Low-Carbon

Frameworks

programme

Passenger

transport

as at 2012

Top 20 emitting countries

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Total GHG emissions including land use/change and forestry

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Gt CO2-eq

South Africa’s commitment

cut emissions 34% by 2020, 42% by 2025,

from current path (conditional)

National Climate Change

Response White Paper

Mitigation in the

transport sector

Mt CO2e % contribution to transport emissions

54.3 Mt CO2e 12.1% of SA’s ±450 Mt CO2e

excludes emissions from fuel manufacture (42 Mt CO2e , being 9.3% of SA’s, but this includes non-fuel Sasol products)

8.8, 16%

Emissions from South Africa’s

transport sector

Transport mitigation strategies

SHIFT: Freight road to rail

SHIFT: Private vehicles and taxis to public transport

SHIFT: Other passenger modal shifts:

air to road or rail; to non-motorised transport

IMPROVE: Increase vehicle occupancy

IMPROVE: Taxi recapitalisation – diesel, larger vehicles

IMPROVE: Increase number of private diesel cars

IMPROVE: Increase efficiency of private cars

IMPROVE: Decrease number of SUVs

IMPROVE: More hybrid vehicles on the road

IMPROVE: Introduce (renewable energy) electric vehicles

IMPROVE: Blend biofuels with petrol and diesel

(take into account life cycle of producing biofuels)

Possibilities from the

Long Term Mitigation Scenarios

National Climate Change Response

White Paper Transport flagships

SHIFT: Public transport

to promote lower-carbon mobility

in 5 metros and 10 smaller cities

SHIFT: Rail re-capitalisation

to facilitate passenger and freight

road to rail

IMPROVE: Energy efficiency

of the government vehicle fleet

by 2020, including electric vehicles

IMPROVE: Efficient Vehicles

Programme for all South African

vehicles

REDUCE / SHIFT: Integrated Transport Network Development

SHIFT: Bus Rapid Transit in 12 major cities / metros

SHIFT: Road to rail (freight and passenger) –

develop and refurbish rail infrastructure, acquire new rolling stock

SHIFT: Non-Motorised Transport –

Shova Kalula bicycling project, infrastructure in urban planning

SHIFT: High speed rail on the Johannesburg/Durban corridor

IMPROVE: Taxi recapitalisation

IMPROVE: Convert public transport vehicles to run on

Compressed Natural Gas (with SANEDI and metros)

IMPROVE: Solar-powered lighting along major routes

Department of Transport

green transport flagship programmes

Other Departments’

mitigation actions related to transport

• Dept Energy:

Biofuels blending

regulations

• Dept Trade and Industry:

Electric vehicle strategy

• Dept Public Enterprises:

Climate Change Policy

Framework: SOCs to design

mitigation strategies aligned

to their mandates

• Treasury

Gauteng

province

Gauteng

Climate Change Response

Six sectors (Greenhouse Gas Inventory)

Economic sector Intervention

Industry, commerce

and mining Energy efficiency

Cleaner production

Transport Compressed natural gas (CNG) fuel

Mass transit systems (buses and rail)

Inter-provincial railway services

Energy supply Renewable energy, e.g. solar (for electricity),

biofuel-to-energy (for vehicle fuel)

Residential & public

buildings Energy efficiency in all buildings

Clean, safe domestic energy appliances for

low-income households

Waste management Reduce, Recycle, Reuse of waste material

Agriculture, natural

resources & other

land uses

Agricultural practices that reduce methane emissions

Protect biodiversity

Mitigation Strategy and Action Plan: Transport

• Compressed

Natural Gas fuel

• Expand public

transport

• Integration of

Gauteng public

transport

• Design for public

mobility

• Smart controls

for transportation

and logistics

• Inter-city and

inter-provincial

railways

Gauteng

Climate Change Response

Infrastructure: Biowaste-to-energy for transport vehicles:

Utilise gases from waste landfill sites and waste water treatment plants

for fuel for public sector motor vehicles.

Gauteng GHG inventory

Other relevant actions

Gauteng

Climate Change Response

Local

government

State-owned

enterprises

and entities

Mobility and access are central to citizens’ rights to access

economic opportunities, health care, education, food and clean water.

In South Africa, we also enjoy rights to: dignity freedom from violence

freedom from discrimination on any grounds (including gender and disability)

an environment not to harmful to health or wellbeing.

Passenger transport

performance indicators

• Targets from National Land

Transport Strategic Framework

• Measured in 2003 National

Household Travel Survey

Employee

Trip Reduction

Programme

Reduce

Office relocation

Worksite amenities

Virtual office

Shift

Pool cars

Less subsidised parking

Lift sharing

Public transport

Non-motorised transport

Flexitime (off-peak travel)

Improve

Green vehicle fleet

Elements of an Employee Trip

Reduction Programme

What do you see

as benefits

for the business?

and for staff?

What initiatives

could you

undertake to

implement an

Employee Trip

Reduction

Programme?

Benefits for Business

Business travel reduction

• Cut business travel costs

• Reduce downtime travelling on business

• Reduce fleet running costs

• Reduce office accommodation costs

Commuting travel reduction

• Save money on parking spaces

• Solve site access issues

• Improve staff health and reduce

absenteeism

Other

• Help recruit and retain staff

• Improve image

• Meet corporate social responsibility

targets

Benefits for Employees

• Reduce commute costs

• Reduce commute times

• Better work-life balance through flexible

working and less travel on business

• Equitable travel benefits to staff

members

• Reduce stress

• Build exercise into daily life

Benefits of an Employee Trip

Reduction Programme

To enable informed decisions

on trade-offs, sequencing, timing, investment …

WWF’s Transport Low-Carbon

Frameworks programme

Do rigorous systems

dynamics modelling

Transition to

low-carbon

economy

Within a

carbon budget

Which deliver

a flourishing

South Africa

With

government,

business,

labour