Belém (Brazil).- Eleven countries, including Brazil, Colombia, Spain and Dominican Republicjoined this Friday a joint declaration in the Belém COP30 to promote the transportation decarbonization with concrete and measurable goals for 2035.
The document, released by the Government of Chilepromoter of the initiative, establishes that the signatory countries commit to reduce by 25% the transport energy demand by 2035. In addition, a third of the energy used must come from renewable sources and sustainable biofuels.
The eleven countries that have joined so far are Austria, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Honduras, Dominican Republic, Norway, Slovenia, Spain and Portugal.
Objectives and scope of the initiative
The objective of this initiative is decarbonize transportation systemsboth of passengers and cargoand transform the industry into a more resilient and of low emissions.
Chile’s Minister of Transport and Telecommunications, Juan Carlos Muñoz, highlighted the urgency of the measure, noting that the transport sector is still responsible for 23% of global CO2 emissions.
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COP30 context and challenges
The world climate conference which is celebrated in the Amazonian city of Belem will continue until November 21. The transportation decarbonization It is one of the most controversialwith divergences between the negotiators on deadlines, mechanisms and financing.
Transportation is one of the sectors that contributes the most to greenhouse gas emissionsrepresenting about 23% of global CO2 emissions, according to data from the International Energy Agency. https://6f60981f2aa46a823ac79c508b61f91c.safeframe.googlesyndication.com/safeframe/1-0-45/html/container.html?n=0
For decades, the dependence on fossil fuels such as gasoline and diesel has been the main driver of transportation growth, both passengers and cargogenerating significant impacts on climate change and urban pollution.
At the international level, various climate agreements and conferences have focused on the need to reduce transport emissions.
The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and its annual meetings, such as COPhave served as a platform for countries to agree on goals for decarbonizationpromotion of renewable energiesfleet electrification and adoption of sustainable biofuels.
These measures seek not only to mitigate climate change, but also to improve the energy efficiency and the resilience of transportation systems.
