Mobility and transport in the climate action plan for Gelderland
Mobility and transport is responsible for 1% of Gelderland’s non-energy greenhouse gas emissions. The emissions are predominantly energy-related, so this Climate Action Recap identifies no direct Drawdown solution for reduction or sequestration. This sector analysis is part of the climate action plan for Gelderland, an example of New Economy’s Climate Action Recap service.
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Part of the climate action plan for Gelderland. This sector analysis belongs to the Climate Action Recap for Gelderland, which compares four sectors side by side: agriculture and land use, industry and business, built environment, and mobility and transport.
Emission sources and volumes
Mobility and transport is responsible for 1% of non-energy greenhouse gas emissions in Gelderland. The main source is road traffic, specifically exhaust emissions. Those emissions mainly consist of nitrogen released through incomplete combustion in car engines.
The Pareto analysis also surfaces a second, non-energy source: truck air conditioning. Those refrigerants fall under a separate Drawdown solution.
Why no direct Drawdown solution
Within the mobility domain, most emissions are energy-related. No direct reduction or sequestration solution has therefore been identified for the non-energy emissions. The reduction and sequestration potential of Drawdown solutions for this sector comes to 0 Mt CO₂-eq by 2030.
| Indicator (2030) | Gelderland Climate Plan, incl. energy-related | Drawdown solutions, non-energy |
|---|---|---|
| Reduction | 1.3–2.6 Mt CO₂-eq | 0 Mt CO₂-eq |
| Sequestration | 0 Mt CO₂-eq | 0 Mt CO₂-eq |
Source: Gelderland Climate Plan (p. 83) and the Drawdown solutions from the Climate Action Recap Gelderland (DERA, 2021). The Gelderland Climate Plan’s reduction target is sector-wide and includes energy-related emissions; the Drawdown analysis focuses exclusively on non-energy emissions.
Air conditioning and refrigerants
Truck air conditioning is the only non-energy emission source surfacing within mobility. The corresponding reduction scenario was calculated through the Drawdown refrigerant management solution, but is accounted for under the industry and business sector, since refrigerant management is treated comprehensively there.
Refrigerants run through industry. The full refrigerant scenario is set out in the Industry and business sector analysis. Existing policy on air conditioning use is also already reducing part of the impact.
Road traffic and policy
The most notable emission from this sector is nitrogen oxide from road traffic. To reduce it, the national motorway speed limit was lowered from 130 to 100 km/h. That measure addresses the energy-related emissions of road traffic and therefore falls outside the non-energy scope of the Drawdown analysis.
Method and sources
The analysis combines the Drawdown methodology with a Pareto analysis of Gelderland’s non-energy greenhouse gas emissions. Figures, assumptions and source references per solution are set out in full in the sector PDF. Sector-wide reduction and sequestration targets come from the Gelderland Climate Plan 2021–2030 (p. 83). This sector analysis was carried out in collaboration with Climate Cleanup and the Drawdown Europe Research Association (DERA).
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