Abstract:

This report assesses the 20th Conference of the Parties (COP20) of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in Lima, Peru in December 2014, as viewed through the lens of sustainable transport. The report is a joint effort of the Partnership on Sustainable Low Carbon Transport (SLoCaT Partnership) and the Bridging the Gap (BtG) Initiative. At COP20, the reporting team monitored five negotiating streams with particular relevance to transport, which included pre-2020 ambition, INDCs, nationally-appropriate mitigation actions (NAMAs), technology transfer, and climate finance. Besides, a sixth area, adaptation, is also included among the areas of analysis in this document). An analysis of each issue identifies specific references in the LCCA (and in the accompanying draft negotiating text), discusses potential opportunities and challenges for the transport sector, and identifies implications for the SLoCaT Partnership-BtG Initiative work program. During the course of COP20, a scorecard was established to mark progress through a lens of sustainable transport, which determined whether “Lima limped,” “maintained status quo,”or “Lima leaped” in each of these areas.