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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: 29^th 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

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