The Copenhagen Accord allows developing country parties to submit Nationally Appropriate Mitigation Actions (NAMAs) i.e. low carbon policies to Annex 2 of the Accord until January 31. The Bridging the Gap Initiative has now published a guidance document for parties on transport NAMAs.
Monthly Archive for Januar, 2010
On Friday, January 15, 2010, 180 transport and climate change experts from local and national governments, multi-lateral development agencies, academic institutions, nonprofits and private companies gathered in Washington, D.C. to discuss “Next Steps After Copenhagen: Opportunities and Challenges in the Transport Sector” as part of the annual Transforming Transportation conference.
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The Center for Clean Air Policy is pleased to announce the release of the final draft of our paper, “Transportation NAMAs: A Proposed Framework.” This paper discusses the importance of addressing greenhouse gas emissions from the transportation sector in developing countries and suggests that supported NAMAs provide an important opportunity to truly transform the transportation sector in many countries. Read on...
Year 2009 can be considered very significant as climate change concerns in transport became the primary driver of the Sustainable Transport agenda. At the end of the year as deal at Copenhagen became just a “step forward” to hopefuls and a “dismal act” to many environmentalists, if we step back and analyze important developments in transport in Asia; we see many climate change initiatives pushing transport. The “other” important benefits seems to have taken the backseat and many in policy making and transport community started recognizing Transport as a key element in mitigating Climate Change. “Low Carbon Transport” became the mantra, which would decide the future course of transport for the next decade.
In this document, CAI-Asia presents selected news stories, relevant studies and other articles which summarize the best and worst of year 2009 from the transport perspective.
Full document can be accessed here: http://www.cleanairnet.org/caiasia/1412/article-73662.html
The World Bank has approved two Global Environment Facility (GEF) grants to fund clean energy transport in Mexican and Brazilian cities.
A US$5.38 million grant for cities in Mexico and a US$8.53 million grant for cities in Brazil were approved as part of the regional Sustainable Transport and Air Quality (STAQ) Project, which seeks to reduce the emission of air pollutants in several important Latin American cities, fostering long-term increases in the patronage of less energy intensive transport modes.
Participating cities were selected through a competition in which 47 cities from 12 countries in Latin America participated as part of the GEF’s STAQ Program implemented in Mexico, Brazil and Argentina. [GEF Grant for Mexico][GEF Grant for Brazil]
