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Building the Capacity of Chile’s Transportation Sector for Sustainable Development Through the CDM

Building the Capacity of Chile’s Transportation Sector for Sustainable Development Through the CDM. Jodi Browne International Institute for Sustainable Development. Transport & Climate Change. Transport = 25% of worldwide CO2

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Building the Capacity of Chile’s Transportation Sector for Sustainable Development Through the CDM

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  1. Building the Capacity of Chile’s Transportation Sector for Sustainable Development Through the CDM Jodi Browne International Institute for Sustainable Development

  2. Transport & Climate Change • Transport = 25% of worldwide CO2 • 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)

  3. Transport & CDM Of the 80 projects currently in the CDM pipeline only 5 are transportation…of 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

  4. Transport & CDM Project: Chile Project Partners: Int’l Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) Center for Clean Air Policy (CCAP), US Cambio Climatico & Desarollo (CC&D), Chile Government of Chile, CGTS Project Aims: • Exploration: potential to reduce GHGs and promote transportation CDM projects in Chile • Assistance: technical input to Chile in reduction of GHG emissions and promotion of potential CDM projects, specifically in the transportation sector • Replication: help establish precedent for assessing transportation CDM projects

  5. Project Goals • Examine and address methodological hurdles to CDM projects in the Transport Sector • Work with relevant gov’t departments to share our learnings and build capacity to develop own projects Why Chile?  Transport challenges  Commitment to CDM  Strong modeling capacity

  6. 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 Possible CDM projects currently being examined…

  7. Area 10: Technology switching • Santiago: new design for public transport • Segregated routes for articulated buses (Min EURO3) • Feeding areas for buses of lower capacity (progressive switch from EURO1,2,3) • Exploring potential for CDM to implement hybrid diesel-electric buses in the feeding areas • Demonstration: Area 10 (downtown core = 34 buses) Area 10

  8. Bicycle Infrastructure • Increase non-motorized trips in Santiago • Introduction of further bicycle infrastructure (lanes) • Measure the emissions reductions from increased travel by bikes on a specific route (modeling, observation, etc.) • Quantify those reductions and develop as a CDM project

  9. Location Efficiency Urban form can: • Reduce number of motorized trips • Increase share of non-motorized trips • Reduce travel distances, increase vehicle occupancy rates Through: DENSITY – i.e. lot size DIVERSITY– mix of land uses & proximity DESIGN – street layout, block design, parking

  10. Location Efficiency Densification or “location efficient” development around metro stations… • Identify specific real estate development opportunities • Quantify the travel behavior impacts of those developments • Estimate the net impacts on transportation greenhouse gas emissions of the prospective developments • Determine how to fit this within the CDM. • Supporting existent work looking at efficient dev’t (MINVU) or “neighborhood efficiency”

  11. Building capacity • Canada’s goal: build capacity to respond to CC • Our project takes a case study approach & works with: Santiago Transport Coordination Committee (CGTS) National Environmental Commission (CONAMA) Ministry of Public Works, Transport & Telecom. (MINVU) InterMinisterial Transportation Planning Office (SECTRA) National Energy Commission (CNE) • Building methodologies, identifying opportunities, conducting hands-on analysis and modeling • Also workshops planned for spring 2004

  12. Upcoming Events UNFCCC Side Event: Wed, 10 Dec 1:00 p.m.- 3:00 p.m. “Getting there: tackling transport emissions” Multi-stakeholder, high-level event on technical and lifestyle fixes as options for reversing the transport emissions trend. Moderated by Simon Upton. ****************************************************************************** “CDM and Transportation: Challenges and Opportunities” Santiago, Chile, Sept 2004 Int’l workshop on Transport & CDM issues & presentation of the conclusions of the IISD/CCAP/CC&D work

  13. Thank you! FOR MORE INFORMATION... Jodi Browne Climate Change & Energy, IISD Tel: +31 20 692-2911 jbrowne@iisd.ca

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