Yoshihiro Muto International Environmental Strategies Division
Environment Bureau of the City of Kitakyushu
1
January 21, 2015
International Environmental
Strategies of Kitakyushu
1 Overview of Kitakyushu and the history
of overcoming environmental pollution
2
北九州机场
Location and basic information of Kitakyushu
Population: 965,000 people (2014)
Area: 487.88Km2
GDP: 3.37 trillion yen (2011)
3
Major companies in Kitakyushu area
Yawata Works of NIPPON
STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL
Mitsubishi Chemical
TOTO
Yasukawa
Electric
Toyota Motor, Nissan Motor 4
Beginning of modernization of Kitakyushu’s industry
Beginning of Yawata Works operation in 1901
(the first national works in Japan) 5
The situation of Kitakyushu in the 1950s
6
Rivers were
contaminated by human
sewage or industrial
wastewater and were
covered with waste
materials. (1960s)
7
Partnership Visit to private companies by citizens
Citizens
Environmental monitoring and improvement of environmental infrastructure
Local governments Private companies
Low-pollution production processes and antipollution equipment
Workshop on countermeasures of air pollution with a college professor
Factors in overcoming environmental pollution: Partnership among various parties involved
8
Overcoming environmental pollution by Kitakyushu
1960s Present
9
0
0.5
1
1.5
2
0 5 10 15 20 25 30
Economic Development(Value of Shipments: 100Billiom Yen)
Environmental Pollution(mg-SO3/100c㎡/day)
1960
1961 1962
19631964
1965
1966
1967
1968
1969
691970
1971 1972
19731974
1976
1977
1978 1979
1980
Simultaneous pursuit of environmental policies
and economic policies in Kitakyushu Environmental pollution (sulfur oxide)
Improvement in environmental pollution
along with economic development
1968
1960
1980
Economic development
(Shipment value of manufactured goods: 100 billion yen)
Source: World Bank “Survey on Japan’s Experience in Urban Environmental Management” 10
Efforts by private companies: Energy saving
Energy saving
Paper/pulp
Iron and steel
Cement
Petrochemistry
Energy consumption per production unit
11
Year
Received
“Kitakyushu Report”
(Japanese version)
from Mr. Alter,
Director of OECD
Selected as a green growth
model city together with Paris,
France; Chicago, U.S.; and
Stockholm, Sweden
In 2011, selected as a green growth
model city of the OECD Green Cities
Programme
In 2013, OECD issued Kitakyushu Report
(Green growth in Kitakyushu)
Only four cities
in the world
OECD Green Cities Programme
Kitakyushu Report
(October in 2013
2 Expansion of International environmental cooperation
13
International cooperation for various cities overseas
Contribution to improvement of world’s environment utilizing experience
and know-how gained in the course of environmental recovery
Acceptance of trainees: 7,453 trainees from 150 countries
Dispatch of experts: 175 experts
Kyushu International Center of
Japan International Cooperation
Agency (JICA Kyushu)
Kitakyushu International Techno-
Cooperative Association (KITA)
14 Established in 1980 Established in 1989
Achievement of international environmental cooperation with Dalian
1979 Concluded the friendship city agreement (then Luda)
1981 Held a “seminar on environmental pollution management” in Dalian
1993 Held a “seminar on technology exchange between Dalian and Kitakyushu”
Acceptance of Dalian’s trainees on environmental preservation (implemented every year until 2002)
1995 Implemented “environmental preservation exchange between Dalian and Kitakyushu”
1996-1999 Implemented a survey on Dalian environmental model district development
2001-2002 Started Kitakyushu/Dalian CP model project
15
1994
2000
Environmental improvement in Dalian
(Survey on Dalian environmental model district
development)
In 2001, Dalian was
awarded Global 500
(Kitakyushu was awarded in 1990)
16
People’s Daily (dated December 17, 2009): ‘Kitakyushu has rich experiences in environmental protection
and development of advanced technologies that deserve to be
taught earnestly and to be used as a model for application to the
present situation of China.’
