Revision as of 14:11, 5 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) 1 44 49 20 20, e-mail: craven@uic.org
Organisational structure
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
How are you tracking progress of your initiative
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
-|Monitoring and Reporting=No
+|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) 1 44 49 20 20, e-mail: craven@uic.org
+|Geographical coverage=Global,North America,Asia and the Pacific,Latin America and The Caribbean,Africa,Western Europe,Eastern Europe,
-|Organisational structure=Other,
+|Type of initiative=Political dialogue,,Implementation
-|Geographical coverage=Global, North America, Asia and the Pacific, Latin America and The Caribbean, Africa, Western Europe, Eastern Europe,
-|Type of initiative=Political dialogue,
 |Secondary functions=Lobbying (e.g. output publication advocating a particular policy option / workshops),
+|Name of lead organisation=Union Internacional de Chemin de fer (UIC)
 |Type of lead organisation=Network/Consortium/Partnership
 |Location/Nationality of lead organisation=France
 |LPAA Theme Transport=Yes
+|LPAA Theme Agriculture=No
+|LPAA Theme Forestry=No
+|LPAA Theme Business=No
+|LPAA Theme Financial institutions=No
+|LPAA Theme Buildings=No
+|LPAA Theme Industry=No
+|LPAA Theme Waste=No
+|LPAA Theme Cities and subnational governments=No
+|LPAA Theme Short Term Pollutants=No
+|LPAA Theme International maritime transport=No
+|LPAA Theme Energy Supply=No
+|LPAA Theme Fluorinated gases=No
+|LPAA Theme Energy efficiency=No
+|LPAA Theme Renewable energy=No
+|LPAA Theme Supply chain emission reductions=No
+|LPAA Theme Adaptation=No
+|LPAA Theme Other=No
+|LPAA Theme Resilience=No
+|LPAA Theme Innovation=No
+|LPAA Theme Energy Access and Efficiency=No
+|LPAA Theme Private Finance=No
 |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.
 |Goals=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
+To reduce specific average CO2 emissions from train operations by: 50% reduction by 2030 and 75% reduction by 2050 (relative to a 1990 baseline);
-% 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
+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.
+|Participants=The UIC challenge is supported by UIC’s 240 member railway companies based in 95 countries worldwide.
 |Business organisations=181
 |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.
+|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.
+|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
 }}