Moving Toward Climate-Resilient Transport : The World Bank’s Experience from Building Adaptation into Programs

Infrastructure and services are critical to development and form the backbone of economic and community activities at the local, regional, national, and international levels. They enable the distribution of goods and services within and between countries and ease access to schools, markets, and health services. Food security and vaccination programs, for example, require functioning roads and railways and access to ports and airports to move critical supplies to people. While there is agreement on the need for greater connectivity, there is much debate on how to deliver it given the challenges from climate change. The contribution of the transport sector to increasing greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) and fossil fuel consumption have been at the center of global discussions on climate change. Transport is among the fastest growing sectors for CO2 emissions from fuel combustion, and it is estimated to contribute approximately 23 percent of total energy-related CO2 emissions in 2010. Transport enables development, but causes traffic congestion, pollution, noise, and road accidents, that together bring about 2 percent to 10 percent reduction in country-level GDP. Reversing this trend in emissions growth will require action to decouple emissions growth from GDP growth, driven by passenger and freight activity. This includes policies to encourage investment in low-carbon transport modes; programs to curb energy and emissions growth; and action to transform the way countries manage transport services.

Bibliographic Details

Main Authors:	Ebinger, Jane Olga, Vandycke, Nancy
Format:	Working Paper biblioteca
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2015
Subjects:	URBAN TRANSPORT, SANITATION, IMPROVEMENT OF ROAD INFRASTRUCTURE, TRANSPORT SECTOR, TRAFFIC CONGESTION, BUS CORRIDOR, ALTERNATIVE TRANSPORT, CARBON DIOXIDE, AIRPORT, TOLL COLLECTION, CROSSINGS, GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS, RUNWAYS, RUNWAY, TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE, VEHICLES, ROAD ACCIDENTS, TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH, TREND, EMISSIONS, ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFITS, INLAND WATERWAYS, BORDER CROSSINGS, TOLL, ROADWAY, TRAFFIC, ROAD INFRASTRUCTURE, AIRPORTS, ROUTES, ROAD MAINTENANCE, FREIGHT ACTIVITY, AIR, GREENHOUSE GAS, UNDERGROUND, TRANSPORT SERVICES, TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE, INFRASTRUCTURE PLANNING, DRIVERS, SPEEDS, VEHICLE, TRANSPORT INVESTMENTS, ROAD, CRASHES, COSTS, AIR TRAVEL, ROAD DESIGN, TRAINING, CARBON TRANSPORT, TRANSPORT SYSTEMS, ROAD NETWORK, ROAD SECTOR, TRANSPORT, BUS TERMINAL, CITY BUS, TRANSPORT PLANNING, MOBILITY, AIR CONDITIONING, RAIL TRACK, RING ROADS, ROAD USERS, FREIGHT DELIVERY, ACCESS ROADS, RING ROAD, GOODS VEHICLES, DRAINAGE, ENVIRONMENTALLY SUSTAINABLE TRANSPORT, TRUE, POLLUTION, TRANSPORT PROJECTS, EMERGENCY RESPONSE, TRANSPORT POLICY MAKERS, TRANSPORT FACILITIES, TRAVEL TIMES, AIR TRAFFIC, GAS EMISSIONS, TRANSPORT POLICY, AIRPORT INFRASTRUCTURE, INFRASTRUCTURE, FINANCIAL EFFICIENCY, LAND USE, TRAFFIC SIGNALS, BUS, TRANSPORT NETWORK, SUSTAINABLE TRANSPORT, ENERGY CONSUMPTION, EMISSION, INITIATIVES, CONGESTION, TRAVEL, TRANSPORTATION, CLIMATE CHANGE, POLICIES, VEHICLE FLEET, ROAD SAFETY, ROAD USE, HEAVY GOODS VEHICLES, ACCESSIBILITY, TRANSPORT COMMUNITY, FOSSIL FUEL, TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS, SIGNALS, INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS, RAILWAY, ROAD PROJECTS, TRANSPORT DECISIONS, HIGHWAYS, PORT INFRASTRUCTURE, STREETS, BRIDGE, MINISTRY OF TRANSPORT, OM, ROADS, PORT FACILITIES, CROSSING, SPRAWL, HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION, HIGHWAY, MARITIME TRANSPORT, RAILWAYS, TRANSPORTATION AGENCIES, ACCIDENTS, RAILROADS, TUNNELS, FATALITIES, RAIL, FUEL, TRANSPORTATION NETWORKS, LANES, LAND-USE PLANNING, TRANSPORT SYSTEM, TRANSPORTATION AGENCY, INVESTMENTS, COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS, TRANSPORT RAILWAYS, ROAD CONDITIONS, CULVERTS, URBAN ROADS, NOISE, SAFETY, URBAN SPRAWL, TRANSPORTATION SERVICES, FREIGHT, TRANSPORT OPERATIONS, ROAD TRAFFIC,
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2015/01/25740335/moving-toward-climate-resilient-transport-world-bank’s-experience-building-adaptation-programs http://hdl.handle.net/10986/23685
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