There is an increasing number of transport sector targets, but large emitters are still missingīy 25 November 2021, 34 countries have set non-GHG emission targets for the sector in second generation NDCs, setting for example specific targets for increasing the share of electric and other zero emission vehicles, improving vehicle efficiency, or enhancing the use of biofuels and generally renewable energy in transport. In August 2021, the ‘Forum for Decarbonising Transport’ was launched, led by NITI Aayog, a renown Think Tank, with the participation of a wide variety of stakeholders. GIZ is supporting societal discourse for example in India in the context of the NDC Transport Initiative for Asia Project. Box: Supporting transport decarbonisation strategies with inclusive stakeholder involvement
However, setting targets can also enable a wider societal discourse on what needs to happen to decarbonise the sector, how this can help improve existing – often unsatisfactory – transport systems, and what needs to be done to mitigate adverse effects of measures.
Reasons for this could be that the sector is crucial for economic development and because measures affect all of society, making it politically difficult to implement changes. Governments have so far been hesitant to establish transport sector targets. Setting ambitious sectoral targets is essential to provide guidance for policy-making in the sector and to ensure accountability of institutions and individuals. While the sector is covered by economy-wide targets in many NDCs, this is in most cases not yet supported by sectoral targets. So far, transport remains one of the fastest growing sectors in terms of GHG emissions, with a growth of 17.2% between 20 globally. Six years after the adoption of the Paris Agreement and one year into the start of commitment periods for NDCs, these second generation NDCs do not yet deliver on the needed deep transformation of the transport sector. Most of these set mid-term targets for 2030.
#A NUCLEAR PARADIGM SHIFT UPDATE#
(* Data on political pledges beyond NDCs and LTS stem from Climate Watch) … but mid-term goals for the transport sector still lag behindĪs part of the regular update process, many countries submitted second generation NDCs, which were originally due in 2020, but were in many cases delayed owing to the COVID-19 pandemic. Net-zero targets submitted in NDCs, LTS or beyond Information on the transport-related content of these is collected by GIZ in collaboration with SLOCAT in the Tracker of Climate Strategies for Transport. Another 26 countries announced net-zero targets in other ways, many at the COP26 Climate Ambition Summit and some in national strategy documents or legislation. A total of 50 countries submitted their carbon neutrality targets officially to the UNFCCC in their Long-term Strategies (LTS) or new or updated nationally determined contributions (NDCs), here referred to as ‘second generation’ NDCs. The US and EU aim to hit net zero by 2050, China announced plans for carbon neutrality by 2060, and India declared its pledge to achieve net zero by 2070 during the UN climate talks. In the run-up to COP26, a large number of countries, subnational governments and companies made net-zero pledges, promising to reduce emissions to zero or fully compensate for remaining emissions at a given date. Several ambitious transport coalitions were brought into being, one of them aiming to phase out ICE vehicles by 2040, the Paris Rulebook, potentially including carbon credits for low-carbon transport infrastructure, was finalized, and the COP26 conclusion calls for tougher climate pledges by 2022.Ī lot has happened during the UN climate talks – but are we at all close to the paradigm shift we so urgently need in the transport sector? Global long-term ambition is increasing… The 26th Conference of the Parties to the UNFCCC was surely a starting point for more ambitious and accelerated climate action in transport in the coming years. Navigating the Steep Curve Towards a Paradigm Shift
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