Dear 2019 Congress Delegates and Partners,

It's going to be a great Congress in Jakarta and Bogor, the first World Planning Congress in South East Asia. Let's make it a milestone in sustainability! ISOCARP and the Indonesian Association of Planners (IAP) invite you to fully offset your local carbon emissions. If sufficient delegates do this, and if others support this campaign, we will be translating ISOCARP's and IAP's values into action.

We have joined with World Resources Institute (WRI) Indonesia to measure and offset emissions from all conference-related activities. WRI Indonesia used science and a few assumptions to calculate the emission sources and types. Here are the numbers:

• TRAIN between CGK airport to Hotel Borobudur to arrive on 9 Sep and depart on 13 Sep: 2.3 kg CO2/person
• BUS 4.7 kg CO2/person, consisting of:
• Two-way between Hotel Borobudur to BICC on 9 Sep, assuming 30 passengers/bus
• One-way for Technical Tours on 9 Sep from Hotel Borobudur to each spot
• Two-way between Hotel Borobudur to Candi Bentar for Gala Dinner on 12 Sep
• TAXI between 3 recommended hotels to Hotel Borobudur for 9Sep until 13 Sep, assuming each take cars: 12.5 kg CO2/person
• HOTEL room with 20 m2 each stay individually for 8 Sep until 14 Sep: 61.5 kg CO2/person
• CONGRESS SESSIONS 24 kg CO2/person, consisting of:
• IPB CC session electricity, assuming full utilisation of ballroom for 9 Sep
• Hotel Borobudur electricity, assuming full utilisation of ballroom and various meeting rooms for 10 Sep until 13 Sep (4 days)
• FOOD, DRINKS, PAPERS & WASTE for 9 Sep until 13 Sep: 46 kg CO2/person
• Total LOCAL emissions: 151 kg CO2/person

How can we reduce emissions to zero?

ISOCARP and IAP have developed a solution specifically for this World Planning Congress.

If delegates and others donate funds to WRI Indonesia, 100% of the funds will be used for the planting and growing of Toona sureni (Indonesian mahogany) at the Ciliwung watershed nearby Jakarta, the home of this Congress. WRI Indonesia have confirmed that this project sequesters 1 kg of carbon dioxide for each EUR 10 cents invested. This means that, on average, each delegate to the World Planning Congress in Jakarta can offset emissions of 151 kg CO2 by investing EUR 15.10 in the project. Specifically:

Reforestation and emission reduction verification processes with Indonesia-specific tree sequestration capacities: 0.1 EUR/kg CO2 or 15.10 EUR/person Fund management and community empowerment: 0.9 EUR/person

Total OFFSET donation: EUR 16 (250,000 IDR) per person.

ISOCARP and IAP invite delegates, sponsors, hosts, Congress partners, and all members of ISOCARP and IAP to help make the Jakarta Congress carbon neutral by donating EUR 16 to the Offset Project. Just click the Donate button here.

What about air travel to the Congress?

For international travel emissions we encourage you to ask your airline or travel agent about the possibilities of offsetting those emissions.

Come and talk to us!

Please visit WRI Indonesia's Carbon Neutral Desk by the Reception area on every day of the Congress to get to know more on this initiative, to learn about ongoing emission reduction projects, and to donate. We accept IDR or EUR cash and credit cards. This invitation is on a voluntary basis, so thank you for considering it, and we look forward to together neutralize carbon of our 55th ISOCARP World Planning Congress in Jakarta!

About ISOCARP: Founded in 1965, the International Society of City and Regional Planners (ISOCARP) has grown to become a global network of city and regional planners, creating and sharing knowledge for better cities, promoting education and planning practice, and supporting city and regional planners in all places and all fields of activity – professional practice, administration, policy making, teaching and research.

One of the main activities of ISOCARP is the organisation of its annual World Congress which focuses on a planning theme of foremost international interest. Attended by some 350-500 delegates, ISOCARP congresses are small enough for personal interchange of ideas on a given theme, yet big enough to encompass a broad professional and international range. The congresses are open to ISOCARP Members (reduced congress fees), but our Society heartily welcomes non-members (individuals, parties or organisations). The Congresses provide a platform for establishing professional as well as personal contacts with colleagues from all around the world.

The Congress takes place in a different city every year. ISOCARP has held congresses on vital topics in the field of city and regional planning in every year since 1965. Combining a unique, triple perspective in theory, policy and practice, ISOCARP has pioneered the focus of the planning profession on issues such as regional urban planning (1966), urban regeneration (1981), planning for land and water (1998), the creative economy (2005) and low carbon cities (2009).