City-to-City Collaboration with Kuala Lumpur City Hall

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Since FY 2019, the Tokyo Metropolitan Government has been providing support focusing on initiatives for buildings to decarbonize Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.*

The contributions of this project were recognized by the 2022 C40 Cities Bloomberg Philanthropies Awards in the “United to Build a Climate Movement” category. Presented every few years since 2013 by the C40 (Climate Leadership Group), this prestigious award is a friendly competition among the world’s leading cities to celebrate pioneering climate projects and raise global awareness of cities that are leading climate change measures.

The Tokyo Metropolitan Government has been promoting a climate crisis action movement that originated in Tokyo, called “TIME TO ACT”, which calls on the world to take effective action. Encouraged by this award, the Tokyo Metropolitan Government will continue to accelerate its own initiatives to tackle the climate change crisis and contribute to decarbonization in cooperation with cities around the world.
　
　
* Adopted by the Ministry of the Environment for the City-to-City Collaboration for the Zero-Carbon Society program previously called the City-to-City Collaboration for Low-Carbon Society program, this project has been implemented in cooperation with the Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES) as a consignor.

Names of adopted projects

FY 2019	Project Developing a Policy Framework for Building Energy Efficiency in Kuala Lumpur
FY 2020 & FY 2021	Project developing a policy and implementation framework for building energy efficiency through city to city collaboration between Kuala Lumpur Government and Tokyo Metropolitan Government
From FY 2022 to FY 2024	Developing Institutional Framework Towards Kuala Lumpur Zero Carbon City and Neighbourhood in Collaboration with Tokyo Metropolitan Government and Saitama City

Outline of the City-to-City Collaboration with Kuala Lumpur City Hall

In FY 2019, the City of Kuala Lumpur (KL) set a goal of reducing CO2 emissions per GDP by 70% compared to the BaU situation by 2030, and was trying to realize low-carbon buildings in the city.

With an eye on the City of KL’s needs and awareness of issues, the Tokyo Metropolitan Government supported their efforts from FY 2019 to FY 2021 in cooperation with the Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES), using our experience and know-how of program design for energy efficiency at buildings.

<Major support provided by the Tokyo Metropolitan Government from 2019 to 2021>

• Support for building an energy database for facilities owned by the City of KL, estimating the potential for reducing CO2 emissions, and creating scenarios for reducing CO2 emissions in the city.
• Introduction of “Tokyo Metropolitan Government’s standard specification and designs for energy efficiency and renewable installation,” a guideline applied when constructing or renovating our facilities, as well as our experience in building and operating the Tokyo Cap-and-Trade Program.
• Sharing of information on the 2030 Carbon Half we are aiming for and outlining the direction of efforts to strengthen the program focusing on buildings to realize the initiative.

During the period of this project, the City of KL announced the goal of realizing carbon neutrality by 2050. They have been promoting the decarbonization of buildings, including facilities not owned by the city, and the entire city area.

During the second phase starting in FY 2022, we have been working to share information on our measures to strengthen the decarbonization of buildings as well as information on the city block development project, Smart Home Community, promoted by Saitama City which joined as a collaborative city.

In September 2022, Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike visited Kuala Lumpur and agreed that the two cities will work together in a wider range of areas, such as urban infrastructure development and urban environmental initiatives, exchanging a Letter of Intent between The Tokyo Metropolitan Government and Kuala Lumpur City Hall. This has further enhanced the friendly relationship between the two cities backed by the partnership that has been built so far.

As cities play an increasingly important role in climate change measures, the Tokyo Metropolitan Government aims to contribute to the decarbonization of the world through city-to-city collaboration. Projects similar to this one will be developed between many countries to prove what city-to-city collaboration is like.

