Air Quality Management Related Projects of ADB in Asia

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Air Quality Management Related Projects of ADB in
Asia

• Masami Tsuji
• Regional and Sustainable Development Department,
  Asian Development Bank
• Regional Dialogue of Air Quality Management
  Initiatives and Programs in Asia
• 12 October 2006
• Bangkok, Thailand

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ADB Environment Agenda

• ADBs overarching goal is to reduce poverty in
  the Asia and Pacific Region
• Environmental sustainability is a major
  cross-cutting theme that is considered by ADB as
  prerequisite for pro-poor economic growth and
  poverty reduction
• The Environment Policy has identified the need to
  mainstream environmental considerations in
  economic growth in the Developing Members
  Countries (DMC) and to further integrate
  environmental considerations in its operations
• Country Partnership Strategies are the main
  planning and programming documents at country
  level, and environment programs and projects are
  included depending on the specific country context

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AQM in ADB

• Although no specific AQ policy, AQM is tackled
  under Energy Policy, Environment Policy and
  Urban Strategy of ADB
• Country Environmental Assessment reports cover
  air pollution issues
• ADB has substantially invested on activities
  related to air quality management in the region
• Such activities were in the form of lending and
  non-lending activities regional technical
  assistance (RETA), project preparatory technical
  assistance (PPTA), and advisory technical
  assistance (ADTA)
• ADBs technical assistance and loan portfolio is
  guided by the DMCs priorities as reflected in
  the joint ADB-DMC Country Partnership Strategy

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Country Synthesis Report (CSR) on Urban AQM

• Afghanistan
• Bangladesh
• Bhutan
• Cambodia
• PRC
• Hong Kong, China
• India
• Indonesia
• Laos
• Malaysia
• Mongolia
• Nepal
• Pakistan
• Philippines
• Singapore
• Sri Lanka
• Thailand
• Viet Nam

• ADB supports the preparation of the CSRs being
  prepared for the First Governmental Meeting on
  Urban Air Quality in Asia, 13-14 Dec 2006
• The CSRs include
• Overview of factors affecting air quality
• Sources of air pollution
• Status of air quality
• Impacts of air pollution
• Management of air quality

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ADB AQ Projects in Asia

• ADB has a substantial number of projects related
  to AQM in Asia, about 10 of the total number of
  projects based on the 2006 Compendium of AQ
  Programs and Projects in Asia
• Topics covered include general AQM projects,
  controlling stationary and mobile sources of air
  pollution, transboundary air pollution, health
  impacts of air pollution and climate change and
  greenhouse gas abatement

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Components of ADB Projects related to AQM
One project can have one or more components
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Focus of ADB Projects
One project can have one or more focus
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ADB activities on General AQM

• ADB has provided loans and TAs on comprehensive
  AQM projects covering different sectors and
  involving the coordination of various government
  agencies for its implementation, e.g.
• PPTA INO 4361 - Urban Air Quality Improvement
  Project in Indonesia
• PHI Loan 1663, 1664, and 1665 - Metro Manila Air
  Quality Improvement Sector Development Project
• PPTA 4415 - Kabul Air Quality Management
• Projects on promoting AQM to Asian countries have
  been conducted by ADB in recent years, e.g.
• RETA 6159 - South Asian Subregional Economic
  Cooperation Countries for AQM
• RETA 6061 - Clean Air Initiative for Asian Cities

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ADB activities on controlling vehicle emissions

• ADBs activities in controlling vehicle emissions
  in Asia have contributed in raising awareness on
  the problems brought about by vehicle emissions
  and have brought together government and
  non-government stakeholders to discuss policy
  measures
• ADB under RETA 5937 produced policy guidelines
  for reducing emissions from motor vehicles in
  2003 and developed action plans for vehicle
  emissions control for India, Indonesia, PRC, and
  Viet Nam
• A comprehensive urban transportation project (PRC
  Loan 2024) is currently being implemented by ADB
  in Xian. The project includes components on
  vehicle inspection and maintenance, improving
  public transportation and providing CNG
  facilities

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ADB activities on controlling stationary sources
of air pollution

• Majority of the AQM related projects of ADB focus
  on stationary sources by improving the efficiency
  of industrial processes
• One regional technical assistance assisted
  participating DMCs in developing a policy
  framework for integrating cleaner production
  principles as a priority element in national
  environmental and industrial development
  strategies
• In the Acid Rain Control and Environmental
  Improvement Project in PRC (PRC Loan 1890),
  several activities focused on financing
  investments for improving industrial areas

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ADB activities on controlling transboundary air
pollution

• ADBs activities on controlling transboundary air
  pollution have focused on improving the
  understanding of this problem and on promoting a
  regional mechanism for the prevention of the
  problem
• Majority of the projects have focused in
  Northeast Asia
• Important RETAs on controlling transboundary air
  pollution include, e.g.
• RETA 5702 - Acid Rain and Emission Reduction in
  Asia, Phase II
• RETA 5865 - Transboundary Environmental
  Cooperation in Northeast Asia,
• RETA 6068 - Prevention and Control of Dust and
  Sandstorms

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ADB activities on Climate Change and Renewable
Energy

• ADB has been implementing a comprehensive
  regional technical assistance project in
  promoting renewable energy, energy efficiency,
  and greenhouse gas abatement in Asia
• It has provided policy assessments and
  environmental valuation of projects, and
  pre-feasibility studies
• Regional workshops and dialogues have been
  conducted to further promote and raise the level
  of awareness on this subject
• ADB has also started to explore the application
  of a cobenefits approach to AQM and Climate
  Change Mitigation, e.g.
• RETA 6261 Energy Efficiency Initiative in
  Climate Change

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Future Directions

• ADB is currently intensifying its activities in
  sustainable urban transportation in Asia and will
  soon implement a regional technical assistance to
  assist DMCs
• ADB is in the process of conceptualizing a Clean
  Energy Fund that can be made available for DMCs
  to advance more investments and facilitate CDM
  projects in the region
• ADB is also implementing a RETA on Managing Asian
  Cities that will include identifying projects
  which would focus on delivery of key
  infrastructure facilities, including urban
  transportation
• ADB will continue its partnership and support to
  CAI-Asia

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Thank you!For More Information

• E-mail mtsuji_at_adb.org
• Web site www.adb.org