Low-Carbon Sustainable Rail Transport Challenge
General
Name of initiative | Low-Carbon Sustainable Rail Transport Challenge |
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LPAA initiative | No |
NAZCA Initiative | Yes |
Website address | http://www.uic.org/low-carbon-rail-challenge |
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Starting year | 2014 |
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Secretariat | Union internacional de chemin de fer |
Organisational structure | Other, |
Geographical coverage | Global, North America, Asia and the Pacific, Latin America and The Caribbean, Africa, Western Europe, Eastern Europe |
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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. |
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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 2015-2050â€, 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 |
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Activity of initiative | Advocacy |
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Participants
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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 | |||||
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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