Localising the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

1. LOCALISING THE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS (SDGs) Asfaazam Kasbani, Assistant Resident Representative (Programme), UNDP Malaysia Empowered lives. Resilient Nations.

2. Sustainable Development = Environmental Protection Economic Growth Social Development

3. SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS (SDGs) Goal 1. No Poverty Goal 16. Strong Institutions “Access to basic services, protecting everyone from natural disasters” “Effective, inclusive, participatory and representative decision-making” 1 Goal 3. Good Health Goal 13. Climate Action 16 “Deaths and illnesses from hazardous chemicals and air, water and soil pollution” 3 “Resilience and adaptive capacity to climate-related hazards and natural disasters in all countries” Goal 5. Gender Equality 5 Goal 10. Reduced Inequality 13 11 “Violence against all women in the public and private spheres” “Reducing the gap between the richest and the poorest” Goal 6. Clean Water and Sanitation 6 10 Goal 8. Decent Work “Clean drinking water and toilet facilities for all” Goal 11. Sustainable Cities and Communities “Decent job creation, entrepreneurship and growth of micro enterprises and SMEs” 8 Goal 7. Clean Energy 7 “Access to affordable, reliable and modern energy services” Empowered lives. Resilient Nations.

4. SDGs & NUA (New Urban Agenda) Aligning New Urban Agenda (NUA) with the urban-related SDGs, in particular SDG 11 on Sustainable Cities and Communities is essential SDGs + NUA SDGs + NUA Empowered lives. Resilient Nations.

5. ENABLERS FOR LOCAL GOVERNMENTS Stakeholder engagement Policy and institutional environment Adoption/ revision of laws and regulations for sustainable development, coordination among stakeholders. Working together with the private sector, youths, communities. Forming new partnerships. • Best practices: China • SDG Pilot Zones as part of China’s SDG Localization Strategy • Local governments can pass new legislation, explore institutional reform, restructure public expenditure in line with SDGs, test innovative solutions • 3 zones in first batch: Guilin, Shenzen, Taiyuan; to be replicated in other parts of China Empowered lives. Resilient Nations.

6. ENABLERS FOR LOCAL GOVERNMENTS Data systems Innovation Reliable data helps in monitoring, tracking, evaluating, and reporting on the SDGs. Usage of technology to create efficiencies, and establishment of collaborative spaces for co-designing and testing solutions for the SDGs. • Best practices: Phillipines • Community-based Monitoring System (CBMS) is used to collect and process poverty data of households through a census • Focuses on disaggregation by sex, age, geographic area, ethnic groups for households • Used in 104 cities covering 77 provinces • Helps local governments to diagnose extent of poverty at local level, determine cause of poverty, formulate policies and programmes, identifying eligible beneficiaries Finance Mobilizing both public and private resources, through dynamic and new types of financing. Measures to enhance cost-effectiveness. Empowered lives. Resilient Nations.

7. UNDP Malaysia’s Support in Localizing the SDGs Empowered lives. Resilient Nations.

8. CITIES IN MALAYSIA- BARRIERS TO LOW CARBON DEVELOPMENT Urban settings account for more than 50% of Malaysia’s GHG emissions. Major sources of emissions: electricity (26%), transportation (16%), waste (12%). Several barriers prevent efforts to reduce emissions in cities: 50% High cost of finance for green technologies, few incentive mechanisms to promote low carbon investments States and local governments lack the awareness and capacity on low carbon issues Incomplete policy and regulatory frameworks for low carbon planning Empowered lives. Resilient Nations.

9. LOW CARBON CITIES Sustainable Cities • Green Technology Application for the Development of Low Carbon Cities (GTALCC) Project • To reduce the growth rate of GHG emissions and facilitate low carbon initiatives among cities in Malaysia • 5 pilot urban areas: Cyberjaya, Iskandar Malaysia, Melaka, Petaling Jaya, Putrajaya • Implemented by MESTECC, executed by SEDA, over 5 years Empowered lives. Resilient Nations.

10. LOW CARBON CITIES • Awareness and capacity development • Strengthening of coordination mechanisms for low carbon planning • Training programs for policy makers, local governments, green practitioners • E.g. LCCF Train the Trainers module development, MS1525 training • Low Carbon Technology Investments • Facilitation of financing and incentive mechanisms • E.g. Scaling up of incentive scheme for households in PJ, enhancing of BRT design, green tech demonstration projects in cities • Policy support • Development of policies and guidelines for low carbon cities • Establish a GHG accounting framework for cities & develop decision-making tools • E.g. National Low Carbon Cities Policy Roadmap & Masterplan Empowered lives. Resilient Nations.

11. INNOVATION Youth Co: Lab Malaysia • What? 3-day boot camps for young entrepreneurs and youth leaders to create solutions for the SDGs in Malaysia • Where? Cyberjaya, Sabah, Penang • How? Support to develop new ideas and business models for social impact, connecting young innovators to subject matter experts, leaders and businesses • Young people in Malaysia have inherited many development challenges- climate change, income inequality, urbanisation. However, they are seldom part of the solution-making processes. • Youths as a driving force for innovation and a major partner in achieving the SDGs Empowered lives. Resilient Nations.

12. DATA FOR SMART CITIES Iskandar Malaysia Urban Observatory (IMUO) Project Inform regional planning and policy-making to meet the needs of citizens, and drive the digital economy. Iskandar Malaysia as a sustainable, inclusive and smart regional corridor. • Iskandar Malaysia Urban Observatory • Data collection & analytics Urban data (in line with SDG indicators) • Outputs: • IMUO business plan with proposed service area and knowledge products strategy developed • Data landscape review to map data needs and sources conducted • Data management policy developed • Continuous stakeholder engagement & partnerships building Empowered lives. Resilient Nations.

13. THANK YOU asfaazam.kasbani@undp.org Empowered lives. Resilient Nations.