Resilient railway systems

  • Sectors
    Objective

    Public transport (mass transit) is critical to the proper functioning of any city, town or rural area. A range of transit modes offer different capacity opportunities, and therefore the potential for high or low impact on car use. Higher capacity systems cost more to put in, but offer much more potential reduction in total transport costs and greenhouse gas emissions. The social, economic and environmental costs of not having an efficient mass transit system never go away, so it is really a case of stemming these costs earlier or later.

  • Sectors
    Objective

    The modal split for freight transport varies greatly by region, and is largely determined by geographical and economic factors. However there is a common trend towards more use of road transport, at the expense of rail and water transport. The latter modes have a substantially better environmental profile, but are limited by longer delivery times and the necessity of pre- and post-haulage by truck, i.e. inter-modal transport. In the logistic chain used nowadays, there are small local stocks and fast on demand delivery is required.

  • Knowledge partner
    Country of registration
    Ethiopia
    Relation to CTCN
    TA proponent
    Sector(s) of expertise
    Transport
  • Knowledge partner
    Country of registration
    Senegal
    Relation to CTCN
    Network Member
    Sector(s) of expertise
    Renewable energy
    Energy efficiency

    AGE is an organization working with enginnering, manufacturing, operation, marketing and maintenance of solar systems and new technologies related to thermodynamics and industrial refrigeration.

  • Publication date
    Objective

    Amidst a visible period of transition with trade unions, employers’ organisations, the private sector and the UN allying themselves to low-carbon and sustainable thinking, this paper reports on the emergence of a “green economy” and its impact on the world of work in the 21st Century. It shows for the first time at a global level that green jobs are being generated in some sectors and economies.

  • Knowledge partner
    Knowledge partner
    Country of registration
    India
    Relation to CTCN
    Network Member
    Knowledge Partner
    Sector(s) of expertise
    Agriculture
    Coastal zones
    Infrastructure and Urban planning
    Marine and Fisheries
    Water

    NERCI, a non-profit research centre was established in 1999 to conduct basic and applied research in ocean and atmospheric sciences and coastal zone management.

  • Publication date
    Objective
    Sectors

    From the energy, transport and water sectors, 103 organisations have provided reports under the Adaptation Reporting Power (ARP) to Defra. The reports demonstrate that these organisations are assessing their risks from climate change and in many cases are well-placed to mitigate them. Nearly all of the 103 organisations who reported can be clustered together into nine sectors: aviation; electricity distributors; electricity generators; electricity transmitters; gas transporters; ports and lighthouses; public bodies; road and rail; and water.

  • Type of National plan
    Objective
    Mitigation
    Sectors
    Country
    Sri Lanka

    Transport sector is a major GHG emitting sector in Sri Lanka. About 60% of the air pollution (especially in Colombo City) comes from this sector (AirMAC, 2009). The main way of transportation is through the road network, which is supplemented by rail, air, and water transport means. Out of passenger transport, buses carry about 50% and railways carry about 4% of the passengers, while the rest of the passengers are carried by the other modes (Jayaweera, 2011). Road transport accounts for about 96% of passenger transportation and 99% of freight transportation (Jayaweera, 2011).