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|Tracking mitigation progress (quantitative)=Improvement of rail energy and CO2 intensity are currently in line with the 2030 and 2050 targets.  The latest audited data (2013) indicates that specific energy consumption has reduced by 37% since 1990, and specific CO2 emissions have reduced by 30% in the same period.
 
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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 Nickolas 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 Additional objective announced since COP21 to develop rail sector a rail sector adaptation strategy & roadmap.

Ongoing program of capacity building to improve rail sector energy efficiency and decarbonisation, including the following workshops;

• EcoDriving and DAS-ATO Workshop (10 February 2016) http://www.uic.org/forms/spip.php?article1483 • Refurbishment and Parked Trains Workshop (8 June 2016) http://www.uic.org/forms/spip.php?article1485 • Carbon Footprint in Railways: Integrated Scope and Innovative Tools (13 October 2016) http://uic-environment.org/workshops#Carbon-Footprint-in-Railways-Integrated-scope-and-innovative-nbsp • Weather Resilience and Climate Change Adaptation (13 October 2016) http://uic-environment.org/workshops#Weather-Resilience-and-Climate-Change-Adaptation • Digital Comm & Energy Efficiency In Railways: Driving, Metering & Billing (13 Oct 2016) http://uic-environment.org/workshops#Digital-Communication-and-Energy-Efficiency-in-railways-Driving-Metering-nbsp • Energy Efficiency Projects: Potential Improvements for Mid & Long Term (13 October 2016) http://uic-environment.org/workshops#Energy-Efficiency-Projects-Potential-Improvements-for-mid-and-long-nbsp • Door to Door Business Solutions (13 October 2016) http://uic-environment.org/workshops#Door-to-Door-Business-Solutions • Sustainable and Smart Stations and Infrastructures (13 October 2016) http://uic-environment.org/workshops#Sustainable-and-Smart-Stations-and-Infrastructures • TOPRAIL: Sustainable Tourism (13 October 2016) http://uic-environment.org/workshops#Sustainable-Tourism-TopRail

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 After COP21 77 CEOs representing the majority of the worlds rail activity have 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 feeds UIC ESRS (Environmental Strategy Reporting System see http://www.uic.org/IMG/pdf/1990-2030_environment_strategy_reporting_system.pdf) and also allows railways to benchmarking their progress. These are reported annually in a joint publication with the International Energy Agency.

Data on modal share are derived from the International Energy Agency 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.

For detailed analysis refer to the UIC-IEA Handbook on Energy & CO2 Emissions, see http://uic.org/IMG/pdf/iea-uic_railway_handbook_2016_web.pdf.

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
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Not only have national states as participators

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