Sustainable Development A priority issue for the IRU 18 th OSCE Economic and Environmental Forum Minsk, 15 March 2010
IRU Membership Created 1948 National Associations from 8 founding countries Belgium Denmark France Netherlands 2010 180 Members 74 Countries Norway Sweden UK Switzerland Page 2
Page 3 IRU Priority Issues Sustainable Development Innovation Incentives Infrastructure Facilitation Trade Tourism Road Transport
Page 4 IRU s s 3 i s for Sustainable Development 1. Innovation develop ever more effective at- source technical measures & operating practices to reduce environmental impact. 2. Incentives encourage faster introduction by transport operators of best available technologies and practices. 3. Infrastructure ensure free-flowing flowing traffic through adequate investment in new infrastructure, to remove bottlenecks and missing links and make full use of existing infrastructure.
Page 5 Road Transport: committed to achieving Sustainable Development IRU Charter for Sustainable Development (1996) IRU Initiative Driving Towards Sustainable Development (1997) IRU Guide to Sustainable Development (2000) IRU Best Industry Practices Reports (2002/4) Industry as a Partner for Sustainable Development UNEP (2002/6) IRU 30-by-30 Resolution (2009)
Page 6 Evolution of Commercial Vehicle Toxic Emissions Euro 0 (1990) Euro I (1993) Euro II (1996) Euro III (2000) Euro IV (2005) Euro V (2008) Euro VI (2014) 100 percentage (1990 = 100) 80 60 40 20 0-88% - 95% - 97% - 98% CO HC NOx particulates Source: EU Commission 2008
Page 7 IRU «30 by 30» Resolution - 30% CO 2 by 2030 The road transport sector has voluntarily committed, on the basis of innovative technologies and practices, to reduce CO2 emissions by 30% by 2030 based on transport performance in tkm and pkm and related to the base year 2007.
Page 8 Road transport is 100% dependent on oil! Need to diversify the energy market Weight & volume of fuel tank for same amount of energy Weight coefficient Volume coefficient Petrol / gasoline 1 1 Diesel Fuel 1 1 Propane (C 33 ) 8 1.9 Butane (C 4 H 10 ) 8 1.4 Hydrogen (H 2 ) - Gas at 200 BAR 25 22 Hydrogen (H 2 ) - Liquid at -253 C 4 5.8 Metal Hydride - Magnesium 5 3.2 Metal Hydride - Vanadium 10 1.7 Metal Hydride - Iron-Titanium 20 3.2 Methanol (CH 3 OH) 2.2 2.1 Ethanol (C 2 H 5 OH) 1.62 1.53 Lead Battery 70 12
Page 9 Road transport is 100% dependent on oil! Need to diversify the energy market
CO 2 Emissions Per Passenger Transport Mode 0.9 0.8 0.824 CO2 Emissions g/pkm 0.7 0.6 0.5 0.4 0.3 0.2 0.1 0 0.023 0.028 Bus and Coach 0.069 0.14 Source: OMT Conference on environmentally friendly travelling in Europe, 2006 Page 10 0.351 Rail Ferries Car Air (1000-1500 km) 0.412 Air (less than 500km) Air (less than 500km)* * including high altitude effect
Page 11 Combined Transport is not inherently more environmentally friendly! Myth: Combined transport is the most environmentally friendly In most way cases of transport and for in terms equivalent of CO 2 emissions door to door transport, pure road transport has a better environmental Reality: footprint than other Rail transport achieves modes of lowest transport! CO 2 emissions where trains use electricity from nuclear power stations.?
Trucks Have The Best CO Footprint 2 (For Equivalent Transport Service) 1200 1000 1000 CO2 Emissions g/tkm 800 600 400 500 200 0 92 97 Truck (40t) Combined Transport Plane (cargo plane B747) * Plane (cargo plane B747) *&** Source : EEA, LH Cargo 2009, IFEU 2002 * airport to airport service Page 12 ** including high altitude effect
Modular Concept: Supporting Co-Modality Reduction of transport cost by 23% Reduction in number of trips by 32% BETTER TRANSPORT rather than MORE TRANSPORT Reduction of fuel consumption by 15% Reduction of CO 2 emission by 15% Harmonisation and standardisation of various combinations is needed to allow intra- and inter- modal exchangeability. Page 13
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