City-to-city Cooperation with JCM
Ho Chi Minh City & Osaka City
COP20 side event “How to develop Low Carbon City Climate
Change Action Plan (CCAP) using Asia Pacific Integrated
Model (AIM) and our next challenge” at the Japan Pavilion

Mr. Yuji Kimura
Executive Director, Tokyo Office,Global Environment Centre Foundation (GEC)

Note: “JCM” stands for “Joint Crediting Mechanism”.

1Contents of Presentation
1. JCM: Overview
2. City-to-city Cooperation with JCM
Ho Chi Minh City & Osaka City

3. Conclusion

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Source: P. 3, “Recent Development of The Joint Crediting Mechanism (JCM)” (October 2014), Government of Japan3

Source: P. 11, “Recent Development of The Joint Crediting Mechanism (JCM)” (October 2014), Government of Japan4

Source: P. 42, “Recent Development of The Joint Crediting Mechanism (JCM)” (October 2014), Government of Japan5

“Ho Chi Minh City – Osaka City
Cooperation Project for Developing
Low Carbon City”

Cooperation between
Osaka City & Ho Chi Minh City

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Ho Chi Minh City – Osaka City Cooperation Projectfor Developing Low Carbon City
Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC), Viet Nam• HCMC is the biggest city in terms of population and economy in Viet Nam.
• HCMC faces environmental problems including GHG increase due to its
rapid urbanization and economic growth.
Supports from MOEJ••

July 2013: Signed MOU on JCM
between Viet Nam and Japan
2013- : Adopted this project as
one of Large-scale JCM FS

Supports from Osaka City
22 October 2013: HCMC PC
Chairman and Osaka City Mayor
signed MoU on developing lowcarbon city.

Toward the development of Low-Carbon Mega-City inHCMC, through the implementation of the MoU

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Objectives of Project• To provide environmental technologies and administrative operation ofJapan and Osaka City as a package, to support “low-carbon city in HCMC”• To establish low-carbon city’s administrative institutions (including thedevelopment and implementation of climate change action plan andhuman resources capacity development), to maintain a core of long-term
efforts• To explore fund sources: JCM support initiative will be one of promisingfinancial mechanisms to realize the transfer of low-carbon/environmental
technologies to HCMC

HCMC

Osaka
City, andGEC

Public-private
cooperation

Privatesectors
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HCMC

Osaka City,GEC

MoU on Low Carbon CitySupport
HCMC Climate Change Action Plan 2020
Identification ofstatus-quoFuture
projection

Policy, activities, projects,etc.

Energy-from-Waste
with incineration
plant
EE forbuildings

Eco-driving in logistictransport with digitaltachographs

Park & Ride promotion
between city center andshopping mall

Organic waste forbiogas utilisation

TeamOSAKA

New projects
9JCM Projects developed by “Team OSAKA”
2 JCM model projects based on last year’s feasibility studies (FS)* JCM model projects: MOEJ provides financial support to initial investment cost (up to 50%)

 Japanese low-carbon technologies are introduced in HCMC.
1. Anaerobic digestion of organic waste for biogas
Japanese implementer: Hitachi Zosen
EPC: 2014-2016
Emission reductions:
3,355tCO2/yr

2. Eco-driving with the use of digital tachographs
Japanese implementer: Nippon Express
Emission reductions: 315tCO2/yr(note: Sum of HCMC and Hanoi projects)
10Next JCM projects of “Team OSAKA”• Implementing FS for next JCM model projects• Finding new project candidates
FS: Integrated energy efficiency improvement at buildings
Japanese implementer: Shimizu Corporation

FS: Promotion of modal shift to public transport (route bus) throughpark & ride system with shopping mall parking lots
Japanese implementer:
Nikken Sekkei Research InstituteProject Planning Study:
Introduction of Energy-from-Waste ProjectJapanese implementer: Hitachi Zosen

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Conclusion• The JCM is one promising mechanism topromote low-carbon technology transfer todeveloping countries.
• City-to-city cooperation with public-private
cooperation accelerates the low-carbon
technology transfer to developing countries.
 Showcases from HCMC & Osaka• Further diffusion (city-wide, and then nationwide) of JCM projects and low-carbon
environmental technology transfer is expected,
through city-to-city cooperation.
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Global Environment Centre Foundation (GEC)
Secretariat of city-to-city cooperation programmes(HCMC-Osaka)
For more information, please contact:
International Cooperation Division, Osaka Headquarter
2-110 Ryokuchi-Koen, Tsurumi-ku, Osaka, JAPAN
Tel: +81-6-6915-4126, Fax: +81-6-6915-0181
Email: hcmc-lc@gec.jp / vcc-lc@gec.jp