Rethinking Transport and Climate Change

The report makes suggestions for the rethinking of the relationships between transport and climate change. Clean Air Initiative for Asian Cities Center team was engaged to identify the five "think pieces" on how to address transport and climate change issues. The views expressed in this publication are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views and policies of ADB, its Board of Governors or the governments they represent, and the Clean Air Initiative for Asian Cities (CAI-Asia) Center and its Board of Trustees. Neither ADB nor the CAI-Asia Center guarantees the accuracy of the data included in this publication, and neither ADB nor the CAI-Asia Center accepts responsibility for any consequence of their use. By making any designation of or reference to a particular territory or geographic area, or by using the term "country" in this document, ADB does not intend to make any judgments as to the legal or other status of any territory or area. This working paper series is maintained by the Regional and Sustainable Development Department. Other ADB working paper series are on economics, regional cooperation, and ADBI Working Paper Series. Further ADB Publications can be found at ww.adb.org/Publications/. The purpose of the series is to disseminate the findings of work in progress to encourage the exchange of ideas. The emphasis is on getting findings out quickly even if the presentation of the work is less than fully polished. ADB – Asian Development Bank ASEAN – Association of Southeast Asian Nations AS -I – avoid-shift-improve ASIF – activity-structure-intensity-fuel AWG-LCA – Ad Hoc Working Group on Long-Term Cooperative Action under the Convention BAP – Bali Action Plan BRT – bus rapid transit CAI-Asia – Clean Air Initiative for Asian Cities CDM – clean development mechanism CER – certified emission reduction CNG – compressed natural gas CO 2 – carbon dioxide COP – Conference of the Parties to the Convention ESCAP – Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific EST – environmentally sustainable transport EU – European Union GEF – Global Environment Facility GHG – greenhouse gas IEA – International Energy Agency IPCC – Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change JICA – Japan International Cooperation Agency JNNURM – Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (India) km – kilometer l – liter MDB – multilateral development bank MEET – Ministerial Conference on Global Environment and Energy in Transport MRV – measurable, reportable, verifiable NAMA – …