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Next Steps in Reducing the Impact of Transport on Climate Change. Charles Melhuish ADB Climate Change Mitigation in the Transport Sector 24-25 May, 2006. Next steps. Develop a joint ADB – CAI-Asia program which would include: Promotion of unified core set of monitoring parameters
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Next Steps in Reducing the Impact of Transport on Climate Change Charles Melhuish ADB Climate Change Mitigation in the Transport Sector 24-25 May, 2006
Next steps • Develop a joint ADB – CAI-Asia program which would include: • Promotion of unified core set of monitoring parameters • Methodology development for measuring policy related GHG and associated emission reductions in transport sector • Strategic assessment and implementation plan in Chinese, Indian and Vietnamese City • Policy Dialogue • Life Cycle Analysis for biofuels in Asia (ethanol and biodiesel) • Capacity building on integrated approach on GHG and emission reduction in the transport sector • Awareness raising on GHG in the transport sector
Unified core set of monitoring parameters • What are the parameters that should be monitored on a regular basis with respect to GHG and transport in Asia: • Vehicle numbers? • Technology standards? • Vehicle use – drive cycles? • Driving behavior? • Maintenance levels? • Geographical scale for which indicators are collected and reported • Use same units and time periods to report on indicators • Institutional capacity to collect, document and maintain indicators
CO2 Impact Assessment Methodology for the transport sector • We encourage policy makers in Asia to develop transport policies which take GHG and emissions into considerations • Policy makers find it hard to assess or predict the GHG and emission impact of different policy options and interventions • Emphasis is on development of a methodology to assess the impact of various GHG and associated emission reductions in transport sector • This component will not go down to the level of CDM methodology development
Case studies and pilot projects • Strategic assessment and implementation plan for Chinese, Indian and Vietnamese City • Include data collection, e.g. inventories • Make policy development and identification of interventions part of the project • Candidate cities: • Political commitment and willingness to contribute • Relatively self contained – limited leakage and intrusion • Availability of basic data sets or potential to develop in relatively short time span • Case studies and pilot projects to be implemented with aid of partner organizations
Policy Dialogue • Develop dialogue with national and local governments on Policy Framework and Action Plan • Promote the development and adoption of Fuel Economy standards by Asian governments • Establish regional consensus including all Asian countries
Life Cycle Analysis Biofuels • Plans for large scale expansion of biofuels in Asia requires life-cycle analyses to determine impacts, constraints and costs • Focus on ethanol and biodiesel • Cover: life cycle GHG emissions, tailpipe emissions, land use impacts, water requirements, other environmental impacts • Develop standardized LCA tool which can be used beyond the scope of this study
Capacity building • Develop or adapt training materials • Train the trainers • Target group: transport and environmental policy and decision makers • Aim: better informed decision makers
Awareness Raising • Contribute to greater awareness on the relevance of the transport sector for Climate Change in Asia • Explain the linkage between urban air quality and climate change • Solution oriented • 2 components considered: • Mass media in cooperation with TVE Asia Pacific (30 minute documentary and 10 mini docs of 5 minutes each) • Labeling program for vehicles