Marrakech Partnership for Global Climate Action (MPGCA)
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Marrakech Partnership for Global Climate Action (MPGCA) Transport Initiatives: Stock-take on action toward implementation of the Paris Agreement and the 2030 Agenda on Sustainable Development Second Progress Report November 2017 + Table of Contents List of Tables and Figures ............................................................................................................................. iii I. Introduction .......................................................................................................................................... 2 A. Background on this report ................................................................................................................ 2 B. Objectives of the Marrakech Partnership for Global Climate Action ............................................... 2 C. Methodology ..................................................................................................................................... 4 II. Mapping of MPGCA Transport Initiatives ............................................................................................. 5 A. Types of signatories and partners ..................................................................................................... 6 B. Alignment with the “Avoid-Shift-Improve" framework .................................................................... 8 C. Types of activities ............................................................................................................................ 10 III. How do the MPGCA Transport Initiatives measure progress? ....................................................... 11 A. Assessment of internal outputs of the MPGCA Transport Initiatives ............................................. 11 B. Assessment of External Outcomes of the MPGCA Transport Initiatives ........................................ 18 C. Assessment of External Impacts of the MPGCA Transport Initiatives ............................................ 22 D. Monitoring of Progress ................................................................................................................... 25 IV. Policy barriers and importance of state support ............................................................................ 27 A. Policy Barriers ................................................................................................................................. 27 B. Importance of State Support .......................................................................................................... 29 C. Conclusions ..................................................................................................................................... 31 V. MPGCA Transport Initiatives and the Link to SDG Related Transport Targets ................................... 32 A. MPGCA Transport Initiatives and SDG targets ................................................................................ 32 VI. MPGCA Transport Initiatives and their Link to Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) ....... 34 A. MPGCA Transport Initiatives and NDCs .......................................................................................... 34 VII. Conclusions and Recommendations ............................................................................................... 37 A. Progress since COP22: expanding activities and impacts ............................................................... 37 B. Clear acceleration signals for non-state actor action since COP22 ................................................ 38 C. Achievements made towards building resilience to climate change ............................................. 39 Annex I: Profiles of MPGCA Transport Initiatives ....................................................................................... 41 ii List of Tables and Figures Table 1. Overview of MPGCA Transport Initiatives Signatories and Partners by type of institution ........... 6 Table 2. MPGCA Transport Initiatives Organized by Avoid-Shift-Improve Approach ................................... 8 Table 3. MPGCA Transport Initiatives Organized by Types of objectives ................................................... 10 Table 4. Overview of internal outputs of MPGCA Transport Initiatives ..................................................... 12 Table 5. Overview of external outcomes of MPGCA Transport Initiatives ................................................. 18 Table 6. Overview of external impacts of MPGCA Transport Initiatives..................................................... 22 Table 7. Overview of measures for monitoring and reporting ................................................................... 25 Table 8. Examples of state support for MPGCA Transport Initiatives ........................................................ 30 Table 9. Linkages between the MPGCA Transport Initiatives and the SDGs .............................................. 32 Table 10. Summary of progress of MPGCA transport initiatives ................................................................ 37 Table 11. Estimated GHG reduction potential and cost per ton of transport measures ............................ 53 Figure 1. Percentage of NDCs with linkages to MPGCA Transport Initiatives ............................................ 35 Figure 2. Number of NDCs that contain proposed measures linked to the MPGCA Transport initiatives (Direct and Indirect) ............................................................................................................................................... 36 Figure 3. ACA Accredited airports over time (2010-2017) .......................................................................... 41 Figure 4. Distribution of ACA accredited airports ....................................................................................... 42 iii List of Abbreviations 2DS Two-Degree Scenario ACERT Airport Carbon and Emissions Reporting Tool A-S-I Avoid-Shift-Improve ATAG Air Transport Action Group CCAC Climate and Clean Air Coalition CO2 Carbon Dioxide COP Conference of the Parties CORSIA Carbon Offsetting and Reduction Scheme for International Aviation ECF European Cyclist’ Federation ESRS Environment Strategy Reporting System EU European Union EV Electric Vehicles GFEI Global Fuel Economy Initiative GGFAP Global Green Freight Action Plan GHG Greenhouse Gas GLEC Global Logistics Emissions Council HDDI Heavy Duty Diesel Initiative ICAO International Civil Aviation Association ICCT International Council on Clean Transportation ITS Intelligent Transport System LC2RTI Low Carbon Road and Road Transport Initiative MPGCA Global Climate Action Agenda MPGCA Marrakech Partnership for Global Climate Action NDC Nationally Determined Contribution NUA New Urban Agenda REDII European Renewable Energy Directive SDG Sustainable Development Goals SE4ALL Sustainable Energy for All SLoCaT Partnership on Sustainable, Low Carbon Transport TUMI Transformative Urban Mobility Initiative UEMI Urban Electric Mobility Initiative UIC International Union of Railways UITP International Association of Public Transport UN United Nations UNFCCC United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change WCA World Cycling Alliance ZEV Zero-Emission Vehicles 1 I. Introduction A. Background on this report This report gives an overview of 21 voluntary multi-stakeholder initiatives on sustainable, low carbon transport, the manner in which they measure progress and their alignment with the Paris Agreement and the 2030 Agenda on Sustainable Development. This is the Second Progress Report updated based on the first progress report released at the Marrakech Climate Conference of the Parties (COP22) in November 2016. The Second Progress Report covers the progress of the initiatives up until 31st October 2017. B. Objectives of the Marrakech Partnership for Global Climate Action Inspired by the call to action by Secretary General Ban Ki-moon in September 2014 and followed up by the Lima Paris Action Agenda (LPAA), 15 transport initiatives were developed by non-state actors in the transport sector that were showcased during COP21 at the Transport Focus event on December 3rd, 20151. COP21 also decided to appoint High Level Champions (HLC) to “facilitate through strengthened high- level engagement in the period 2016–2020 the successful execution of existing efforts and the scaling-up and introduction of new or strengthened voluntary efforts, initiatives and coalitions”. Following the appointment of the first two High Level Champions and the COP 22 in Marrakech, the action agenda was renamed as Marrakech Partnership for Global Climate Action (MPGCA) in November 2016. These commitments were developed to trigger more ambitious action in all major parts of the transport sector. The selection of the initiatives followed a scientific and systematic approach and combines a top- down with a bottom-up approach. The systematic top-down approach was based on IPCC and UNEP reports which defined the key sub sectors where action needs to be taken to remain on a 2° pathway. The bottom-up process, through which organizations were invited to propose initiatives helped us to understand the initiatives that stakeholders are proposing. The underlying idea of the MPGCA was to make sure all key sectors were covered with impactful initiatives, which could be joined by states as well as non-states actors, so that the global ambition of countries to act on climate change can be scaled up. The MPGCA is planned to be a living process: some initiatives might