Transport shows potential for expanded use of renewables
Record power capacity of 161 GW added, for 23% less investment (USD 241.6 billion)
Today, June 7th, REN21 published its Renewables 2017 Global Status Report (GSR), the most comprehensive annual overview of the state of renewable energy.
How to estimate actual or future greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in the transport sector? What are the available methodologies to assess emission reduction potentials in the sector?
The new publication of the Passenger and Freight Transport Volume discusses these issues by offering a comprehensive guide through existing methodologies for GHG quantification of different types of transport mitigation actions.
The Bonn Climate Change Conference continued on Tuesday, 16 May. Throughout the day, informal consultations met to discuss various issues under the 46th sessions of the Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice (SBSTA 46) and Subsidiary Body for Implementation (SBI 46), as well as the third part of the first session on the Ad Hoc Working Group on the Paris Agreement (APA 1-3).
To maintain the agreed international schedule, the sector will need to move beyond fossil fuels shortly after 2050 in the world’s most advanced regions, and by 2070 elsewhere.
Measuring CO2 in transport projects and programs is essential to driving further action on transport and climate change, through quantification of the potential contribution of low carbon transport infrastructure and services in comparison to more carbon-intensive investments. Since it can be difficult to quantify positive impacts from complex transport systems in comparison to fixed energy infrastructure, the sustainable transport sector has traditionally received less attention than other sectors from sources of climate finance.
TUESDAY 2 MAY 2017: Marshall Islands and Solomon Islands have submitted a paper to the forthcoming meeting of the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) calling on shipping to show high ambition in tackling climate change causing emissions from shipping, in line with, Pacific Leaders calls for no more than 1.5 degrees warming.
On 1 January 2016, the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development adopted by world leaders in September 2015, officially came into force. The 2030 Agenda is a set of 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) with 169 targets stimulating actions to shift global development onto a more sustainable and resilient path.
The Partnership on Sustainable, Low Carbon Transport has released a background policy paper for the Intergovernmental 10th Regional Environmentally Sustainable Transport (EST) Forum in Asia, which took place from March 14 to 16, 2017 in Vientiane, Lao PDR.
17 Mar, 2017
Vientiane, Lao PDR
Adoption of the Vientiane Declaration (from left to right): Mr. Ganesh Raj Joshi (UNCRD), Mr. Cornie Huizenga (SLoCaT Partnership), H.E. Dr. Bounchanh Sinthavong (MPWT Lao PDR), Mr. Peter O’Neil, and Mr. Choudhury Rudra Charan Mohanty.
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