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dc.titleTransportation 2050: pathways to decarbonization and climate resilience in Latin America and the Caribbean
dc.contributor.authorCalatayud, Agustina
dc.contributor.authorRivas, María Eugenia
dc.contributor.authorCamacho, Jessica
dc.contributor.authorBeltrán, Carlos
dc.contributor.authorAnsaldo, Mariano
dc.contributor.authorCafé, Eduardo
dc.contributor.orgunitTransport Division
dc.coverageLatin America and the Caribbean
dc.date.available2023-10-19T08:10:00
dc.date.issue2023-10-13T00:10:00
dc.description.abstractIt is time to act. Climate Change (CC) presents an unprecedented challenge for humanity and thus requires to implement bold policy actions. Recent studies suggest that countries have less than a decade to radically reduce their emissions in order to avoid irreversible damage to our planet. For the transportation sector, one of the largest sources of greenhouse gases worldwide, the magnitude of the challenge is enormous. It implies changing not only energy sources, but also the way people and freight move. Moreover, this change must be fully underway by 2030, in little more than five years. Through the Paris Agreement, the countries of Latin America and the Caribbean have committed to reduce their emissions by 2030. Now is the time to implement actions to meet this commitment. However, in general terms, the region is still far behind the public policy developments seen in other geographies. This applies to all modes of transport: urban mobility and road, air and maritime transportation. This gap is also seen in the preparedness of infrastructure and services to extreme weather events brought about by global warming. In this context, this report analyzes the state of transport as an active and passive subject of CC, identifies gaps with respect to the countries that are at the forefront of the sector's transformation worldwide, and proposes policy recommendations based on the best practices of such countries and on the concept of just transition, in order to build an institutional and policy architecture to accelerate the pace of systemic change that the sector needs to comply with international objectives.
dc.format.extent455
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.18235/0005196
dc.identifier.urlhttps://publications.iadb.org/publications/english/document/Transportation-2050-pathways-to-decarbonization-and-climate-resilience-in-Latin-America-and-the-Caribbean.pdf
dc.identifier.urlhttps://publications.iadb.org/publications/spanish/document/Transporte-2050-el-camino-hacia-la-descarbonizacion-y-la-resiliencia-climatica-en-America-Latina-y-el-Caribe.pdf
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherInter-American Development Bank
dc.subjectSustainable Transport
dc.subjectMode of Transport
dc.subjectNationally Determined Contribution
dc.subjectDecarbonization
dc.subjectPort and Waterway
dc.subjectRegulation
dc.subjectClimate Change
dc.subjectGreenhouse Gas Emission
dc.subjectPublic Transport
dc.subjectInfrastructure Development
dc.subjectUrban Transport
dc.subjectResilience
dc.subjectCarbon Offsetting
dc.subject.jelcodeL91 - Transportation: General
dc.subject.jelcodeQ53 - Air Pollution • Water Pollution • Noise • Hazardous Waste • Solid Waste • Recycling
dc.subject.jelcodeQ54 - Climate • Natural Disasters and Their Management • Global Warming
dc.subject.jelcodeQ55 - Technological Innovation
dc.subject.jelcodeQ56 - Environment and Development • Environment and Trade • Sustainability • Environmental Accounts and Accounting • Environmental Equity • Population Growth
dc.subject.jelcodeN70 - General, International, or Comparative
dc.subject.keywordsTransport;climate change;Paris Agreement;NDC;Air quality;urbantransport;Road Transport;maritime transport;air transport;urban logistics;LatinAmerica and the Caribbean
dc.typeMonographs
idb.identifier.pubnumberIDB-MG-01129
idb.operationRG-E1896
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