Mr. Xi Jinping, Vice President of China visited Kitakyushu on
December 16, 2009
7
Visit by the key figure of China 1
Tang Jiaxuan Chairman of 21 Century Japan-China Friendship Council
Former State Councillor
Head of China-Japan Friendship Association
18 Visited Kitakyushu on Sunday, June 8, 2014
Visit by the key figure of China 2
Fukuoka Kitakyushu
Shimonoseki
Dalian Tianjin
Yantai
Qingdao
Inchon
Busan
Ulsan ●
The Organization for the East Asia Economic Development ■Consists of 10 cities in Japan, China and South
Korea (currently 11 cities)
■Established in November 2004
■ Promotes economic exchange through
activities of four taskforces on
Manufacturing, Environment ,
Distribution, Tourism
General
assembly of
the
Organization
-The fifth general assembly of the Organization
was held at Yantai in August 2014.
-Theme “Strategies to promote investment
facing the future of the organization’s member
cities”
-Discussed establishment of the international
business task force, participation of new cities
and other new efforts *Activity results of the environment task
force
19
Kumamoto
Cooperated with
Dalian in the eco-
town project in
2009
Formed an alliance with Qingdao in
environmental cooperation in 2007
Formed an alliance with Tianjin in
environmental cooperation in 2008
The Organization for
Environmental Cooperation
among Asian Cities (Reorganized the following two
networks in 2010)
20
The Organization for Environmental Cooperation among Asian Cities
Former Kitakyushu
Initiative Network (2002)
Former Environmental
Cooperation Network
of Asian Cities
(1997)
Project on separation/composting of garbage (2002~)
Spread to over 60,000 households 30 % reduction of landfill disposal Further spread to other cities/countries
Environmental pollution at a landfill (in previous times)
An expert of Kitakyushu teaching composting at a community
Composted waste
1
0
200
400
600
800
1000
1200
1400
1600
1800
2000
2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
Amount of landfill disposal
International environmental cooperation (Surabaya)
Technical guidance on site by an official of Kitakyushu
Coverage of the water supply system 25 % => 90 %
Water supply hours
10h => 24h
Rate of non-revenue water (water leak) 72 % => 8 %
Our cooperation was started in 1999 and running water in
Phnom Penh dramatically improved.
October 2011
An official who had engaged in
cooperation for long time received a
friendship medal from the Cambodian
government.
(1996 =>2006)
Miracle in
Phnom Penh
International environmental cooperation (Phnom Penh)
3 Expansion of international environmental business
3
Em
issio
n in
the c
ity
Reductio
n in
Asia
2005
16.3 million ton
2018 2030 2050
15.3 million ton
11 million ton
8 million ton
50%
reductio
n
23.4 million ton
11.7 million ton
1990
15.8 million ton
In 2009, Kitakyushu formulated the “Kitakyushu action plan on environmental model city.”
Targeted emission reduction of greenhouse gases (CO2, etc.) in 2050 is 50% reduction in the
city and 150 % reduction in Asia.
Kitakyushu Asian Center for a Low Carbon Society was established in 2010 in order to
promote projects.
CO2 reduction targeted in “Kitakyushu action plan on environmental model city”
Projects on a low
carbon society
started from
Kitakyushu
150 % CO2 reduction
in Asia
Promoting projects on a low carbon society in Asian cities Targeted reduction of CO2 emission
15
0%
red
uctio
n
Export of technologies/projects
1 million ton
Expansion of international environmental business
Utilization of environmental technologies, developed through overcoming
environmental pollution and manufacturing, and intercity networks, which
were built through past international cooperation
Consolidating environmental technologies of Kitakyushu and Japan and
using the method of environmental business to vitalize communities
and to promote a low carbon society in Asia
In September 2013, the Kitakyushu model, in which know-how of
Kitakyushu was systematically summarized, was developed (the first model
in Japan) 5
Establishment of Kitakyushu Asian Center
for a Low Carbon Society
(June 2010)
Energy management Management of energy in the community using the city’s
Community Energy Management System as a core
The Yahata-Higashida area
that is transforming into an
environment-conscious
community Kitakyushu Smart Community
Water business Water reclamation demonstration plant
combining membrane treatment of
sewerage and seawater desalination
Water Plaza
(Hiagari Sewage
Treatment Plant)
Water reuse from sewerage 1,000m3/day
Water reuse from seawater
400m3/day
Improvement in the rate of non-
revenue water
72 % (1993) -> 8 % (2006)
Kitakyushu’s technology was transferred to Phnom
Penh
Maintenance and management method of water distribution network
Recycling/waste disposal
Kitakyushu Eco-Town
Economic effect (25 businesses):
- Amount of direct investment
Approx. 60 billion yen
- Employment creation
Approx. 1300 people
CO2 reduction: Approx. 200 thousand
tons per year
Home Appliance
Recycling
Automobile recycling
State-of-the-art facility of waste disposal
shaft-furnace type direct melting system
Shin-moji Factory
Safe factory which has attained
recycling of waste and effective
utilization of heat energy
Cleaner Production and antipollution Introduction of Cleaner Production (CP)
- Evaluation and improvement of use of raw
materials and fuel
- Improvement of production process
- Thorough maintenance and management
- Human resource development, etc.
