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Transport as CDM? It is already happening

As of February 1st, 2010, there are 4926 CDM projects in the CDM pipeline- meaning that a country has submitted a proposal on their CDM project activity for validation and/or registration by the CDM Executive Board. Of all the project activities, only 0,3% apply to the transport sector. The two transport projects currently in operation (marked in the table below as "Registered") are the BRT-System in Bogotá, Columbia, and the other concerns the metro system in Delhi, India. A detailed breakdown of what the transport projects currently in the pipeline are can be viewed in the table below.

At validation Request registration Registered Total

Bus Rapid Transit

 5 0 1 6

Electric Scooters

 3 0 0 3

Mode Shift: Road to rail

 3 0 0 3

Rail: Regenerative breaking

 1 0 1 2

Metro: efficient operation

 1 0 0 1
Cable cars 1 0 0 1

Total

  

 

 

16

In addition to those listed in the table, four new CDM transport projects have been submitted for validation to the UNFCCC. Their period for comment started on February 4th/9th/10th.

They are:

  • BRT systems in Columbia, Mexico and Ecuador
  • Electric Scooters in India

If you would like detailed information on the transport project design documents, please go to (select Transport in "Sectoral Scopes") http://cdm.unfccc.int/Projects/Validation/index.html

For information on the CDM transport project in Bogotá: http://cdm.unfccc.int/Projects/DB/DNV-CUK1159192623.07/view

For information on the CDM transport project in India:
http://cdm.unfccc.int/Projects/DB/RWTUV1190204766.13/view

Sources:

UNEP Risoe (2010). CDM/JI Pipeline Analysis and Database. http://www.cdmpipeline.org/cdm-projects-type.htm#2 (last accessed Feb 17th, 2010)

UNFCCC (2010). Project Validation. http://cdm.unfccc.int/Projects/Validation/index.html (last accessed Feb 17th, 2010)

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