Clean Air Initiative for Asian Cities

Regional Workshop Kitakyushu Initiative Seminar on Urban Air Quality Management, Bangkok, Thailand

February, 2003

Building Effective Partnerships for Urban Air Quality Management in Asia

CAI-Asia Goals

• 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

“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

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”

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

Types of Members Membership Criteria

Interested to join CAI-Asia: Contact Glynda Bathan gbathan@adb.org

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

CAI-Asia Website• Community

building

• Disseminate information on air quality

• Major restructuring planned for 2003

• Country specific data to be added in 2003

http://worldbank.org/cleanair/caiasia

Webmasters:

sconstant@worldbank.org and mrco@adb.org

•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

CAI-Asia Partner web site

Launch Date: January 2002

600 + subscribers and growing

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

To join, send a blank email to: join-cai-asia@lists.worldbank.org

Training and Capacity Building

CATNet-AsiaObjectives: 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

Contact Paul Procee: pprocee@worldbank.org

Objectives: Modular training course for decision makers in Asia dealing with all aspects of Air Quality Management

Pilot Projects

• 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

• 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

Health impact of air pollution in Asian Cities

Health impact of air pollution in Asian Cities

Vehicle emission factors

Vehicle emission factors

Upgrading of diesel refineries to reduce sulfur

Upgrading of diesel refineries to reduce sulfur

Test protocol for fuel additives

Test protocol for fuel additives

Regulatory framework for CNG usage in Asian countries

Regulatory framework for CNG usage in Asian countries

Criteria Examples

Modeling PM reduction through reduced

sulfur in diesel

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)

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)

Strategic Framework for 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

Adoption of harmonized emission standards across Asia for new vehicles and associated fuel standards to bring Asia in line with European standards by 2010

Bring ambient air quality standards in Asia in line with WHO guidelines and assess need for ambient PM standards for Asia

Bring ambient air quality standards in Asia in line with WHO guidelines and assess need for ambient PM standards for Asia

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

CityAQM

Strategies

CityAQM

Strategies

How to combine regional networking activities with providing effective networking support at city level ?

InformationManagement

Capacity Building

PilotProjects/Studies

Regional Policies/

Standards

Long TermPerspective +

Policy Integration

Study

Capacity Building

Climate Policy

EnvironmentalEducation

CAI-Asia KitakyushuInitiative

Joint approach to networking for AQM in Asia

NetworkingCAI-Asia/APMA/

KI

BenchmarkingAPMA/CAI-Asia

Scientific Analysis IES/

CAI-Asia-PAPA

City AQMStrategy

MethodologyDevelopmentHealth and

Economic Impact Assessment

LTP

CapacityBuilding

ClimateChange

StrategicFramework

BenchMarking

RegionalPolicies

PilotProjects

InformationManagement

KIAPMA

BAQ2003

CAI-Asia IESInformation

Management

Co-operation in practice: case of

Manila

Metro Manila Air Quality SectorImprovement

Program

Manila AQMStrategy for CAI Asia

CleanAir Act

Air Quality Action Plan

IES StrategyFor Manila

WB EnvironmentalMonitor 2002 on

Air Quality

Partnership for Clean Air (PCA) brings together stakeholders from national and localGovernment, 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 underCAI-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

Gov.

Gov.+

ADB

CAI-Asia

WB

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 InformationOn CAI-Asia

ContactCornie Huizenga

(chuizenga@adb.org)Glynda Bathan (gbathan@adb.org)