Realization of energy
saving/resource saving
Reduction in environmental
burden + Improvement of
productivity
Measures on
sewage
treatment (End
of Pipe: EOP) Desulfurization equipmentDesulfurization equipmentElectric dust collectorElectric dust collector Wastewater treatmentWastewater treatment
Saving electricity
Casting method““Cleaner Production"Cleaner Production"
Companies’ countermeasures
Electric dust controller Flue-gas desulfurization
equipment Drainage treatment equipment
Transfer of environmental
technology and social
systems as a package
Private-public
partnership
Japan’s new growth
strategy
13
Focused area of technology transfer
34
Nusa Tenggara
Barat
China
Vietnam Thailand
Cambodia
Indonesia
Malaysia
India
Russia
Philippines
● Hai-phong
●
●
●
●
●
● ●
●
●
●
●
●
●
●
●
●
●
Dahej
Mumbai
Pathum Thani
Surabaya
Cyberjaya
Putrajaya
Shaanxi province
(Xian)
Tianjin
Beijing Dalian
Pohan
g
Kampot, Kep,
Siem Reap Senmonorom
① ②
③
④
⑤
⑥
⑨
⑬
⑯
⑲
27
47
56
59
60
61
●
●
● Hanoi
● Ho Chi Minh
48
49
50
36
Masai
⑰
24
⑩
⑪
⑭ ⑮
⑳
25
39
23
53
● Shanghai
⑧
30
52
● Metro Cebu
●
●
● Battambang
35
33 Balikpapan
45
37
64
70
66
28
● Iskandar
Medan
● Phnom Penh
63
65 62
71
⑦
26
22
46
In cooperation with
Japanese companies, the
center implemented 79
projects at 45 cities in 12
Asian countries.
● ⑫ Manila
Jakarta
32
●
● 67
73
●
76
Myanmar
7
7 Mandalay
2
5
South
Korea
Japan
⑱
21
38
31
54 51
72
55
29
40
●
Palau
Koror,
Airai
43
41
Singapore 57
●
● 42
● Laguna
●
58
●
Kitakyushu
75
South Tangerang 44
68 69
74
Sihanoukville
Projects in which Kitakyushu Asian Center for a Low Carbon Society participates
8
Case example of Surabaya An environmental sister city relationship was
established (November 2012)
Waste disposal Drainage treatment (Improvement of sewage systems)
Surabaya industrial park
Purification of tap water Drinking water supply project
Survey on quantification
method to reduce CO2 Export of green city
city-to-city cooperation
Green city export to Surabaya
Cogeneration & Energy saving
From open dumping to recycling intermediate treatment From simple treatment to improvement of sewage
system adequate for the actual situation of the local site
Water supply equipment with function to purify tap water (not
drinking water) was installed in communities to provide safe water.
Introduction of effective energy management systems
Export of Kitakyushu’s smart community project
With solar power generation and water purification
system, drinking water is supplied at a low cost.
Quantification of CO2 reduction concerning
various projects implemented in Surabaya
Kitakyushu Surabaya
NTT DATA
INSTITUTE OF
MANAGEMENT
CONSULTING, Inc. NTT FACILITIES, INC.
Fuji Electric Co., Ltd.
NIPPON STEEL & SUMIKIN
ENGINEERING CO., LTD.
ATGREEN Co., Ltd.
