Low Carbon City Design– the case ofIskandar Malaysia
Eco Life Challenge1. If we cannot go to LCS,…
2. LCS offers higher QOL withless energy demand andlower-carbon energy supply
3. LCS needs good design,
early action, and innovations
Designed by Hajime Sakai

Junichi FUJINO, Maiko Suda
NIES (National Institute for Environmental Studies), Japan

COP20/CMP10 side event at Japan pavilion
Peru, Dec 9, 20141

Research to Policy: Policymakers launch LCS implementation plan
based on scientific scenario study using AIM model
The LCSBPIM Booklet: “Actions for a Low Carbon Future”
1. MobileManagementSystem

2. GreenEconomy
Guidelines

3. Eco-Life
Challenge
Project forSchools

4.

Portalon GreenTechnology

5. Trees for
Urban
Parks/Forests

6. Responsible
Tourism andBiodiversityConservation

7. Bukit Batu
EcoCommunity

8. GAIA –Green Accord
InitiativeAward

9. Low Carbon
Village FELDA
Taib Andak

10. Special Feature: Smart City –Pasir Gudang ‘NAFAS BARU’: CLEAN
AND HEALTHY CITY

The LCSBPIM Actions for Low
carbonFutureisa
implementation report. This plan
select 10 priority projects from a
total of 281 programs to be
implemented for the 2011-2015.
Apart from Triple Base line
actions, 3 special projects arealso identified- Bkt batu Ec0Community, LC Village FELDA TaibAndak and Pasir gudang Nafas
2baruこどもエコライフチャレンジの経緯
History of Eco Life Challenge• 2005年度より協働でスタート– 京都青年会議所との協働事業として、小学校で地球温暖化・エコライフについての学習会を開催。

• 2010年から京都市との協働で全校実施へ！
All public primary schools join!

全校実施

3
1

2005年

2006年

11
2007年

50
2008年

101

2009年

177

2010年～

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Field Visit to Education Activities in Japan towards LCS (Sep 2012)

Join Eco Life
Challenge Lessonin Kyoto primaryschool

Kyoto Shimbun
May 2013

Kyoto ELC implement to Malaysia

Academia:
Universiti Technologi Malaysia

Workbook
Evaluation

UTM

TeacherTraining

Primary schools
In Iskandar Malaysia
IRDA

Coordinating
BudgetImplementer:
Iskandar Regional
Development Authority

SchoolArrangement

JPNJ
Educator:
Johor State
Departpment of Education
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Iskandar Malaysia Ecolife Challenge 2013
• Workbook designed by UTM• 23 schools (2800 Y6 students)• 1 months to complete
individually & groups (October2013)• Final presentation• No of workbooks distributed –3790• No of workbooks returned –1807• Return rate – 47.68%• Low rate because lowawareness among teachers
and lack of monitoring at thedistrict level.

Iskandar Malaysia Ecolife Challenge 2013

No Item

Pre-ELC Post-ELCDiff.

1 Shut down TV when you do not watch it.

3.11

3.22

0.11

2 Turn off lights in a room where no one uses the room

3.15

3.22

0.07

3 Do not use too much of air conditioner.

1.28

1.93

0.65

4 Be careful in setting the temperature of air conditioner.

1.28

1.70

0.43

5 Close refrigerator soon after you use it. Do not open it when
not necessary.
6 Iron many clothes at one time.

2.65

2.98

0.33

2.25

2.57

0.32

7 Do not leave water running when washing teeth or face.

2.70

2.92

0.21

8 Washing school shoes using pail instead of running water.

2.54

2.83

0.29

9 Bring my own bag (eco bag) to shopping.

1.80

2.45

0.65

10 Collect plastic bags for other usage.

3.46

3.65

0.19

11 Use notebooks with recycled-mark.

1.75

2.36

0.61

12 Reuse unused side of paper.

2.76

3.26

0.50

13 Bring water bottle, instead of buying drinks.

2.86

3.08

0.21

14 Separate waste and recycle them.

2.23

2.930.70

15 Use bicycle or walk for short distance.

2.97

3.15

0.18

16 Leave no food. Do not waste food.

2.99

3.20

0.20

17 Discuss with your family about environmental issues.

1.67

2.52

0.85

Iskandar Malaysia Ecolife Challenge 2014
• Workbook designed by
UTM in Malay• 80 schools (15623 Y6students)• 1 months to complete
individually & groups(October 2014)• Final presentation for 15
schools – 10 Nov 2014
• Judges from Malaysia &Japan

Briefing to Principals
15 Sep 2014 @ Iskandar Malaysia Information Centre (IMIC)

Briefing to Teachers
24 Sep 2014 @ Ar-Razi Auditorium, T02, Faculty Bioscience andMedical Engineering (FBME), UTM

Final Presentation
10th Nov, 2014

11th Nov, 2014, New Strait TimesTo be “RCE”(Regional Centersof Expertiseon ESD),UNU program23• 23 schools as pioneering batch for ASPnet (Unesco) primarycategory in Malaysia• Initial stage (2013) in competition format as a study platform• To be scaled up by incorporating ELC as lesson component inall planned 198 ASPnet (UNESCO Schools) primary schools
13in Iskandar Malaysia.

UNESCO World Conference on ESD(Education for Sustainable Development)
In Nagoya Japan on 10th Nov 2014