Strengthening the air quality management community in Asia Introduction and Objectives of the Workshop Sustainable Urban Mobility in Asia A CAI-Asia Program Cornie Huizenga Head of Secretariat, CAI-Asia Workshop on Developing Fuel Quality Roadmaps for Conventional Fuels in Asia May 2006 Manila, Philippines
Strengthening the air quality management community in Asia Rationale Urban air quality in Asia is poor Mobile sources of pollution are significant Fuel quality plays an important role To improve fuel quality Road Maps are important Preparation of roadmaps requires dialogue
Strengthening the air quality management community in Asia CAI-Asia and Fuel Quality Roots of CAI-Asia are in mobile sources: TA 5937– which resulted in the ADB Policy Guidelines on Reducing Vehicle Emissions in Asia Launch of Dialogue on Fuel Quality with Oil Companies in July 2003 in Singapore Training workshop on Fuel Quality Roadmaps in October 2003 in Sydney, Australia Participation in JPEC Seminars on fuel quality Sub-Workshop sessions in BAQ workshops
Strengthening the air quality management community in Asia CAI-Asia Fuel Quality Team Michael Walsh: Fuels and Vehicles John Courtis: Production of Cleaner Fuels Grant Boyle: Pricing and Incentives for Cleaner Fuels Supported by Herbert Fabian and Cornie Huizenga of the CAI-Asia Secretariat and inspired by the past CAI-Asia Chair Dr. Supat Wangwongwatana and current Chair Kong Ha.
Strengthening the air quality management community in Asia Workshop Objective Consensus on how Asian countries can move forward in the introduction of cleaner fuels* * The workshop focuses on gasoline and diesel. Biofuels will be discussed in the second workshop this week.
Strengthening the air quality management community in Asia Workshop Process Presentations by CAI-Asia Fuel Quality team based on discussions with stakeholders and supportive research Presentations by experts and stakeholder representatives Plenary discussions Working group discussions: Consultation Draft: Roadmaps for Cleaner Fuels in Asia Informal discussions – lunches, breaks and cocktail reception Monday evening
Strengthening the air quality management community in Asia What comes after the workshop Results of discussions in the workshop and the comments received will be integrated in the report Final conclusions and recommendations will be presented to the First Governmental Meeting on Urban Air Quality, September in Indonesia Final consensus will form the basis for policy dialogue on cleaner fuels and vehicles by CAI-Asia and its local networks.