Cooperating:
Hitachi Zosen
Corporation
Amita
Corporation
Cooperating:
Nishihara
Corporation
The area of energy Management of the area of waste
PT SIER (Company operating
the industrial park), PIER
industrial park, prospective
customer companies, national
electric power company (PT
PLN), gas company
Construction Bureau, Surabaya
Institute of Technology, hotels,
commercial facilities, office
buildings, hospitals, universities,
city halls
Energy saving and
dispersed power
system of buildings
Cogeneration to factories Dept. of Cleanliness and
Landscaping (DKP),
Environment Dept. (BLH), a
fertilizer company (PT
Petrokimia)
Ministry of Environment,
Industries Bureau, (Japanese)
companies (waste generators), a
cement company (PT Semen
Indonesia), a paper-
manufacturing company
Producing raw
materials and fuel
made from various
industrial wastes for
the cement factories
Power generation by
waste incineration
Separation of general
wastes, recycling,
garbage composting
Ministry of Energy and Mineral
Resources, Ministry of Public
Works, Ministry of Environment,
Dept. of Cleanliness and
Landscaping (DKP), final
disposal site management
company (PT Sumber Organik)
Support of Surabaya to formulate a low-carbon city plan
Cooperation Sharing results achieved and implemented in other businesses with this business
JICA cases
Cases of Ministry of the Environment
IGES Kitakyushu Urban Centre, NTT DATA INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT CONSULTING, Inc.,
AMITA HOLDINGS CO., LTD., etc.
Ministry of the Environment “Feasibility Studies on Joint Mechanism Projects towards Environmentally
Sustainable Cities in Asia” (from 2013)
Installation of LED
lighting to hotels
Cogeneration
B3 waste generator Amita Factory
(East Java)
Cement company
(East Java)
October 2011
Water business comprehensive
agreement was concluded based on
exchange/cooperation agreements
Hai-phong has decided to introduce U-
BCF of which Kitakyushu holds the
patent.
Expansion of water business in Hai-phong
(Left: Head Vice Chairman of Hai-phong)
April 18, 2014
A sister city relationship was
established.
Case example of Hai-phong
Support of Hai-phong to formulate green growth promotion plan
Kitakyushu Hai-phong
IGES People’s Committee
Kitakyushu Asia Center for a Low
Carbon Society
Ja
pa
n s
ide
Vie
tna
m s
ide
NTT DATA INSTITUTE
OF MANAGEMENT
CONSULTING, Inc. The University of Kitakyushu
NTT FACILITIES, INC.
HOKOSHA
Other manufacturers and
engineering companies
NTT DATA INSTITUTE
OF MANAGEMENT
CONSULTING, Inc.
AMITA Institute for
Sustainable Economies
Co.,Ltd.
Energy
Waste Preservation of Cat Ba island
Department of Industry
and Trade, energy saving
centers, manufacturing
factories (cement, food, paper
manufacturing, etc.), large-scale
business facilities (hospitals,
hotels, office buildings, etc.),
infrastructure
Power generation by waste heat at cement factories, energy saving at
commercial facilities and factories, introduction of LED into road lighting
People’s Committee, Department of
Construction, Department of Natural
Resources and Environment,
Department of Culture, Sports and
Tourism, Urban Environmental
Company, Cat Hai Province, people
related to agriculture and fishery,
residents, etc., tourist facilities, related
governmental agencies
Department of Construction,
Department of Natural
Resources and Environment,
Industrial park management
(HEZA), Urban Environmental
Company, Local disposal
companies
Comprehensive resource recycling (introduction of biogas, solid fuel, use of
liquid fertilizer), solar power generation projects at farms for tourism, etc.
Separation and composting of household wastes,
producing raw materials and fuel made from industrial
wastes for the cement factories
Overall administration
Low-carbon cities development
Nikken Sekkei
Civil Engineering
Ltd. MI Consulting Group
Foreign Affairs Department,
Authority of Planning and
Investment, Department of Natural
Resources and Environment,
Department of Construction,
Department of Industry and Trade,
Department of Transportation,
Department of Agriculture and Rural
Development, Industrial park
management (HEZA)
Formulation of green growth promotion plans
Sister city relationship was established (April 2014)
NTT DATA INSTITUTE
OF MANAGEMENT
CONSULTING, Inc.
