The document discusses Malaysia's Iskandar Malaysia Eco-Life Challenge (IMELC) competition which aims to raise awareness of low-carbon lifestyles among primary school students. The competition has grown significantly since 2013, engaging over 40,000 students from 403 schools in 2018. The competition teaches students to track household energy usage and waste, promote energy conservation, and utilize renewable resources. Moving forward, the document recommends expanding such education programs, strengthening stakeholder support, continuing research efforts, and ensuring implementation of low-carbon development programs and policies to achieve Malaysia's climate change goals.

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Low Carbon Awareness among Primary School Students through
Iskandar Malaysia Eco-Life Challenge (IMELC) Competition
Theme: Enabling a low-carbon society through Education for Sustainable Development
RCE Iskandar MALAYSIA
12th ASIA-PACIFIC RCE
REGIONAL MEETING
4 – 6 June 2019

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Introduction
Project benefit
Stakeholders engagement
Contribution to theme
Impacts analyses
Way forward
CONTENT

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The Five Economic Corridors
ISKANDAR MALAYSIA
sq km or
570,000 acres
of the state of
Johor
times the size of
Singapore
Five (5) Local Authorities
Majlis Bandaraya
Johor Bahru
Majlis Bandaraya
Iskandar Puteri
Majlis Perbandaran Pasir Gudang
Majlis Perbandaran Kulai
Majlis Daerah Pontian
IRDA was established through an Act
of Parliament to deliver on the
Iskandar Malaysia vision.
Co chairmen:
Prime Minister & Johor Chief Minister
Regional Agency under the Federal
Government of Malaysia
Roles &
Responsibilities of
IRDA
Planning
Promotion
Facilitation

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Iskandar Malaysia Holistic Eco-system
A resilient ecosystem, anchored by wealth generators, creating regional wealth that is to be shared equally among
communities. Wealth generation and wealth sharing, balanced by optimal use of ecological assets, to enhance the
Quality of Life in Iskandar Malaysia, turning it into a leading global region. Together with this, spatial management
and good governance would enable the realisation of its Vision and goals by 2025.
“Strong and Sustainable Metropolis of International
Standing”
Iskandar Malaysia: Vision
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Low Carbon Society Blueprint
For Iskandar Malaysia 2025
• Launched on 30 November 2012 at the UNFCCC in
Doha, Qatar;
• Serves as a guide for policy-makers, businesses,
NGOs and others into going green;
• 12 Actions grouped into 3 Themes with a total of 281
Programmes;
• Each Action contains an analysis, list of programmes
and potential reduction of GHG emission;
• 2018: Up to 60 programmes implemented;
• 2017: 13% GHG intensity reduction. Page 5

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Targets of SDG 13 focus on the integration of climate change measures into national policies,
the improvement of education, awareness-raising and institutional capacity on climate change
mitigation, adaptation, impact reduction and early warnings.
ISKANDAR MALAYSIA’S SDG IMPLEMENTATION

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ISKANDAR MALAYSIA ECOLIFE CHALLENGE
ISKANDAR MALAYSIA’S SDG IMPLEMENTATION

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SUSTAINABLE GOAL 13: Take urgent action to
combat climate change and its impacts
Elements of Education for Sustainable Development:
Target audience Primary schools (teachers and pupils), parents, public
community
Coordinating
organisations
1. Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM)
2. Iskandar Regional Development Authority (IRDA)
3. Johor State Education Department (JPNJ),
Malaysia
Initiative Type Teacher training, environmental literacy, science
literacy, competition
Main purpose a. To raise awareness of energy efficiency among
primary students and teachers and promote
consciousness towards energy usage and its
conservation
b. Inculcating energy savings behaviour from young
c. To reduce carbon emission in Johor through
awareness and education;
d. To create a Low Carbon Society for Iskandar
Malaysia by the year 2025.
Improve education, awareness-raising and human and institutional capacity on
climate change mitigation, adaptation, impact reduction and early warning

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Main Partners
KEY PARTNERS & STAKEHOLDERS

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Stakeholders
Including 40,000 participating students from 403 schools around Johor, Malaysia
KEY PARTNERS & STAKEHOLDERS

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• 23
schools
• 3,790
students
2013
• 80
schools
• 15,623
students
2014
• 228
schools
• 27,628
students
2015
• 231
schools
• 27,125
students
2016
• 346
schools
• 34,000
students
2017
• 403
schools
• 40,000
students
2018
IMELC focuses on energy household accounting. School children
track the energy consumption, waste generation and
management, travelling choices, frugal consumption and utilizing
renewable energy resources (sunlight). The aim is to raise
children’s awareness and involvement levels on low carbon
aspects.
CURRENT ACHIEVEMENT

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CURRENT ACHIEVEMENT

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THE FUTURE WE DESIRE..
Policy
support
Training
Educators
Curriculum
Reformation
Integrate ESD into national / state policies in
education and sustainable development
Capacity building for enhancing ESD in
educators
Potential implementation and broadening of Education for Sustainable Development (ESD)
in Iskandar Malaysia
Ensuring the education provides its learners
with knowledge of the “biological &
ecological conditions” and actions required

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WAY FORWARD
Science to Action (S2A) is the way forward towards creating low carbon futures.
Considerations for climate change plan formulation include:
Stakeholders support
Check and balance
Existing policy direction
❖ Incorporation of science into policy
❖ Scientific modelling and scenario planning translated into summary for policy makers
Geographical setting
❖ Expanding the initiatives outside of Iskandar Malaysia boundaries
❖ Government Agencies and Private Sector - Implementation and funding (PPP)
❖ NGOs and community - Green/Local Champion and Implementation
❖ University - Research
❖ Continuous monitoring effort to ensure good progress and “measure to manage”

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• Iskandar Malaysia has completed 6 stages of the Low Carbon Development Cycle
(2011-2016: Research/Science to 58% targeted reduction by 2025 to programme
implementation). Stage 6 of the cycle – Tracking Performance of Implemented Low
Carbon Society programmes -→ Iskandar Malaysia Greenhouse Gas Inventory 2017.
• Emission intensity per GDP in the year 2017 is 0.2158 kilo tonnes of carbon dioxide per
million ringgit Malaysia (ktCO2/RM Million), which marks a 13 % reduction compared with
2010 emission intensity of 0.2483 ktCO2/RM Million.
Iskandar Malaysia Greenhouse Gas
(GHG) Inventory 2017
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2017 Basic Greenhouse Gas
Emission Inventory by
Sectors in Iskandar Malaysia

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THANK YOU
GOVERNMENT OF MALAYSIA