pro-jects to investigate how the technology makes use for innovative emission technolo-gies for the internal combustion engines to fulfill the future challenges of emission reduction. The laboratory is facilitated with AVL equipment sponsored by Austrian government.

My one-month internship with LICE afforded me the opportunity to operate well- equipped internal combustion engines laboratory with experienced academic staff. This is in line with my ongoing research on vehicular emission reduction strat-egy in Vietnam as part of the 10-month exchange program.

My internship was facilitated by Phan Quynh Nhu of the Vietnam Clean Air Partnership, CAI-Asia’s Country Network in Vietnam. Under the supervision of Associate Professor Le Anh Tuan, Head of the Internal Combustion Engines De-partment, I delved in a range of theoretical and practical exposure as I worked with ongoing research projects with hands-on experience in handling equipment associ-ated with vehicle emission testing such as chassis dynamometer for passenger cars and light duty vehicles, high dynamic engine test bed, chassis dynamometer for mo-tor cycles and single-cylinder research engine test bed.

Manamendra Patabendige Priyantha from Clean Air Sri Lanka is currently hosted by the Vietnam Clean Air Partnership in Hanoi until September 2011.

The Exchange Chronicles features the works of exchange fellows under CAI-Asia’s Clean Air and Blue Skies Asia Exchange Project where young professionals participate on a 10-month posting among partner organizations to learn AQM.

CAI- ASIA wITh ThE youThS

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CAI-ASIA PARTNERSHIP FIRST QUARTER UPdATE

ToTAl MEMBErS AS of 31 MArCh 2011 : 216

MASYARAKAT TRANSPORTASI INdONESIA – MTI (INdONESIA TRANSPORT SOCIETY) www.mti-its.or.id

UNIVERSITI MALAYSIA TERENGGANU

ECOTECH PTY LTd - WWW.ECOTECH.COM

ENVIRONMENT ANd PUBLIC HEALTH ORGANIZATION www.enpho.org

CAI-Asia launched the ‘10 years of Partnership’ celebration in the Partnership Meeting in Singa-pore and introduced the anniver-sary logo to the members.

Anniversary calendars and mem-bership certificates were sent to CAI-Asia Partnership members from Jan-Mar 2011.

Updates

we have received the total of 125 requests for information for the period Jan-Mar 2011. Top 3 request types were for research purposes (45), collaborations/partnerships for projects (11), and work opportunities within CAI-Asia or looking for certain specialists (10). Other significant requests include contacts (9), speaker/trainer invitations (9), and information dissemination for projects, surveys, and conferences (9). Most inquires from countries in Asia and from international organizations. The rest of the inquiries were from Australia and coun-tries in Europe, North America, and South America.

Mode of inquiry was primarily through direct email or phone followed by inquiries through Contact us [www.cleanairinitiative.org] and the Center email [center@cai-asia.org].

CAI-ASIA HELPdESK

13th Tour of the Fireflies17 April 2011Start/End: Tiendesitas, Pasig

Car free Day17 April 2011Surapto Street, Jakarta

CAI-Asia signed Memorandum of Agreement for specific activities with Manila observatory, Philippine Nuclear research Institute and AIESEC uP Diliman Chapter

CAI-Asia became a member of the world lP Gas Association on January 2011.

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CITY OF PALEMBANG SET TO IMPLEMENT SUSTAINABLE URBAN TRANSPORT SCHEMES SPEARHEAdEd BY MEMBERS OF THE CAI-ASIA PARTNERSHIP COUNCIL http://cleanairinitiative.org/portal/node/7134

aT ThE Steering Committee meeting on 22 Feb, 2011, the City of Palembang decided to implement the Phase 1 of its Mid-term Sustainable Urban Transport Action Plan. The meeting was led by the City’s Mayor, Mr. Eddy Santana Putra, and attended by various heads of the departments. Also pre-sent at the meeting were ADB’s Ms. Priyanka Sood, CDIA’s Mr. Joris Van Etten and Sameeha Sheth, and GIZ-SUTIP’s Dr. Dino Teddyputra.

The Mid-term Action Plan, along with the Long-term Strategy on Urban Transport development, is a result of 7-month work by a GHK consultant team that the city engaged in cooperation with GIZ-sponsored SUTIP and CDIA.

Phase 1 includes projects such as, the improvement of the TransMusi bus system and parking management schemes. The parking management part will include removal of on-street parking and providing off-street parking facilities in downtown areas. Park & Ride facilities at the main cordon entries into the city will also be a part of Phase 1. In addition, a new bridge across the Musi River is planned to complement

the exisiting bridge, which is serving the City of 1.5 million residents for decades. The estimated investment for Phase 1 is US$175 million. It is expected that the funding will be from various public and private sources that will be coordinated through a Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV).

As a next step the city will form a Project Implementation Unit (PIU) that will replace the Task Force to Foster the Imple-mentation of Sustainable Urban Transport. The PIU will also be responsible to establish the SPV.

