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Building the Capacity of Chile’s
Transportation Sector for
Sustainable Development
Through the CDM
Jodi Browne
International Institute for Sustainable Development
Transport & Climate Change
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Transport = 25%
of worldwide
CO2
The rate of
increase of CO2
emissions from
transport is much
higher in
developing
countries than
developed
Developing country growth = 3.2% per year
countries.
Developed country growth = 1% per year
(World Energy Outlook, 2001)
Transport & CDM
Of the 80 projects currently in the CDM pipeline
only 5 are transportation…of those,
none address travel demand
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CDM represents a crucial opportunity to develop
a sustainable transportation sector e.g. Chile
- increased funding flows
- enhanced capacity
- expanded technology
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
Project Goals
Examine and address methodological
hurdles to CDM projects in the Transport
Sector
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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
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Possible 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
Area 10: Technology switching
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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 dieselelectric buses in the feeding
areas
Demonstration: Area 10
(downtown core = 34 buses)
Area 10
Bicycle Infrastructure
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Increase non-motorized trips in Santiago
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Introduction of further bicycle infrastructure (lanes)
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Measure the emissions reductions from increased
travel by bikes on a specific route (modeling,
observation, etc.)
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Quantify those reductions and
develop as a CDM project
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
Location Efficiency
Densification or “location efficient” development around
metro stations…
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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”
Building capacity
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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)
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Building methodologies, identifying opportunities,
conducting hands-on analysis and modeling
Also workshops planned for spring 2004
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.
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“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
Thank you! FOR MORE INFORMATION...
Jodi Browne
Climate Change & Energy, IISD
Tel: +31 20 692-2911
[email protected]