Cases bridging science-based policymaking with implementation:

Case 2: KL, Malaysia

Junichi FUJINO and Ryoko NAKANO (IGES)
22/Aug/2023

Political Commitment to Local Climate Actions in KL at COP24, 2018

Dec 2018

Former Mayor ofKuala Lumpur (KL)(DG at that time)1AIM analysis supported to develop KL Low Carbon Plan
Low Carbon Society
2030 – Better and Greener
Kuala Lumpur 70 by 30

242 km2
1.67 million people (2010)
2.49 million people (2030)

2016-201770%

Reduction in GHG
Emissions Intensity ofGDP by 2030

Kuala Lumpur

national capital of Malaysia2IGES asked Tokyo Metropolitan Government to support Kuala Lumpur City Hall-> Tokyo to KL Low Carbon System (T2KLLCS)

Aug 2019
Tokyo Metropolitan Govt (TMG): The
capital of Japan and the inventor ofthe first city based Cap-and-Trade
Program for emissions from buildings

Aug. 2019
Kickoff mtg @KL City Hall

Datuk Mahadi
Mayor of KL
since Oct 2020,

Mr. OgawaSenior Director,
TMG

Kuala Lumpur City Hall (KL): The capital of+ Malaysia; announced low carbon plan toreduce by 2030 carbon emission intensityof GDP by 70% (national target 45%)
Supported by IGES andMalaysian institutions
TMG’s know-how on energy efficiency andrenewable energy in around 4200 publicbuildings is transferred to KL for around2000 public buildings. KL has decided toprepare her own budget to retrofit several
main public buildings in FY2021 based ondata analysis. The city has announced its
target to become carbon neutral by 2050.
MOEJ City to city collaboration for a zero-carbon society3AIM model showed KL zero carbon scenario 2050
The zero carbon scenario 2050 was developed based on KL city’s masterplan “Kuala
Lumpur Structure Plan 2040”. The importance of the commercial sector, and thepolicies with positive reduction potential, energy efficient appliances (HVAC) and PV(solar), were clarified as a result0.30of the assessment.
0.35

2020

AIM model showedthat KL can achieve
zero carbon by 2050

KL becomes
first capital cityin ASEAN to declarecarbon neutral
by 2050

GHG Emissions Intensity (ktCO2eq/RM Million)

0.3

0.25

0.24¹

~53%

0.2

0.23³
0.21¹

0.17¹
0.15

0.18²

~70%
0.09¹

0.1

Kuala Lumpur Low Carbon Society
Blueprint 2030

0.05

~85%
0.04²
Kuala LumpurLocal Plan 2040

0~100%
Kuala Lumpur
2050
Zero Carbon
0.00³ Scenario

2010

2020

2030

2040

2050

2010
Baseline

2020
Carbon Aware

2030
Low Carbon Society2040
Zero Carbon Ready2050
Zero Carbon

Source:¹Kuala Lumpur Low Carbon Society Blueprint 2030 (2016) – inclusive of non-energy related GHG emissions (waste and carbon sink)²Draft Kuala Lumpur Local Plan 2040 (2020) – inclusive of non-energy related GHG emissions (waste and carbon sink)³Kuala Lumpur 2050 Zero Carbon Scenario (2021) – mainly energy related GHG emissions

4KL city hall prepared own budget to conduct energy retrofitting
to her public buildings
Prepared a five-year plan for the renovation of municipal facilities
with high-efficiency equipment and photovoltaic installations.
2020
The budget was partially secured
led to the idea of a carbon
neutral growth center and amulti-year budget
Proposed budget for 2021-2025 building retrofits
DBKL RE AND EE PROJECTS BUDGETTING AND IMPLEMENTATION STATUS (2021-2025)
No.

Proposed Projects

Implementation

Project Status

Year

Estimated Cost(MYR)

Budget Status

A. Solar PV Installation
1

Sentul Perdana Community Centre

200,000

2Ampang Hilir Hall and Community Centre

200,000

3Kuala Lumpur Wholesale Market

4Bandar Tun Razak Commercial Centre

5Kuala Lumpur City Hall Training Centre (IDB)

6Kuala Lumpur Public Library

200,000

7

Titiwangsa Takraw Stadium

200,000

8Pudu Ulu Recreational Park

9Jalan Jujur Hawker Centre

10

TTDI Public Library

11

TTDI Community Centre

12

Bangsar Sports Complex

13

Selayang Daily Market

14Kg Baru Salak Selatan Market and Hawker Centre

15

TTDI Market

16

Keramat Mall Commercial Building

17

Taman Botani Multistorey Parking (TBC)

18

Taman Metropolitan Kepong Multistorey Parking (TBC)

200,000
2022/2023

Tentatively planned to go

200,000

under SELCO schemes

200,000

To be advised

200,0002021

Project commenced in 2021

106,800

TNB SARE (Supply2021

Agreement with Renewable
Energy -Zero CAPEX

No budget required

21 years' agreement)

