factors, notably the completion of the Comprehensive Development Plan 2006-2025 (CDP), 24 blueprints and the Iskandar Regional Development Authority (IRDA) created through an Act of Parliament (Act 664), which is solidly guiding the development 1. The economic region’s transformation from mainly manufacturing, agriculture and food processing to advanced services and high value-added industries is rapid by world standards, and is seen today as one of the fastest growing regions not only in Malaysia but in East Asia 1. With such rapid land use and other developments, driven by a major influx of Foreign Direct Investments and significant local investments, it became even more critical that such developments are closely monitored so that the plans, policy and programs stated in the CDP are carried out in a sustainable manner. IM’s transformation clearly adheres to its vision of a ‘Strong and Sustainable Metropolis of International Standing’. Therefore, a few steps were taken to ensure the sustainability of the development in IM such as the instalment of an Environment Division in IRDA, the production of the Low Carbon Society Blueprint for Iskandar Malaysia 2025 and finally all the efforts taken have established RCE Iskandar in 27 November 2014. In 2012, the Low Carbon Society Blueprint for Iskandar Malaysia 2025 (LCSBPIM) was produced and endorsed by the Malaysian Prime Minister 3. The blueprint was edited to the third edition in 2014 4. In the blueprint, 12 actions were drawn under triple bottom pillars namely Green Economy, Green Community and Green Environment. Under the Green Community comes two actions which are Low Carbon Lifestyle, and Community Engagement & Consensus Building. There are five sub-actions under the Low Carbon Lifestyle action where “Awareness through Education” is the core of this paper since one of the measures of this sub-action is to enhance school children awareness through various programs drawn in the blueprint. The programs are Low Carbon Society (LCS) education across curriculum, school clubs for LCS & 3R (Reduce, Reuse, Recycle) programs, Children Eco-life Challenge project, interschool 3R project competitions, 3R measures at schools, LCS measures at schools, collaboration with relevant government agencies & NGOs, and students to collect reusable & recyclable wastes from home and neighbourhood. The details of the programs can be found in the Road Map 3. This paper illustrates how the blueprint was drawn up and later put into action. II. DRAFTING THE BLUEPRINT In order to draw a Low Carbon blueprint for a sustainably developed IM, an international research project sponsored by Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) and Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST) were started in 2010 2. The project combined researchers from Malaysia and Japan to draw policies, actions, measures and programs to ensure IM achieve the reduction of carbon by year 2025, in line with Malaysia’s voluntary commitment to reduce the country’s carbon intensity by 40% by year 2020 (based on 2005 levels). The collaborative effort involved a big group of Malaysian researchers from Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM) and IRDA, and Japanese counterparts from Kyoto University, Okayama University and National Institute for Environmental Studies. The project started in July 2011 and this five-year long project has achieved all the objectives of the project before the end of the project. The research project began with a pilot study in IM and showcased best practice in LCS for Asian Regions. It was a hands-on project where researchers and government officials of Asian countries work together in implementing research outputs within the cities or regions involved, leading to the eventual 330 Proceedings of the International Conference on Climate Change, Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services for the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs): Policy and Practice 27-29 June 2016, Cha-am, Phetchaburi, Thailand
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