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    November 29, 2021

    The Role of Municipalities in Promoting the Renovation Wave

    10:00 -11:00
    2021-11-29
    IURC Asia and Australasia

    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.

     

    TimeProgramme
    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.