2018 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

Assessing the multiple benefits of clean energy policies in Asian mega-cities

Research Project

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Project/Area Number	16K00650
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
Allocation Type	Multi-year Fund
Section	一般
Research Field	Design and evaluation of sustainable and environmental conscious system
Research Institution	Kyushu University (2018) Kyoto University (2016-2017)
Principal Investigator	Farzaneh Hooman 九州大学, グリーンテクノロジー研究教育センター, 准教授 (70770262)
Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha)	マクレランベンジャミン京都大学, エネルギー科学研究科, 准教授 (10723455)
Project Period (FY)	2016-04-01 – 2019-03-31
Keywords	Low Carbon Society / Asian Mega Cities / Energy modeling / Global Warming / Air pollution
Outline of Final Research Achievements	This research focuses on demonstrating how clean energy policies and Low Emission Development Strategies (LEDS) can help to achieve multiple energy, environmental, public health and economic benefits in a cost-effective way in selected cities of Tokyo, Shanghai, Delhi, and Kuala Lumpur. The results of the quantitative analysis showed a significant reduction of CO2 and other local air pollutant emissions together with the prevention of numerous cases of mortality, and cost savings in these cities by 2030. The results revealed that Delhi's local government's focus seems to be more on gradual supply augmentation of traditional sources than envisioning a road map for a radical shift towards cleaner fuels or major demand-side management. In cities like Shanghai and Kuala Lumpur, the urbanization was correlated with the increase in air pollution. However, when the income rises, average emissions decline and the LEDS play a crucial role in these cities.
Free Research Field	低炭素社会
Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements	-Formulating the Urban Sustainable Development Index for the comparative analysis of LEDs in Asian cities. - Local stakeholder engagement in quantifying the climate co-benefits in the selected cities.