B. M&E Projects
Tendering process (Sep-Oct
19

AHU Menara 120212021)
Project Kick-off scheduled

8,000,000 Additional budget request approved

for Nov/Dec 2021
Tendering process (Sep-Oct20

VRV for Air-conditioning System @ IDB Bandar Tun Razak

20212021)
Project Kick-off scheduled
for Nov/Dec 2021

Chiller, Pump, Cooling Tower & AHU for Menara 1-Tendering process

2,400,000 Additional budget request approved5

KL city hall conducted installation of solar PV on public buildings

Plans to install solar PV on publicBuildings

2021⮚ Installation completed for 4 locations

PUDU ULU RECREATIONAL PARKTAMAN BOTANI PERDANAHAWKER CENTRE JALAN JUJURSKY ARENA SPORT CENTRE

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C40 World Mayors Summit@Buenos Aires (Oct 19th, 2022)
Cleaning the Air We Breathe
Winners: Beijing, Pune
Accelerating Immediate Action in CriticalSectors
Winners: Addis Ababa, Amsterdam
Building Climate Resilience
Winners: Dhaka North, Metropolitan Area ofGuadalajara
Innovative Climate Solutions
Winners: Freetown, São Paulo
Building a Climate Movement
Winners: Seattle, Tokyo / Kuala Lumpur

2022

C40 Bloomberg
Philanthropy Award

C40 Bloomberg Philanthropy Award Ceremony@ Buenos Aires

BBC Storyworks – Transforming Cities

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Next challenge: “Wangsa Maju Carbon Neutral Growth Center” 2021
The private sector in the district also participated in the discussions on specific initiatives.
(1)Solar on Infrastructure
1a.Rooftop Solar PV
1b. Solar for Pedestrian Mist
(2) Floating Solar PV(3) District Energy System

WM Seksyen 2Energy
WM
Seksyen 4(4) Anaerobic Digester(5) Waste CompostingPlant(6) Waste Recycling Points

WM Seksyen 1Tmn SriRampaiWaste(7) Open Space andForest Protection(8) Vertical/Roof Garden(9) Linear Urban Parks(10) River Cleaning

Mobility(11) Pedestrian Cycling
Network(12) Public Transportation
Improvement(13) Station Area Planning

Bukit
Dinding
Setapak
Jaya

Green & OpenSpaceCommunity

WangsaWalkWM
Seksyen 10(14) Eco Park
(15) Community Farming(16) Introduce Community Water andEnergy Saving Program(17) Transforming the Existing Resident
Association into Carbon NeutralCommunity(18) Zero Waste Community(19) Carbon Neutral Challenge
Program in Schools(20) Strengthen School Community
through Concentrated Efforts8

IGES asked Saitama city to join Phase 2 (FY2021-2023) of MOEJ city-to-city project
Tokyo Metropolitan Government(TMG)

Kuala Lumpur City Hall (KL)Support KL for sustainable policies and buildings(“Zero emission Tokyo Strategy” (by 2050),“Carbon Half” (by 2030) at whole city level

Streamline and enhance zero emission policies,ways to develop a zero emission neighborhood

Saitama City Hall(Saitama)

KL city mayor declaredcarbon neutral city by 2050
and “Wangsa Maju Carbon
Neutral Growth Centre”
inside KL through “Phase1(FY2019-2021)” activities
between KL and TMG with
IGES, UTM, SEDA

Support KL for sustainable energy management(Misono “Smart Home Community”),
sustainable mobility (“Shared Multi-Mobility”) at
neighbourhood level
Takasago, Open Street
Private sector

SEDA (Sustainable Energy
Development Authority):
Public sector: energy
management andpolicies

FY2022-2024

Universiti Teknologi
Malaysia:

IGES：

Main coordinator

Local coordinatorFig. Map of Kuala Lumpur City
MOEJ city-to-city collaboration project towards zero carbon during 2021-2023 [Phase 2]

1 year: Introduce CN measures of TMG (city-wide) and Saitama (neighborhood etc.), early implementation with KL City Hall’s budget.
2 year: Support localization of the introduced policies, mechanisms, of which some will be tested in the “Wangsa Maju Carbon Neutral
Growth Center”
3 year: Action plan for “Wangsa Maju Carbon Neutral Growth Center” will be incorporated into concrete project proposals and support
is offered for KL city wide decarbonization and to other cities.

9Saitama city organized E-Kizuna Global Summit (Nov 22-24th, 2022)
Two officials from KL visited Saitama to participate in the E-Kizuna Global Summit.
And also to visit the site of the smart homecommunity and see for themselves how they
can adapt to KL.

With the Saitama Mayor@ E-Kizuna Global Summit

Nov 2022

Smart Home Community

Fuel cell bus

Networking with ICLEI HQ

Bonsai garden

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Mayor of Saitama city has just visited KLfor further collaboration (Aug 8th, 2023)

Aug 2023

This webinar was held in a hybrid format connecting the venue in the Kuala Lumpur City Hall andonline participants. Approximately 250 participants in total attended the seminar. In the session, KLCity, TMG, Saitama City, SEDA, Japanese Embassy, JICA Malaysia, JETRO Kuala Lumpur, JACTIM
talked about the high commitment for carbon neutrality and opportunities for collaboration.

Detailed information of “High level talks seminar”:

New KL Mayor andMayor Shimizu in KL

All presentations: https://www.iges.or.jp/en/events/20230808
JETRO News: https://www.jetro.go.jp/biznews/2023/08/1421c4acb04dab2d.html (in Japanese)

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