Nishihara Corporation
Amita Corporation
Foreign Affairs Department , Authority of
Planning and Investment
Friendship and cooperation agreement was concluded (April 2009)
IGES Kitakyushu Urban Centre, Nikken Sekkei Civil Engineering Ltd., NTT DATA INSTITUTE OF
MANAGEMENT CONSULTING, Inc., etc. Ministry of the Environment “Feasibility Studies on Joint Mechanism Projects towards Environmentally Sustainable Cities in Asia” (2014)
Possible reduction in CO2 emission by implementing and spreading the pilot project: Approx. 120 thousand ton/year (target year 2020)
New
62
4 New Movement
13
City-to-city cooperation to improve China’s air environment
Tianjin
Shanghai Wuhan
Tangshan
14
Kitakyushu project on improvement of air environment of Japan and China
Comprehensive adjustment/Promotion type: Setup of city-to-city cooperation team
China (Ministry of Environmental Protection)
Shanghai, Wuhan,
Tangshan, Tianjin
Targeted areas 1. Measures against stationary source
2. Measures against mobile source (including off-road
vehicles)
3. Measures against VOC
4. Measures against dust from construction work
5. Forecast/alarm system
6. Analysis on contamination source
7. Monitoring
8. Other areas requested by each city
Kitakyushu
Government-to-
government adjustment
Guidance, advice
Japan (Ministry of the Environment)
Kitakyushu
promotion
conference to
improve air
pollution of
Japan and China
Consisting of :
industrial world,
universities/
research
institutions,
government,
citizen, NGOs, etc.
Projects to be implemented
1. Accepting visits to Japan for training
2. Dispatching experts
3. Planning collaborative research, etc.
4. Planning model projects, etc.
* Visits to Japan for training and dispatching
experts were implemented for the moment
(fiscal 2014)
Support team of the Promotion Conference (within Environment Bureau) Consisting of : Control and Inspection Department, Institute of Environmental Sciences, Office for International
Environmental Strategies, Kitakyushu Business Promotion Office, SHANGHAI, etc. 15
Platform of city-to-city cooperation (The Shino-Japan Friendship Centre for Environmental Protection, Institute for
Global Environmental Strategies, etc.)
)
City-to-City tie and
cooperation
Funding, guidance, advice
Support (conciliation, adjustment), etc. Support (conciliation, adjustment), etc.
Kitakyushu promotion conference to improve air
environment of Japan and China
1.Industry:
Kitakyushu Environment Industry Promotion Conference
Kitakyushu International Techno-cooperative Association
The Kitakyushu Chamber of Commerce & Industry
2.Research institutions
University of Occupational and Environmental Health
The University of Kitakyushu
Kyushu Institute of Technology
Kyushu University
3.Government
Environment Bureau
Industry and Economics Bureau
4.Citizen’s organizations, etc.:
Environment Museum (Experience in overcoming environmental
pollution, environmental education), etc.
16
5 Summary
17
18 18
Government operation of
Yawata Works Developed as a steel town
Worsening environmental
problems
Antipollution movement by
women’s associations
Establishment of KITA
(in 1980)
Efforts made by the city Establishing Environment Pollution Control
Bureau,
enacting a pollution prevention ordinance,
concluding pollution prevention agreement
with companies
Efforts made by companies Improving production processes,
treatment facilities to remove contaminated
materials,
greening of factories,
low-pollution production technology
Cooperation in solving environmental
problems overseas
International environmental
cooperation
Establishment of The Organization for the
East Asia Economic Development
(in 2004)
1901
1950
1960s ~
Survey on Dalian environmental
model district development
(ODA project 1996-2000)
Overcoming
environmental pollution
Establishment of Environmental
Cooperation Network of Asian
Cities (in 1997) Establishment of Kitakyushu Initiative Network
based on matters adopted by ESCAP (in 2002)
1980s ~
Antipollution measures
Establishing foundation of international environmental cooperation
Environmental cooperation with a friendship city, Dalian
City-to-city cooperation utilizing networks
Efforts in forming low-carbon society
Designated as an environmental model city
(in 2008)
Expansion to international
environmental business
Summary of International environmental strategies of Kitakyushu
Selected as
OECD green growth
model city (in 2011)
18
Establishment of JICA
Kyushu International
Center
(in 1989)
Establishment of Kitakyushu Asian
Center for Low Carbon Society
(in 2010)
1990s ~
2000s ~
2010s ~
19
Advantages of international environmental
cooperation
Advantages on a global scale - Contributing to improvement of environment and
reduction in CO2 on a global scale
Advantages of city-to-city cooperation - Contributing to improvement of local environment
and health improvement
- Contributing to development of local human
resources
- Establishment of network with various cities
- Strengthened tie with international organizations
Advantages for local governments
- Improvement of ability to send information and
enhancement of name recognition
- Raised awareness of citizens
- Information provision to companies in the city
- Improved ability of officials/dissemination of
technology
Co
ntrib
utio
n to
loca
l
enviro
nm
enta
l busin
ess
Thank you for your attention.
20
Teitan Black Teitan
Top Related