transport and climate in the americas: contribution to a cooler planet
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By Walter Vergara, Global Expert Team on Adaptation, World Bank.Presented on Day Two of Transforming Transportation. Washington, D.C. January 15, 2010.TRANSCRIPT
Transport and Climate in the AmericasContribution to a cooler planet
Walter VergaraGlobal Expert Team on Adaptation
World BankJanuary 15, 2010
Global GHG emissions are on track to surpass worst case IPCC scenario
Fuente: M. Raupach et al., Global and Regional Drivers of accelerating CO2 Emissions, PNAS, Vol. 104, No. 24, June 12, 2007. 3
End of century temperatureanomaly up to 6Celcius
Table 1. The regional GHG picture; LAC has 8% and 7 % of global population and GDP respectively
Share of global emissions (%)
Observations
CO2 from fossil fuels 5 Reflects relative energy efficiency of the economy
Other GHG gases 15 Reflects GHG efficiency of industrial and agricultural activity
CO2 from land use change 31 Largely, share of global deforestation Source:estimated using data form the Climate Analysis Indicators Tool (CAIT) Version 5.0. (Washington, DC: World Resources Institute, 2008). CO2 values are for the year 2004; other gases and land use change values are for the year 2000..
Climate Hotspot
Direct effect
Immediacy
Irreversibility Magnitude of Physical Impacts
Economic consequence
Coral Biome in the Caribbean
Bleaching and mass mortality of corals
Now Complete Total collapse of ecosystem and wide-ranging extinction of associated species.
Impacts on fisheries, tourism, increased vulnerability of coastal areas
Mountain ecosystems in the Andes
Warming Now Complete Disappearance of glaciers, drying up of mountain wetlands, extinction of cold-climate endemic species
Impacts on water and power supply, dislocation of current agriculture
Wetlands in the Gulf of Mexico
Subsidence and salinization; increased exposure to extreme weather
This century
Complete Disappearance of coastal wetlands, dislocation and extinction of local and migratory species
Impacts on coastal infrastructure, fisheries and agriculture
Amazon basin
Forest dieback
This century
Complete Drastic change to the ecosystem leading to potential savannah
Impacts on the global water circulation patterns, impacts on agriculture, water and power supply at a continental scale
Climate Hot-Spots in Latin America
Strategy on climate change challenges in Latin America
Adaptation Priority number one; Large costs imposed on global
community by emission of GHGs. Irreversible impacts and loss of environmental services require immediate action
Reduce carbon footprint of economic activities
Assist countries in the region to seek future growth along a low-carbon path, focused on power, transport and land use change
Institutional strengthening, support access to information and linking science to developmentseeking to link science and policy-making and empower the
region to play an active and influential role in the international climate agenda.
Ambitious adaptation program in the Americas
• Started with Board approval of Caribbean Planning for Adaptation in 1997.
• Ten adaptation dedicated projects in the portfolio
• Trends before variability• Eco-system approach• Adaptation without mitigation is a
losing proposition• Integration of the issue in sector
policies
Carbon Intensity excluding land use change and other gases (tCO2/PPP, GDP) by per capita Income, 2006
Evolution of Transport Contribution to CO2 Emissions between 1990 to 2004
Adapting transport• Share of emissions in LAC is 34% (500
MMT CO2 e) and growing the fastest of all sectors– Need to reduce its carbon footprint even if
the cost of reductions today is higher than for reductions in other sectors
– Part of a larger strategy seeking reductions in airborne toxics and thus health benefits for exposed populations
– Improvements in public space allocation
A Sokolow approach for transport
• What does it take to cut 60 million tons of CO2 from annual emissions by 2020– 200 BRTs (15 Km, 220,000 passengers day) with
30% hybrid articulated fleet would cut 20 MMT– Replacement of 50% of bus fleet with full electric
vehicles in countries with low carbon power sectors (Brazil , Colombia, Venezuela) would displace 15 MMT
– Modal shift (linked to urban planning) involving 20% displacement of cars toward public transport would displace 15 MMT
– Improvements in 50% of small vehicle fuel efficiency (hybridization of fleet) , 10 MMT
A Sokolow approach for transport
• What does it take to cut 100 million tons of CO2 from annual emissions by 2020– All previous actions plus: – Improvements in 50% of small vehicle fuel
efficiency (hybridization of fleet) , 10 MMT – Densification and improvements in urban
planning in large urban areas, tied to transport optimization, 20 MT
– Hybridization of freight fleets, 5 MT– Other measures, 15MT
Downpayment: Urban Transport Transformation Project
• The Project Development Objective is to contribute to the transformation of urban transport in Mexican cities toward a lower carbon growth path.
• This will be achieved by improving the quality of service provided by the urban transport systems in a cost efficient manner, and by deploying equipment, infrastructure, and operational strategies that reduce CO2 emissions. Achieving the objective will significantly reduce the overall transport sector carbon footprint and the emission of related air toxics.
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Downpayment on Sokolow: The Urban Transport Transformation project in Mexico
UTTP: Activities• Low carbon transport infrastructure:
– BRTS and other investments designed to abate the emissions from the sector.
– BRTS would be integrated to other modes of transport and promote modal shift and access by non motorized transport
– Urban light trains powered by zero carbon electricity
• Low carbon rolling stock– Fleet of articulated hybrid vehicles (35% of
total) and or other lequivalent low carbon vehicles
Goals• Displace about 2 MMT annual Co2 e
emissions for the Urban Transport Sector by 2017
• Build and operate about 18 BRTs• Have a fleet of 350 articulated hybrid
buses on operation• Scrap about 1000 old vehicles• Financing: US$2.2 billion, including
US$0.4 billion through the World Bank