Transportation Climate Change英文课件.ppt

* * * * AASHTO Annual Meeting Transportation Climate Change Ontario Ministry of Transportation Agenda Profile of Ontario Ontario’s Action Plan on Climate Change Climate Change and the Transportation Sector Meeting the Climate Change Challenge: Ontario Ministry of Transportation’s (MTO) Response to Climate Change * Profile of Ontario In 2007, Ontario’s population totalled 12,794,000, representing 38.9% of Canada’s population. The Greater Toronto Area has a population of 5.5 million and is Canada’s largest city. In 2007, Ontario–U.S. trade represented 56% of Canada–U.S. trade, and Ontario accounted for 52% of Canada’sinternational trade Canada-United States trade in 2007 was $576 billion (CAD). In the same year Ontario-US trade totalled $321 billion. There are approximately 10.6 million registered vehicles, 8.9 million licensed drivers and 85,000 bus and truck companies actively operating on our roads. * * Ontario’s Response to Climate Change The Ontario government has a responsibility to develop an emission reduction plan, and to help people and communities adapt to climate change. In August 2007 the Ontario government released the Climate Change Action Plan detailing greenhouse gas (GHG) emission reduction targets for the province of Ontario. On May 27, 2009, the province introduced legislation that, if passed, would create the government authority to set up a greenhouse gas emissions trading system within Ontario. Climate Change Action Plan Ontario’s Response to Climate Change The reduction targets are the following: 6% below 1990 levels by 2014 (a reduction of 61 megatonnes relative to business-as-usual) 15% below 1990 levels by 2020 (a reduction of 99 megatonnes relative to business-as-usual) 80% below 1990 levels by 2050 The original Ontario Climate Change Action Plan contained over 70 individual initiatives spread across 11 ministries and 2 agencies. * Climate Change Action Plan * Climate Change and Transportation The t