What is Chile's pathway to limit global warming to 1.5°C?
Transport
Emissions from the transport sector account for almost 25% of total national GHG emissions in Chile.1
Chile's energy mix in the transport sector
petajoule per year
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Energy mix composition in the transport sector in consumption (EJ) and shares (%) for the years 2030, 2040 and 2050 based on selected IPCC SR1.5 global least costs pathways.
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The government’s Energy Strategy sets an emissions reduction target for the sector of 40% by 2050 below 2018 levels.2 Other targets include a 100% zero emission bus and taxi fleet in urban public and private transport by 2040. By 2035, all new light and medium duty vehicles and urban public transport should be zero emission vehicles, according to the strategy, and by 2050 at least 60% of the private and commercial car fleet should be zero emission vehicles.3
But despite these positive developments, Chile’s policies and goals are not yet aligned with the assessed 1.5°C pathways. To be 1.5°C compatible, the transport sector in Chile would need to be fully decarbonised by 2050, with the share of electrification reaching over 50% by 2040.
Chile's transport sector direct CO₂ emissions (of energy demand)
MtCO₂/yr
Direct CO₂ emissions only are considered (see power sector for electricity related emissions, hydrogen and heat emissions are not considered here).
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Direct CO₂ emissions of the transport sector in selected 1.5°C compatible pathways.
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1.5°C compatible transport sector benchmarks
Direct CO₂ emissions and shares of electricity, biofuels and hydrogen in the transport final energy demand from illustrative 1.5°C pathways for Chile
| Indicator |
2019
|
2030
|
2040
|
2050
|
Decarbonised transport sector by
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Direct CO₂ emissions
MtCO₂/yr
|
29
|
13 to
14
|
5 to
7
|
1 to
1
|
2049 to
2051
|
|
Relative to reference year in %
|
-56 to
-51%
|
-84 to
-77%
|
-97 to
-95%
|
| Indicator |
2019
|
2030
|
2040
|
2050
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Share of electricity
per cent
|
1
|
16 to
46
|
51 to
77
|
75 to
91
|
|
Share of biofuels
per cent
|
0
|
0 to
0
|
0 to
4
|
0 to
7
|
|
Share of hydrogen
per cent
|
0
|
1 to
12
|
3 to
38
|
5 to
27
|
All values are rounded. Only direct CO₂ emissions are considered (electricity, hydrogen and heat emissions are not considered here; see power sector for emissions from electricity generation). Year of full decarbonisation is based on carbon intenstiy threshold of 5gCO₂/MJ.
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