Tyrrell Duncan reports on the $175 billion committed by development banks to sustainable transport.

1. Our Commitment to Sustainable Transport: Progress since Rio+20!
! Presented at Transforming Transportation 2014!
! Tyrrell Duncan !
! Director, East Asia Transport Division, concurrently Practice
Leader (Transport), Asian Development Bank
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! Chair of the Working Group on Sustainable Transport!
Transforming Transportation 2014!

2. Our Commitment to Sustainable
Transport: Progress since Rio+20
January 17, 2014
Tyrrell Duncan
Director, East Asia Transport Division
concurrently Practice Leader (Transport), Asian Development Bank
Chair of the Working Group on Sustainable Transport
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3. Voluntary commitment at Rio+20!

4. Background to our commitment!
• Transport enables economic and social activity •
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access to opportunities, services !
But negative effects - congestion, emissions,
environment impacts, road crashes!
Could become largest CO2 emitter!
Sustainable transport = accessible, affordable,
efficient, financially sustainable, environment
friendly, safe!
MDBs have been changing to focus on ST!

5. What was our commitment?!
• $175 billion for transport in developing countries
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over 10 years, with increasing focus on ST!
Help developing countries develop ST policies,
use of best practices, scaling-up mechanisms!
Ready to help in creating special financing
facilities for ST!
Call of support for UN post-2015 agenda on ST –
SG’s High Level Panel, SDG!
Measuring, monitoring and reporting on ST
lending, with common annual reporting – including
SLOCAT collaboration!

6. Our arrangements for working together!
MDB Working Group on
Sustainable Transport
(WGST)!
Technical Working
Group (TWG)!
2 SLoCaT
Observers!
Heads of transport
operations of each
MDB!
Technical experts of
each MDB!

7. Summary of progress to date!
WGST
meets,
Technical
Group set
up (May
2013)!
Rio+20
Voluntary
Commitment
(Jun 2012)!
Working
Group on
ST set up
(Jan 2013)!
First
progress
report
prepared
(Dec 2013)!
Common
monitoring
& reporting
framework
adopted
(Oct 2013)!
First
progress
report
published
(Jan 2014)!

8. Our first progress report!
• First time for the 8
MDBs to report
collectively on our
transport work!
• Provides a quick
snapshot of our
activities/progress in
2012 !
• Summary released,
full report following!

9. Toward measuring sustainability of
transport projects!
Need to look
holistically at:!
• Economic
effectiveness !
• Social sustainability !
• Environmental
sustainability !
• Risk to sustainability
or project soundness!
As
opposed
to
Simple statements/
approaches such as:!
• Roads =
unsustainable!
• Public transport =
sustainable!

10. Adopted common framework!
• Common basis (not fully harmonized) for
assessing the sustainability of MDBs’
transport projects – economic, social,
environmental, risk to sustainability!
• Convergence among MDBs on
dimensions, scope, timing, assessment
To
criteria, process, quality assurance!
evolve
over
-me

11. ADB’s Sustainable Transport Appraisal Rating
(STAR): One form of the approved framework !
Risk to Sustainability!
Economic!
16. Design and evaluation risk!
17. Implementation risk!
18. Operational risk!
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
10%!
Environmental!
Efficiency: people!
Efficiency: businesses!
Quality & reliability!
Fiscal burden!
Wider economic benefits:
regional, urban, rural!
30%!
11. Greenhouse gas
emissions!
30%!
12. Transport-related
emissions and pollution!
13. Climate resilience!
14. Natural and built
environment!
15. Resource efficiency!
Poverty & Social!
30%!
6. Basic accessibility!
7. Employment!
8. Affordability!
9. Safety!
10. Inclusion and !
social cohesion!

12. Progress report findings: investments (1)!
• In terms of volume, generally on target:
more than $20 billion approved in
2012!
• Supports a wide range of transport modes
(roads, urban transport, railways, air
transport, water transport, etc.)!

13. Progress report findings: investments (2)!
• Composition and nature of projects are rapidly
changing:!
– Large growth in urban transport projects by e.g.
ADB, EIB, IADB, and WB!
– Large levels of investment in railways by e.g. EBRD
and EIB!
– Attention to sustainability in road projects, e.g. road
safety, climate adaptation, asset management (all
MDBs)!
– Scaled up support on regional transport corridors
by e.g. AfDB, ADB, EBRD, WB!
Note:
Ins-tu-ons
listed
are
not
exhaus-ve

14. Progress report findings: how sustainable are
projects? Example using ADB STAR framework!
Number of projects
Highly
Sustainable
Sustainable
Moderately
Sustainable
Marginally
Sustainable
Moderately
Unsustainable
Unsustainable
Urban Transport
Air Transport
Water Transport
Rail Transport
Road Transport
Highly
Unsustainable
10
9
8
7
6
5
4
3
2
1
0
• Most projects were
assessed as moderately
sustainable or above. !
• Urban transport and
water transport projects
tended to score well !
• Across all projects, the
aspects of sustainability
that were strongest were
(i) economic, (ii) social
and (iii) environmental in
that order.!

15. Progress report findings: beyond projects!
• Other significant MDB contributions e.g.!
– Capacity building!
– Knowledge sharing!
– Policy dialogue!

16. Next steps!
2014 = Year 2 of 10 year Rio+20 commitment:!
– Raise focus of MDB transport operations
on ST!
– Improve/harmonize monitoring and
reporting to capture all project types, impacts!
– Extend ST collaboration among MDBs and
other stakeholders including client countries,
experts, partners!
– Work with UN partners and SG’s High Level
Panel to elevate ST in the post-2015
development agenda!

17. Thank you!!
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