Revision as of 13:25, 14 October 2016

General

Name of initiative	Low-Carbon Sustainable Rail Transport Challenge
LPAA initiative	No
NAZCA Initiative	Yes
Website address	http://www.uic.org/low-carbon-rail-challenge
Related initiatives
Starting year	2014
End year
Secretariat	Nick Craven, Union Internacional de Chemin de fer (UIC),16 rue Jean Rey, 75015 Paris, France, Tel: +33 (0)6 09 81 26 76, e-mail: craven@uic.org
Organisational structure	Governance is managed by the UIC Environment, Energy and Sustainability Platform. This is a global forum that meets 2 times per year with a budget of approx $1M to cover a program of work including the initiative and other sustainability projects.
Geographical coverage	Global, North America, Asia and the Pacific, Latin America and The Caribbean, Africa, Western Europe, Eastern Europe
Name of lead organisation	Union Internacional de Chemin de fer (UIC)
Type of lead organisation	Network/Consortium/Partnership
Location/Nationality of lead organisation	France

Description

Description	This challenge sets out ambitious but achievable targets for improvement of rail sector energy efficiency, reductions in green house gas (GHG) emissions and a more sustainable balance between transport modes.
Objectives	To reduce specific final energy consumption from train operations by: 50% reduction by 2030 and 60% reduction by 2050 (relative to a 1990 baseline); To reduce specific average CO2 emissions from train operations by: 50% reduction by 2030 and 75% reduction by 2050 (relative to a 1990 baseline); Rail share of passenger transport (passenger/km) to achieve a: 50% increase by 2030 and 100% increase, a doubling by 2050 (relative to a 2010 baseline); Rail share of freight land transport (tonne/km) to be: equal with road by 2030 and 50% greater than road by 2050.
Activities	UIC is seeking partnerships to achieve these targets. These include; A) partnerships with the private sector to support innovation and greater energy efficiency B) partnerships with national governments & International Institutions to support modal shift. UIC will collect and regularly publish the Register of modal shift projects 2015-2050, linked to the Climate Summit Initiative, with updated information related to expected GHG reduction, traffic figures, financial and occupational data of all activities.
One or two success stories achieved

Monitoring and Impacts

Function of initiative	Political dialogue
Activity of initiative	Advocacy
Indicators
Goals
Comments on indicators and goals
How will goals be achieved
Have you changed or strenghtened your goals
Progress towards the goals	At COP21 60 COEs representing the majority of the worlds rail activity signed the UIC Climate Responsibility Pledge detailing a commitment to 4 actions; 1. to reduce specific energy consumption and CO2 emissions, and through this contribute to the “UIC Low Carbon Rail Transport Challenge” and its global 2030/2050 targets, 2. Stimulate modal shift to rail in national and international markets, 3. actively communicate climate friendly initiatives, 4. report data on specific energy consumption and CO2 emissions to UIC on a regular basis
How are you tracking progress of your initiative	Energy, CO2 and production data are collected directly from railway companies using a dedicated on line website www.co2-data.org which also allows benchmarking of progress. These are reported annually in a joint publication with the International Energy Agency. Data on modal share are derived from the IEA database.
Available reporting	An annual Reporting on the initiative’s progress with third party verification of data will commence in 2016. It will also develop a global registry of modal shift projects and an energy efficiency roadmap for 2030 & 2050 in order to measure and monitor progress of the rail transport challenge.

Participants

Participants

Number

Names

Members

0

Companies

0

Business organisations

0

Research and educational organisations

0

Non-governmental organisations

0

National states

0

Governmental actors

0

Regional / state / county actors

0

City / municipal actors

0

Intergovernmental organisations

0

Financial Institutions

0

Faith based organisations

0

Other members

0

Supporting partners

0

Number of members in the years

2018

181

2022

207

Have only national states as participators

Theme

Transport	Agriculture	Forestry	Business	Financial institutions	Buildings	Industry	Waste	Cities and subnational governments	Short Term Pollutants	International maritime transport	Energy Supply	Fluorinated gases	Energy efficiency	Renewable energy	Supply chain emission reductions	Adaptation	Other	Resilience	Innovation	Energy Access and Efficiency	Private Finance
Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No

Last update: 13 April 2022 11:39:07

Not only have national states as participators

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 |Website address=http://www.uic.org/low-carbon-rail-challenge
 |Starting year=2014
-|Secretariat=Nick Craven, Union Internacional de Chemin de fer (UIC),16 rue Jean Rey, 75015 Paris, France, Tel: +33 (0) 1 44 49 20 20, e-mail: craven@uic.org
+|Secretariat=Nick Craven, Union Internacional de Chemin de fer (UIC),16 rue Jean Rey, 75015 Paris, France, Tel: +33 (0)6 09 81 26 76, e-mail: craven@uic.org
+|Organisational structure=Governance is managed by the UIC Environment, Energy and Sustainability Platform. This is a global forum that meets 2 times per year with a budget of approx $1M to cover a program of work including the initiative and other sustainability projects.
 |Geographical coverage=Global,North America,Asia and the Pacific,Latin America and The Caribbean,Africa,Western Europe,Eastern Europe,
 |Type of initiative=Political dialogue,,Implementation
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 |Participants=The UIC challenge is supported by UIC’s 240 member railway companies based in 95 countries worldwide.
 |Business organisations=181
+|Members=See Anneex 2 of http://www.un.org/climatechange/summit/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/07/TRANSPORT-Action-Plan-UIC.pdf
 |Research and educational organisations=10
 |Governmental bodies/agencies=15
 |Short and long-time objectives=This challenge sets out ambitious but achievable targets for improvement of rail sector energy efficiency, reductions in GHG emissions and a more sustainable balance between transport modes.
+By COP22 we will have started an additional work stream on climate change adaptation.
 |Roadmap and work plan=Implementation of the Challenge will result in 50% reduction in CO2 emissions from train operations by 2030, and 75% reduction by 2050, 50% reduction in energy consumption from train operations by 2030, and 60% reduction by 2050, 50% increase in rail’s share of passenger transportation by 2030 and doubling by 2050 (2010 baseline), rail freight activity equal to that of road freight by 2030, and exceeding road freight volumes by 50% by 2050.
+Energy efficiency road map in development, final version to be published following completion of stakeholder consultation.
+Annual program of expert network meetings every 3 months supported by a global conference every 2 years.
+|How are you tracking progress of your initiative=Energy, CO2 and production data are collected directly from railway companies using a dedicated on line website www.co2-data.org which also allows benchmarking of progress. These are reported annually in a joint publication with the International Energy Agency.
+Data on modal share are derived from the IEA database.
+|Progress that has been made by your initiative=At COP21 60 COEs representing the majority of the worlds rail activity signed the UIC Climate Responsibility Pledge detailing a commitment to 4 actions; 1. to reduce specific energy consumption and CO2 emissions, and through this contribute to the “UIC Low Carbon Rail Transport Challenge” and its global 2030/2050 targets, 2. Stimulate modal shift to rail in national and international markets, 3. actively communicate climate friendly initiatives, 4. report data on specific energy consumption and CO2 emissions to UIC on a regular basis
 |Available reporting=An annual Reporting on the initiative’s progress with third party verification of data will commence in 2016. It will also develop a global registry of modal shift projects and an energy efficiency roadmap for 2030 & 2050 in order to measure and monitor progress of the rail transport challenge.
 |Monitoring and Reporting=No
 }}