Title: International Workshop on Transportation and the Clean Development Mechanism Jodi Browne, IISD August 25, 2004 - Santiago, Chile
1International Workshop on Transportation and the
Clean Development MechanismJodi Browne,
IISDAugust 25, 2004 - Santiago, Chile
2Transport and Climate Change
Emissions
Transport
Climate Change
- The transport sector is responsible for 25 of
CO2 emissions worldwide, and this contribution is
increasing - Key factors
- Travel activity (vehicle kilometers traveled)
- Mode split
- Vehicle energy intensity
- Fuel carbon content
3Transport Climate Change
- The rate of increase of CO2 emissions from
transport is much higher in developing countries
than developed countries.
Developing country growth 3.2 per
year Developed country growth 1 per
year (World Energy Outlook, 2001)
4Developing World Context
- Doubling of developing cities
- urban population by 2030
- 2 billion new residents
- X
- 6 trillion additional vehicle kms/yr
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- 600 billion additional liters of gasoline/yr
- or 1.9 billion tonnes of GHG yearly
5- In Chile, transportation represents 2nd largest
source of GHG emissions in the energy sector -
approximately 33
6Transport Emissions in Chile
7Climate Change Context
- Kyoto Protocol establishes reductions for
industrialized countries, for the period of
2008-2012 - Transport has not received much focus in
international climate change discussions - Why? Difficult to quantify
8Clean Development Mechanism
- Entry point for developing countries is through
the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) - Projects take place in developing (host)
countries that reduce GHG emissions, contribute
to sustainable development, and the carbon
reduction credits (CERs) are transferred to
investing country
9CDM PROJECT
Investing country (purchaser)
Developing country (host)
CERs Investment Opportunity New Markets
Sustainable Devt Investment Tech Transfer
10Transport CDM
- Of the 100 projects currently in the CDM
pipeline only 5 are transportationof those, - none address travel demand
- CDM represents a crucial opportunity to develop a
sustainable transportation sector e.g. Chile - - increased funding flows
- - enhanced capacity
- - expanded technology
11Transport CDM Project Chile
Project Partners IISD, CCAP, CCD, CGTS Funded
by Canadian International Development Agency
(CIDA) Explore the potential to reduce GHGs and
promote transportation CDM projects in Chile
- Potential for replication
- Help establish precedent for assessing
transportation projects for CDM potential
12Project Goals
- Examine and address methodological hurdles to CDM
projects in the Transport Sector - Work to share our lessons and build capacity to
develop own projects - Why Chile?
- Transport challenges solutions
- Commitment to CDM
- Strong modeling capacity
- Excellent data
13Possible CDM projects currently being examined
- 1) Area 10 Technology switch of buses within
downtown area of Santiago - 2) Bike Infrastructure Developing bike lanes,
storage, facilities - 3) Location Efficiency Concentrating mixed-use
developments around metro stations
14International Workshop
Day 1 Share results/gain input on initial
results from the project
Day 2 Showcase examples lessons from other
countries Day 3 Move the Transport and
CDM/climate change discussion forward
15Gracias!
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