Egypt Vehicle Scrapping and
Recycling Programme
Challenges and the Road Ahead
7-8 May 2011
Bonn, Germany
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Content
1.CDM Institutional Framework in Egypt.
2.Project as CDM-SSC-POA.
3.The Challenges.
4.Role of DNA.
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1. CDM Institutional Framework in Egypt.
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2. Project as CDM-SSC-POA
•The transportation Sector emit 27.27
Mt CO2e per year, sharing by 25.83%
in total GHG emission.
• About 80,000 Taxis running on Egypt
roads .
In 2005, pilot project was to replace 1,100
old taxis with others operating by Natural Gas
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2. Project as CDM-SSC-POA cont..
•On June 2008, Traffic Law #121 /2008 states that owners of mass transport
vehicles (including taxis) that are greater than 20 years old are not eligible
for a new operating license or license renewal.
• The baseline and monitoring methodology AMS III.C “Low Emissions
Vehicles”, Version11.
•the Egyptian government approached the World Bank in the summer
of 2008 requesting assistance in developing the Egypt Vehicle Scrapping
and Recycling PoA as a carbon finance project.
• The POA began on April 21st, 2009 and expected to last for 28 years,
though the length of the individual SSC-CPAs shall not be more than 10
years.
• The First phase regards replacement of 763 taxies expected to reduce
25,686 tCO2e/10years.
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3. The Challenges
Conviction
• The owners and drivers
to scrap their old taxi
• The Bank to finance.
•Traffic Department
• The Ministry of Interior
to
1.supply a scrapping
area.
2.to change the
regulations .
Lack of
Experience
•No previous experience
in CDM Projects to
manage such Mechanism.
Bureaucracy
• Numerous UNFCCC
requirements that
required a lot of attention
to fulfill.
• First CDM transport
project worldwide,
• Little number of
companies were able to
provide such service.
• Numerous stakeholders
to coordinate among.
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4. Role of DNA
DNAis not a PoA Partner (i.e., it hasn’t signed the
Protocol for PoA implementation), but it plays a critical
role in the SSC-CPAs by:
• Reviewing and approving Environmental Impact
Assessments, per Egyptian law, for each Processing and
Storage Site and Recycling Facility Site.
• Approving environmental monitoring plans submitted
by PoA Participants.
• Performing random spot-checks / audits of on-going
operations of these facilities and enforcing monitoring
plans presented in the Environmental Impact
Assessment (EIA)
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Thanks
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