Climate Change Mitigation in the Transport Sector in Asia

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Climate Change Mitigation in the Transport
Sectorin Asia

• Presentation by
• Charles Melhuish
• 24 May 2006

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Global Warming is a Reality

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CO2 levels have never been higher during at least
the last 420,000 years
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The areas of Greenland that melt in summer
(orange) have expanded in recent years

• The present Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets
  contain enough water to raise sea level by almost
  70 m

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2002
Sources IPCC Climate Change 2001 Working Group
I The Scientific Basis and the International
Arctic Science Committee
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Global average sea level is rising
20th century up 10 to 20 cm 21th century Likely
to rise 20 to 70 cm
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Rainfall patterns are changing
Houston We have a problem
Increasing Rainfall
Decreasing Rainfall
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Transports share of global GHG continues to
increase
Transport is the source of 60 of the increase in
total world-wide GHG emissions 2002-2025
Source US EIA Annual Energy Outlook 2006 with
Projections to 2030
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Emerging AsiaPopulation Growth

• Half of the planet lives in emerging Asia
• Up to 750 million by 2030 to 4 billion
• Increasing Urbanization (20002025)
• China 81 growth of urban population
• India 87 growth of urban population
• Increasing urban sprawl

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Background and Rationale for This Paper

• Stabilizing and reducing atmospheric GHG
  concentrations is essential to global
  sustainability
• In July 2005 the G8 adopted the Gleneagles
  Action Plan on Climate Change, Clean Energy, and
  Sustainable Development

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Background and Rationale for this paper

• ADB has initiated analytical work towards
  formulation of a policy and investment framework
  to guide investments and address energy
  efficiency and climate change in the transport
  sector in Asia
• The paper and the regional workshop are the first
  steps in the formulation of such a policy
  framework

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Objectives

• Put climate change mitigation from on-road
  transport and its associated co-benefits on the
  agendas of all stakeholders
• National, state and provincial governments
• Local city and municipal governments
• NGOs and community groups
• Private enterprise and investors
• International development community

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Co-benefits of Climate Change Mitigation

• To promote the adoption of policies to reduce
  GHGs it is important to emphasize the co-benefits
  of such measures in terms of
• Air Quality and Health
• Traffic and Congestion
• Quality of Life
• Economic Development
• Transport Efficiency

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Co-benefits of Climate Change
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Objectives

• Formulate a policy framework
• Establish an action plan
• -To mitigate the climate change effects from
  on-road transport
• - At local and regional levels
• Define the Steps Forward

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Thank You.