Course of Events

June. 2019	Officials of the Tokyo Metropolitan Government (TMG) and IGES visited Kuala Lumpur for site inspections and to exchange opinions.
July. 2019	Workshop in Tokyo 　 A workshop on building energy efficiency and an inspection tour of buildings (best practices) in Tokyo was held for a delegation from Kuala Lumpur.
Aug. 2019	Tokyo to DBKL Low Carbon System (T2KLLCS) Launching Ceremony 　 A kick-off meeting was held at the Kuala Lumpur City Hall with the mayor of Kuala Lumpur, TMG officials, and other parties concerned. 　 　 * Specific opinions have been exchanged between the two cities since then. In addition to visits to each other, online meetings were constantly held during the COVID-19 crisis to exchange practical information and opinions more than 50 times from 2019 to 2021.
Oct. 2019	Seventh Asia-Pacific Urban Forum (APUF-7) 　 TMG officials participated to introduce their efforts for buildings in Tokyo.
Feb. 2021	Tokyo to DBKL Low Carbon System (T2KLLCS) 2021 Webinar (online) 　 The city-to-city collaboration project with the City of KL was introduced to cities in Malaysia, ASEAN cities, ICLEI headquarters, and Japanese companies.
Mar. 2021	Zero Carbon City International Forum (online) https://www.iges.or.jp/en/events/20210317（外部サイト） 　 Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike and Kuala Lumpur Mayor Datuk Seri Mahadi Che Ngah gave speeches to introduce climate change measures taken by the two cities.
July. 2021	Knowledge sharing with Jakarta City (online) 　 The City of KL introduced the collaboration project with TMG at the meeting for exchanging opinions on measures taken by the two cities to decarbonize buildings.
Nov. 2021	The 26th session of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP 26) Side Event https://www.iges.or.jp/en/events/20211110-0（外部サイト） 　 Kuala Lumpur Mayor Datuk Seri Mahadi Che Ngah and other people concerned gave speeches to introduce their efforts.
Feb. 2022	The final workshop for the T2KLLCS (online) 　 Reports were made on the results of the three-year city-to-city collaboration and future prospects for the two cities.
June. 2022	The Second Phase Kick-Off Meeting (online) 　 The kick-off meeting was held with the mayor of Kuala Lumpur, TMG officials, and other parties involved in the second phase.
Aug. 2022	High Level Talks on Zero Carbon City Kuala Lumpur (hybrid) https://www.iges.or.jp/en/events/20220808（外部サイト） 　 The meeting was held in a hybrid format that connected the venue in the Kuala Lumpur City Hall with online participants, sharing the efforts of the City of KL, TMG, and Saitama City.
Oct. 2022	Winning the C40 Cities Bloomberg Philanthropies Award. https://www.time-to-act.metro.tokyo.lg.jp/en/initiatives/221201-2（外部サイト） 　 The collaboration project from FY 2019 to FY 2021 was commended by C40 (Climate Leadership Group) as an excellent initiative of the cities.
Nov. 2022	The 27th session of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP 27) Side Event Japan-Malaysia City to City Carbon Neutral Collaborations – Celebrating the 40th Anniversary of the Look East Policy (LEP) (both online and offline) https://www.iges.or.jp/en/events/202211101700（外部サイト） 　 Climate change measures of cities and the results of city-to-city collaboration projects were introduced with the participation of the mayor of Kuala Lumpur, TMG officials, and cities in Japan and ASEAN.
Aug. 2023	High Level Talks on City-to-City Collaborations towards Zero Carbon Kuala Lumpur (hybrid) https://www.iges.or.jp/en/events/20230808（外部サイト） The meeting will be held in a hybrid format that connects the venue in the Kuala Lumpur City Hall with online participants, sharing the efforts of the City of KL, TMG, and Saitama City. Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike gives welcome remarks via video message.
Oct. 2023	"TIME TO ACT FORUM 2023: Energy Decarbonization ~Toward the Accelerated Implementation of Renewable Energy in Cities~" held by the Tokyo Metropolitan Government https://www.kankyo.metro.tokyo.lg.jp/time-to-act-climate-action Vice-Governor of Tokyo Rinji Nakamura and Kuala Lumpur Mayor Datuk Sr Haji Kamarulzaman bin Mat Salleh gave speeches.
	High-Level Talks "Towards Smart, Zero Carbon and Climate-Resilient Cities in Malaysia and Japan" https://www.iges.or.jp/en/events/20231019 Kuala Lumpur Mayor Datuk Sr Haji Kamarulzaman bin Mat Salleh, TMG officials and other parties concerned participated.
Oct. 2024	"TIME TO ACT FORUM 2024—Cities Calling for World Climate Action" held by the Tokyo Metropolitan Government https://www.kankyo.metro.tokyo.lg.jp/time-to-act-climate-action Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike, Kuala Lumpur Mayor Dato’ Seri TPr (Dr.) Maimunah Mohd Sharif (via video message), and a Kuala Lumpur city official gave speeches.
Nov. 2024	The 29th session of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP 29) Japan Pavilion Side Event "Efforts to Realize a Sound Material-Cycle Society through Multilevel Climate Action" https://www.iges.or.jp/en/events/20241112-0 Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike and Kuala Lumpur Mayor Dato’ Seri TPr (Dr.) Maimunah Mohd Sharif gave speeches.
	The 29th session of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP 29) high-level side event “From Baku to Belem and Beyond: COP Presidencies Bringing Cities, Urbanization, Multilevel and Multisectoral Climate Action to the Heart of the Climate Agenda.” https://unfccc.int/sites/default/files/resource/WLCAS-2024-DAY2.pdf Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike and Kuala Lumpur Mayor Dato’ Seri TPr (Dr.) Maimunah Mohd Sharif gave speeches.

Video featuring efforts

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Malay subtitles

* These films were presented by C40 Cities and produced by BBC StoryWorks Commercial Productions for the Tokyo Metropolitan Government.