Increase Resource Efficiency-

Promote Green Freight:

Yan Peng China Director

Clean Air Initiative for Asian Cities (CAI-Asia)

GMS-WGE-AM 18

17-18 May, 2012

Xishuangbanna, Yunnan, China

Green Freight essential for a Green Economy

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Freight now accounts for 35% of the world’s transport energy

use, and is growing more rapidly than passenger transportation

Trucks have a large impact on

environment and society

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Trucks in India

5%

23%

26%

46%

59%

63%

0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70%

Vehicles

Vehicle km traveled

Road accidents

Fuel consumption

Transport PM emissions

Transport CO2 emissions

Green Freight Developments Worldwide

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Green Freight

Corridor in GMS

region & Green

Trucks Toolkit

Asia

World • US SmartWay

• Green Freight Europe

Other…

• Canada FleetSmart

• Australia

• CalStart US

• Carbon Consignment

Latin

America

Brazil Green

Freight

Initiatives

Mexico

Transporte

Limpio

Other…

Green Freight in

India (planned)

Green Freight Asia

Network (Private

Sector)

Guangdong GEF

Green Freight

Demonstration Project

Low

Carbon

Logistics

Wuhan

Guangzhou

Green Trucks

Pilot Project

Study

Tours to

US and

Europe

Green Freight

China Program

design

Government

Steering

Group

Guangdong

International

Green

Freight Fair

Other…

Green

Freight

China

Seminars

Expert

Group

China Green Freight

Initiative Logistics

Institutions

and Policy

Study

Green

Transport

Financing

Market Review

Green Freight at

governmental Env.

Sustainable

Transport Forum

www.greenfreightandlogistics.org

Korea Green &

Smart Transport

Partnership

• Other…

1.China Green Freight Initiative

http://cleanairinitiative.org/portal/projects/GreenFreightChinaProgram

Guangdong GEF

Green Freight

Demonstration Project

Low

Carbon

Logistics

Wuhan

Guangzhou

Green Trucks

Pilot Project

Study

Tours to

US and

Europe

Green Freight

China Program

design

Government

Steering

Committee

Guangdong

International

Green

Freight Fair

Other…

Green

Freight

China

Seminars

Expert

Group

Logistics

Institutions

and Policy

Study

Green

Transport

Financing

Market Review

Guangdong Province

Ministry of Transport

Ministry of Environment

• Small pilot trucks project in Guangzhou 2008-2009

– Requested by local government for environmental concerns

– Tire and aerodynamics technologies tested on 14 trucks in three

truck fleets

– Input from international best practice and experts

– Results: 3.5~17% fuel and emission savings

• Large USD 14 million green freight

demonstration project in Guangdong

– Technology demonstration 1200 trucks

– Freight logistics platform and “drop-and-hook”

– Capacity building

1a. Proof the concept and build confidence

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2b. Identify partners for scaling up

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Ministry of Transport

Ministry of Environment

1c. Raise awareness with partners

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Green Freight China Seminar

www.greenfreightandlogistics.org

Guangdong Green Freight International Fair

Guangdong Green Freight Workshop

Green Freight Study Tours

Presentations

at

Events

• Green Freight China Program was initiated by CAI-Asia with

support from an Energy Foundation grant

• Aim: establish a national program to improve fuel efficiency,

reduce fuel costs and greenhouse gases and air pollution

– Builds on 12th FYP and existing efforts in China

– Fill gaps: policy, institutional, stakeholder cooperation

– Can be used as a model for other developing countries in Asia

1d. Design national framework for green freight

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Partnerships

Technologies

Logistics

Knowledge & Capacity

Financing

Green Freight China Program

http://cleanairinitiative.org/portal/projects/GreenFreightChinaProgram

• Institutional mechanisms for MOT support and more effective

coordination and communication with multi stakeholders

• Recommend verified energy saving technologies to companies

• Scale up best practices in the road transport industry

1e. Institutionalize Green Freight China Program

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Steering Group

MOT, NDRC, MEP MIIT, Other ministries

Expert Group

Key Chinese institutions, CAI-Asia, USEPA, World Bank,

others

Briefing

papers

Input

requests

Stake-holders

CRTA and CAI-Asia

1f. Launch of China Green Freight Initiative

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• Bangkok 2020 Declaration – Sustainable Transport

Goals for 2010-2020

– Adopted by senior officials from transport and environment

agencies from 22 Asian countries

– Goal 12: Achieve improved freight transport efficiency,

including road, rail, air and water, through policies, programs

and projects that modernize freight vehicle technology,

implement fleet control and management systems, and support

better logistics and supply chain management

• Environmentally Sustainable Transport Forum / Urban

Mobility India conference – December 2011

– Background paper “Best Practices in Green Freight”

– Call for stronger national efforts on green freight

2. Going regional: obtaining Asian

government commitment

12 www.greenfreightandlogistics.org

3.Going regional: Green Freight Asia Network

of private sector companies

Platform for shippers,

carriers and 3PLS to

•Share practices, tools and

methodologies to reduce fuel,

costs and emissions from

freight transport

•Ensure active participation of

the private sector in the

development of national

green freight policies and

programs

Adopted: “Private Sector

Declaration on Green Freight

in Asia towards a Green

Economy”

Founding members:

Secretariat:

www.greenfreightandlogistics.org

4. Going regional: other Asian countries

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India • Green Freight India Seminar • Working Groups • Preparation for pilot

Thailand , Laos, Vietnam • Green Freight Training • Green Trucks Toolkit • Preparation for pilot

Asia • Survey of green freight best practices

by shippers, carriers and logistics providers • Examine possibility of a Green Freight

Asia Initiative similar to SmartWay

• Green freight is critical for a green economy

• Significant potential for fuel efficiency, fuel costs and

emissions reductions

• National programs to be established step-by-step to

ensure broad stakeholder involvement and

ownership

• Regional coordination can ensure consistency

between programs

• Private sector involvement critical for success

Conclusions

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CAI-Asia Center Members 231 CAI-Asia Partnership Members

• 45 Cities

• 19 Environment ministries

• 13 Other Government agencies

• 17 Development agencies & foundations

• 67 NGOs

• 37 Academic and research institutes

• 33 Private sector companies

Donors in 2012

Asian Development Bank Cities Development Initiative for Asia

ClimateWorks Foundation DHL/IKEA/UPS Energy Foundation

Fredskorpset Norway Fu Tak Iam Foundation German International

Cooperation (GIZ) Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES)

Institute for Transport Policy Studies Institute for Transportation and

Development Policy International Union for Conservation of Nature

MAHA Rockefeller Brothers Fund United Nations Environment Program

Partnership for Clean Fuels and Vehicles (UNEP PCFV) Veolia World

Bank

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