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Name Affiliation Title Keiko Kurisaki Senior Research Engineer, Urban and Regional Development Group, Social Infrastructure Department
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Date: November 11, 2025
Organized by: Ministry of the Environment
Name of venue (pavilion name)：Japan Pavilion
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Name Affiliation Title Kentaro Doi, Director, Ministry of the Environment, Japan Bambang Brojonegoro, Director, Asian Development Bank Institute Luis Antonio Ibanez Guerrey, Air Quality Monitoring Coordinator, Lima-Kayao Urban Transport Organization Keiko Kurisaki, Senior Researcher, Team 1, Urban and Regional Development Group, Social Infrastructure Department, JICA Cheng Tarika, Director, Climate Change Department, Ministry of Environment, Cambodia Makoto Kato, Director, Overseas Environmental Cooperation Center, Japan Takuya Nomoto, Negotiator for Global Environmental Issues, Ministry of the Environment Mohd Hafsan Bin Azmi, Principal Assistant Secretary, Ministry of Natural Resources, Environment and Sustainability, Malaysia
Background and Objectives
This event will share case studies of transparency promotion at each level (country, sector, and project) and discuss strategies to coordinate efforts at each level amidst the growing movement to ensure transparency of GHG emissions. As a project-level case study, the GHG Project Office and its counterpart (ATU) jointly presented the efforts being made in the “Master Plan for Public Transport in the Lima-Cayao Metropolitan Area” in Peru.
The renewal and implementation of NDCs by Parties, especially the involvement of the private sector, is essential to achieving the goals of the Paris Agreement. As a basis for this, submission of BTRs that clearly and accurately identify current GHG emissions is important, but even for parties that have submitted BTRs, tracking the progress of economy-wide mitigation efforts is a common challenge, and ongoing capacity building is needed. In response to this need, Japan is supporting the development of national GHG inventories and the establishment and implementation of emissions accounting and reporting systems for facilities and companies through the Support Initiative for Transparency in Asia (SITA) and the Transparency Partnership for Co-Innovation (PaSTI). The government supports the development and implementation of national GHG inventories and emissions accounting and reporting systems for facilities and companies through SITA (Support Initiative for Transparency in Asia) and PaSTI (Partnership for Transparency in Innovation).
Contents
At the beginning of the session, Mr. Doi mentioned the Support Initiative for Transparency in Asia (SITA), which is a support package including the preparation of inventories and Biennial Transparency Reports (BTRs). and the need for various stakeholders, including government and private sectors, to be involved in the calculation, reporting, and disclosure of data related to GHG emissions” and “the need for cooperation with financial authorities to attract investments for the implementation of GHG reductions” were transmitted.
Following Director Bambang, JICA, together with its counterpart, the Peruvian Lima-Kayao Urban Transportation Organization (ATU), introduced climate change measures in the “Lima-Kayao Urban Area Public Transportation Master Plan Development Project. One of the outputs of the Master Plan is the calculation of GHG emission reductions from the project.
The “Information Collection and Confirmation Study on Climate Change Mitigation Effects of Public Transit Shift in the Lima-Kayao Metropolitan Area,” which is being conducted prior to the Master Plan project, proposes an MRV methodology (simplified GHG emissions calculation method) for the purpose of NDC tracking. The Master Plan will also consider an approach to the Climate Fund, for which it is important not only to improve transparency but also to ensure continuity in the calculations.
In summary, the ATU stated the importance of sector collaboration between the Planning Bureau (traffic studies on GHG emissions, calculation and reporting of data) and the Environment Bureau (GHG emissions calculation). During the panel discussion, JICA also communicated the importance of sector collaboration based on its access to the Climate Fund.
Photo 1: Presentation
Photo 2: ATU Counterpart Presentation
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