Addressing GHG emissions from land transport in a developing country

The number of motor vehicles in Malaysia is growing at a significant rate, from around 15 million in 2005 to around 25 million in 2014. Based on the National GHG Inventory as reported to UNFCC, as a whole the transport sector has consistently remained the second largest GHG emitting sector in the c...

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Main Authors: Bin Mohamed Rehan, Muhammad Saifuddin, Wan Roselan, Wan Asma Diana, Karim, Mohamed Rehan
Format: Proceeding Paper
Language:English
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Published: Institute of Physics Publishing 2019
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http://irep.iium.edu.my/79145/1/Muhammad_Saifuddin_2019_IOP_Conf._Ser.__Earth_Environ._Sci._373_012024.pdf
http://irep.iium.edu.my/79145/7/79145_Addressing%20GHG%20emissions%20from%20land_scopus.pdf
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Wan Roselan, Wan Asma Diana
Karim, Mohamed Rehan
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Karim, Mohamed Rehan
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description The number of motor vehicles in Malaysia is growing at a significant rate, from around 15 million in 2005 to around 25 million in 2014. Based on the National GHG Inventory as reported to UNFCC, as a whole the transport sector has consistently remained the second largest GHG emitting sector in the country, accounting for 20% of the country’s total GHG emissions in 2014 of which about 18% comes from road transportation. In this paper, a possible approach in addressing the GHG emissions from the land transport sector is presented. The avoid-shiftimprove strategy is employed to determine the possible measures to deal with mitigating the GHG emissions. Computation of GHG emissions for 2014 revealed that car is the vehicle with the biggest contribution, due to its large numbers and also VKT. Motorcycles, on the other hand, have relatively lower GHG contribution despite its huge numbers, while goods vehicle have significant GHG contribution despite its small number of vehicles. Public transport (both rail and bus) can significantly reduce GHG emission for each passenger-kilometer compared to other alternatives. Opting for smaller vehicle can also reduce GHG emissions. Another potential solution towards lower GHG emission is adoption of electric mobility and alternative fuel.
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spelling iium-791452020-07-10T03:32:36Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/79145/ Addressing GHG emissions from land transport in a developing country Bin Mohamed Rehan, Muhammad Saifuddin Wan Roselan, Wan Asma Diana Karim, Mohamed Rehan T Technology (General) The number of motor vehicles in Malaysia is growing at a significant rate, from around 15 million in 2005 to around 25 million in 2014. Based on the National GHG Inventory as reported to UNFCC, as a whole the transport sector has consistently remained the second largest GHG emitting sector in the country, accounting for 20% of the country’s total GHG emissions in 2014 of which about 18% comes from road transportation. In this paper, a possible approach in addressing the GHG emissions from the land transport sector is presented. The avoid-shiftimprove strategy is employed to determine the possible measures to deal with mitigating the GHG emissions. Computation of GHG emissions for 2014 revealed that car is the vehicle with the biggest contribution, due to its large numbers and also VKT. Motorcycles, on the other hand, have relatively lower GHG contribution despite its huge numbers, while goods vehicle have significant GHG contribution despite its small number of vehicles. Public transport (both rail and bus) can significantly reduce GHG emission for each passenger-kilometer compared to other alternatives. Opting for smaller vehicle can also reduce GHG emissions. Another potential solution towards lower GHG emission is adoption of electric mobility and alternative fuel. Institute of Physics Publishing 2019-11-19 Proceeding Paper PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/79145/1/Muhammad_Saifuddin_2019_IOP_Conf._Ser.__Earth_Environ._Sci._373_012024.pdf application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/79145/7/79145_Addressing%20GHG%20emissions%20from%20land_scopus.pdf Bin Mohamed Rehan, Muhammad Saifuddin and Wan Roselan, Wan Asma Diana and Karim, Mohamed Rehan (2019) Addressing GHG emissions from land transport in a developing country. In: 2019 Theory and Technique International Aerosol Conference, T and T IAC 2019 and Malaysia Air Quality Annual Symposium, MAQAS 2019;, 7 - 10 Aug 2019, Malacca. https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1755-1315/373/1/012024/pdf 10.1088/1755-1315/373/1/012024
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Addressing GHG emissions from land transport in a developing country
title Addressing GHG emissions from land transport in a developing country
title_full Addressing GHG emissions from land transport in a developing country
title_fullStr Addressing GHG emissions from land transport in a developing country
title_full_unstemmed Addressing GHG emissions from land transport in a developing country
title_short Addressing GHG emissions from land transport in a developing country
title_sort addressing ghg emissions from land transport in a developing country
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http://irep.iium.edu.my/79145/1/Muhammad_Saifuddin_2019_IOP_Conf._Ser.__Earth_Environ._Sci._373_012024.pdf
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