[sustran] Re: [NewMobilityCafe] CDM Projects (Clean Development Mechanism) - public transport

[Morten Lange]

Hi, 

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- Morten

> Lee 
> 
> I agree to what you write. I think, however, that the 'co-benefits'
>  don't materialize either if the urban transport discussion is 
> boiled down to a bus system discussion or on capacity expansion 
> of public transport. Other mechanisms are needed supporting 
> sustainable urban transport more broadly.
> 
> Cap and trade and CDM like mechanisms will not lead to action in 
> the transport sector, because it is too expensive relative to 
> other sectors to cut CO2 emissions there.
> 
> Best
> Andreas 
> 
> Dr. Andreas Kopp
> 
> Lead Economist World Bank
> Group Department for Energy,Transport and Water
> 1818 H Street NW Washington, D.C. 20433 
> USA
> +1 202 473 6031  
> 


--- On Mon, 24/11/08, akopp at worldbank.org <akopp at worldbank.org> wrote:

> From: akopp at worldbank.org <akopp at worldbank.org>
> Subject: [sustran] Re: [NewMobilityCafe] CDM Projects (Clean Development Mechanism) - public transport
> To: "Lee Schipper" <schipper at wri.org>
> Cc: "Holger Dalkmann" <h.dalkmann at gmx.de>, NewMobilityCafe at yahoogroups.com, "Cornie Huizenga" <cornie.huizenga at cai-asia.org>, jleather at adb.org, sustran-discuss at list.jca.apc.org, Cities-for-Mobility at yahoogroups.com, akopp at worldbank.org, "Sergio Sanchez" <ssanchez at cleanairinstitute.org>
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