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Resilient Cities Asia — Pacific 2016 Congress By MOHD HAFIZAM MUSTAFFA OPERATION MANAGER MELAKA GREEN TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION In overdrive M E L A K A IPERBADANAN TE KNOLOGI H JAU Melaka GreenTech Corp oversees and monitors State’s green agenda efforts SINCE 2010, Melaka established a vision to become a green technology city State. It was inspired by the announcement by Prime Minister Dato’ Seri Najib Abdul Razak, who pledged during the United Nation Framework for Climate Change (UNFCCC) Conference of Parties (COP) 15 in Copenhagen, Denmark in 2009 to reduce Malaysia’s carbon intensity per Growth Domestic Product (GDP) at 40 per cent by year 2020. Then in 2011, Melaka produced the Green Technology City State Blueprint. The indicators listed were recommended by the Urban Environmental Accords (UEA) to guide the way we build and maintain our city streets, sewers, building infrastructure, parks and green spaces. Melaka established the Green Technology Council in 2010 and the Melaka Green Technology Corporation in 2013 to oversees Datuk Kamarudin Md Shah, CEO Melaka Green Technology Corporation green vision. In the Melaka Green City State Blueprint, the third objective is to upgrade its sustainable State status through the application of green technology and green approaches. Based on the Urban Environmental Accords, 121 indicators from 21 specific actions or subsectors are embedded in policies and strategies of the State government to ensure the objective to become a green city State can be achieved in the areas of energy, water, waste reduction, environmental health, urban design, urban nature and transportation. Apart of that, In April 2013, Melaka was chosen as a model city for Malaysia, Songhkla for Thailand and Medan for Indonesia, to be under the Indonesia-Malaysia-Thailand Growth Triangle (IMT-GT) Green City Initiatives. This would be the green catalyst before all the 32 states and provinces cities duplicated the action which will cover almost 80 million population. GREEN CITY ACTION PLAN (GCAP) The Melaka Green City Action Plan city initiatives to educate public about climate change, global warming, green technology and green practices. With the collaboration of centre for IMT-GT Sub-regional Cooperation and Asian Development Bank, the Green City Action Plan (GCAP) was established. There are six main areas in GCAP, such as: i. Water management ii. Energy efficiency and renewable iii. Green transportation iv. Zero waste v. Cultural heritage and tourism vi. And finally, urban forestry and agriculture The GCAP provides a clear path towards a comprehensive approach that brings together individual actions that have already started, and provides clear direction on what needed to be done in the future. 8 Greenplus TM MARCH 2016
Resilient Cities Asia — Pacific 2016 Congress MELAKA CARBON INVENTORY Melaka is the first amongst the 14 States in Malaysia to prepare its Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Emission Inventory and has become a shining example, not only in Malaysia but within the ASEAN region as well. The report gives a clear picture of the total carbon emissions and will help plan and implement appropriate mitigation programs to reduce Melaka’s GHG emissions. The GHG Inventory has been prepared in accordance with the approved principles and standards of the Global Protocol for Greenplus TM MARCH 2016 Community-Scale Greenhouse Gas Emissions (GPC). This protocol provides internationally based methodologies and guidelines to assist local governments in quantifying the GHG emissions from the whole community (residential, commercial, transport, industrial and agricultural sectors) within the geographical boundaries of cities and regions. Based on the International Local Government Greenhouse Gas Emissions Analysis Protocol (IEAP) (developed by ICLEI in 2009) and other recognised protocols, the World Resources Institute (WRI), ICLEI, and the C40 Cities Climate Leadership Group (C40) - supported by the World Bank Group, UN-Habitat and UNEP – have jointly developed the GPC. The GPC is an international protocol, being formalised for international standard reporting for sub-national governments across the world. The total carbon emission for Melaka has been calculated at 1.96 million tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent (TCO2E) for 2013. The per capita GHG emission for Melaka is about 2.33 tonnes of CO2 equivalent (TCO2E), based on our population of 842,500 as of 2013. The major contributors of carbon emission are on-road transportation (59.2%) and 9
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