The Nationally Appropriate Mitigation Actions (NAMAs) submitted by non-Annex I country Parties to the UNFCCC by the 31st of January were published on 2nd February 2010. The Bridging the Gap Initiative is analysing these submissions from a transport perspective. After a first view 11 out of the 20 Parties that made submissions made direct reference to the transport sector (inlc. E.g. Costa Rica, Indonesia, Singapore, Jordan, Republic of Congo, Moroco et. al.). The analysis will be available in the next few days.
For more information see transport2012.org

The Copenhagen Accord allows developing country parties to submit Nationally Appropriate Mitigation Actions (NAMAs) i.e. low carbon policies to Annex 2 of the Accord until January 31. The Bridging the Gap Initiative has now published a guidance document for parties on transport NAMAs.

Download on the Bridging the Gap-Webpage

On Friday, January 15, 2010, 180 transport and climate change experts from local and national governments, multi-lateral development agencies, academic institutions, nonprofits and private companies gathered in Washington, D.C. to discuss “Next Steps After Copenhagen: Opportunities and Challenges in the Transport Sector” as part of the annual Transforming Transportation conference.

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The Center for Clean Air Policy is pleased to announce the release of the final draft of our paper, “Transportation NAMAs: A Proposed Framework.”  This paper discusses the importance of addressing greenhouse gas emissions from the transportation sector in developing countries and suggests that supported NAMAs provide an important opportunity to truly transform the transportation sector in many countries. » Read more: CCAP paper – Transportation NAMAs: A Proposed Framework

Year 2009 can be considered very significant as climate change concerns in transport became the primary driver of the Sustainable Transport agenda. At the end of the year as deal at Copenhagen became just a “step forward” to hopefuls and a “dismal act” to many environmentalists, if we step back and analyze important developments in transport in Asia; we see many climate change initiatives pushing transport. The “other” important benefits seems to have taken the backseat and many in policy making and transport community started recognizing Transport as a key element in mitigating Climate Change. “Low Carbon Transport” became the mantra, which would decide the future course of transport for the next decade.

In this document, CAI-Asia presents selected news stories, relevant studies and other articles which summarize the best and worst of year 2009 from the transport perspective.

Full document can be accessed here: http://www.cleanairnet.org/caiasia/1412/article-73662.html