SUTIP will support the PIU in terms of institutional ca-pacity building, which includes enhancing the capacities of the urban transport regulators and operators in Palembang.

source:

http://www.sutp.org/index.hp?option=com_content&task=view&id=2591

The key actors of this project, Mayor Eddy Santana Pu-tra of Palembang City and GIZ, are current members of the CAI-Asia Partnership Council.

aNNOUNCemeNts

CAI-Asia warmly welcomes the latest members of our growing team!

Saadullah Ayaz replaces Mo-hammad Aqib as Coordinator of the Pakistan Clean Air Network. Concurrent to this position, he is also serving as IUCN Pakistan’s Climate Change Coordinator.

saadullah.AYAZ@iucn.org

Sameera Kumar Anthapur joins the CAI-Asia India Office as Transport Researcher starting 1 April 2011. Prior to CAI-Asia he has worked in the transport sector in various capacities for over five and a half years.

Take a glimpse of his interview for United Na-tions University at http://www.vie.unu.edu/learninghub/2011/sustainability/pedestrians-at-crossroads-a-case-study-of-bangalore-part-i-making-the-case-for-pedestirians/sameera.kumar@cai-asia.org

CONGRatULatIONs!

Elisea ‘Bebet’ Gozun, Chair of the CAI-Asia Partnership Council, has been appointed as Pres-idential Assistant on Climate Change under the Office of President Aquino of the Philippines.

Dr. Thusitha Sugathapala, President of the Clean Air Sri Lanka, has been appointed as Direc-tor-General of the Sri Lanka Sustainable Energy Authority.

CaLL FOR appLICatIONs

We are accepting internship applications in all the CAI-Asia offices in Manila (Center), Beijing (China Office) and Delhi (India Office). Appli-cants should be either studying or a recent uni-versity graduate. More information is available at http://cleanairinitiative.org/portal/internship. If interested, send your resume with cover let-ter indicating the period of your availability and preferred internship location to center@cai-asia.org.

UpCOmING eVeNts

Workshop on Air Quality and Environmentally Sustainable Transport28 April 2011Venue: Central Environmental Authority, Densil Kobbekaduwa Mawatha, Battaramulla, Sri LankaE-mail ruwan.weerasooriya@cai-asia.org for de-tails on how you can participate.

One-stop Trade Fair for Green Freight Demonstration Project 22-24 June 2011 Venue: No. 15.1 Exhibition Hall, Area C, China Import and Export Fair Pazhou Complex (No. 382, Yuejiang Zhong Rd., Guangzhou, Guang-dong, China)Email yan.peng@cai-asia.org for details on how you can participate.

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pUBLICatIONs

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ThE Transport Emissions Evaluation Models for Projects (TEEMP) are excel-based models for estimating GHG impacts of transport projects. The TEEMP tools were developed by CAI-Asia and the Institute for Transportation and DevelopmentPolicy for evaluating the emissions impacts of ADB’s transport projects and were modified and extended for GEF projects by ITDP, CAI-Asia and Cambridge Systematics, Inc for the GEF-Scientific and Technical Advisory Panel (STAP). ADB, UNEP and ClimateWorks provided financial support for the TEEMP development.

Breaking Records in 2010Air Quality, Climate Change and

Transport in Asia: A year in review January 2011

managing 2&3-wheelers in asiaJoint publication of CAI-Asia and uNEP Partnership for Clean fuels

and Vehicles

Cardiovascular effects ofInhaled Ultrafine and Nano-sized

particles

air pollution teaching toolkitPublished by Clean Air Network Nepal and Clean Energy Nepal

Mach 2011

walkability in Indian Citiesby CAI-Asia (a Shakti Sustainable

Energy foundation supported study) January 2011

Beyond shoe prints: walkability in male.

Published by CAI-Asia in collabo-ration with Clean Air Sri lanka and

Maldives EPA March 2011

January – March 201113

maGaZINe aRtICLes

Highlights from the Better air QualityConference

by Sophie Punte and Ritchie Anne Roño

This article appears in the february 2011 issue of EM Magazine, a publication of the Air & waste Man-

agement Association (A&wMA; www.awma.org). To obtain copies and reprints, please contact A&wMA

directly at 1-412-232-3444.

air Quality policy trendsby Chinie Canivel and Glynda Bathan

This article appears in the Quarter one 2011 issue of fuels and lubes International.

NEWS BITES (WHO, WHAT, WHEN, WHERE)

cai-aSia coordinated the Business for Environmentally-Sus-tainable Transport (BEST) cluster for the Business Climate Action Summit held last 29 March in Hotel Intercontinental, Makati City. The Summit featured the clean fleet management initiatives of Shell (bus fleets), Honda (government fleets) and Meralco (corporate fleets). At the summit, about 16 compa-nies have signified interest to join future activities of the clean fleet management training program.

cai-aSia presented at the Asia Refining Technology Confer-ence Annual Meeting organized by the Global Technology Forum. The presentation included status of fuel quality and vehicle emissions standards in Asia, case studies of standards developments in Pakistan, Philippines and Vietnam, barriers to introducing cleaner fuels and the role of refineries in ad-vancing cleaner fuels.

CAI-Asia News is a quarterly publication of Clean Air Initiative for Asian Cities (CAI-Asia) Center.Edited By: ritchie Anne roño

Design and layout by: Earl Paulo Diaz