A Basic Study with Feasibility of the Business Models by Application of Clean Development Mechanism in the Transport Sectors

Kosuke TANAKA, Hirokazu KATO, Yoshitsugu HAYASHI
2003 Proceedings of the Symposium on Global Environment  
There are only few CDM (Clean Development Mechanism) and JI (Joint Implementation) projects in the transport sector. Therefore this study examines the feasibility of applying CDM to the transport sector from the viewpoints of validation process and funds, since new transport infrastructure projects are more suited to ODA than CDM. Currently it was proved that some of greenhouse gas emissions reduction projects and traffic management projects with existing transport infrastructures can be
more » ... nted as CDM projects. Besides new transport infrastructure projects can be validated by transport demand forecast and traffic simulation methods, application of life cycle assessment and ITS (Intelligent Transport Systems) technologies.
doi:10.2208/proge.11.225 fatcat:qnajoxdtzrgnvapge5lqin5rce