- 28November 28, 2021No events
- 29November 29, 2021
The Role of Municipalities in Promoting the Renovation Wave
Date & Time: 29th November (Mon), 10:00 – 11:00 am (CET) / 18:00-19:00 (JST)
This webinar will be held as a “Thematic Track 5 (TT5) “ of ISAP2021 which is organised by the Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES).
Website of ISAP2021：https://isap.iges.or.jp/2021/jp/index.html
Registration：https://form.iges.or.jp/webapp/form/11205_zoq_402/index.do?_ga=2.97500191.1236293257.1635726388-1052567314.1597197804
English-Japanese interpretation will be available via Zoom.
For cities to meet the challenge of reaching carbon neutrality by 2050, one policy pillar is to promote
a renovation wave in buildings, which the EU sees as a priority of its Green Deal. The EU is known for
its holistic approach to buildings and under the post covid-19 era, new policy instruments are being
introduced to help buildings decarbonise, integrate renewables, promote resource efficiency and
circularity. Meanwhile, Japan’s Premier has declared that Japan would realise carbon-neutrality by
2050, and a roadmap announced in June addresses building energy efficiency as a crucial
component. Widespread decarbonisation of buildings is still a challenge, but we see more
examples in both EU and Japan.Time Programme 10:00 CET (18:00 JST) Opening Remarks and background to the webinar Prof. Hidefumi Imura, IURC Asia-Australasia, Key Expert for Japan
Group Photo Session 10:05 CET (18:05 JST) Setting the scene: EU’s policy on “Renovation Wave” and the role of municipalities Dr. Paolo Bertoldi, Senior Expert, Joint Research Center of the
EU Commission
10:15 CET (18:15 JST) City Panel · Mr. Jon Gastanares (Head) and Mr. Iker Mardaras Larrañaga (architect), Energy Efficiency Section, the City of Donostia-San Sebastián, Spain
· Mr. Masayuki Fujita, Environmental Policy Department, Kyoto City Government, Japan
· Ms. Brigitte Köhnlein, Deputy Head, Department of Federal, European and International Affairs, Ministry for Environment, Climate, Energy and Agriculture, Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg
Moderator: Dr. Ryoko Nakano, IURC Asia & Australasia, Japan
10:40 CET (18:40 JST) Discussions 10:55 CET (18:55 JST Summary, next steps and closing remarks · Mr. Pablo Gandara, Team Leader, IURC Asia-Australasia
11:00 CET (19:00 JST) Closure of meeting Read the highlights here and watch the video and download the presentations here.
- 30November 30, 2021
Launch of EU-Australian Cities Cooperation
In the context of the IURC project, the city coordinators for the selected European and Australian pilot cities are invited to join an online launch of the EU-Australian cities cooperation on Tuesday, 30 November 2021, at 08:00-09:30 CET / 18:00-19:30 Canberra time).
Agenda
Moderation: Prof. Bruce Wilson, EU Centre of Excellence, RMIT, Melbourne and IURC Australasia Helpdesk Coordinator
• Welcoming by EUD: H.E. Dr. Michael Pulch, EU Ambassador to Australia (5 min)
• Introduction to international city-to-city cooperation by Dr. Ronald Hall, Senior Advisor, DG REGIO, EU Commission (10 min)
• Presentation round of the pilot cities (35 min)
a. EU cities (Barcelona, Florence, Hamburg, Madrid) – 5 min each city
b. Australian cities (Brisbane, Canberra, Melbourne) – 5 min each city• Feedback from the IURC Project Team (10 min)
a. Australia coordinator on the cities’ presentations: Prof. Bruce Wilson
b. IURC Team Coordinator on pathways for cooperation: Pablo Gándara• Open discussion on possible topics of cooperation (20 min)
• Next steps and closing: (10 min)
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