To mitigate GHG emissions the country of the Solomon Island needs to take measures to reduce the environmental impact of transport and thereby improve the quality of life, especially in the cities like Honaira. They seek to improve the efficiency of the transport system as a whole. Through transport-oriented and compact development of cities, reducing the need for motorized travel transport demand. Given the intentions to on improving energy sources the focus in the transport sector will aso shift towards vehicles and fuel efficiency as well as on the optimization of the operational efficiency of public transport. The improvement of the energy sources will also need to spiral into use of renewable energy in the motorized transport in th form or electric mobility.
This report therefore focuses on the prioritisation of e-mobility in the Solomon Islands and analysis of barriers for implementing e-mobility options in the Solomon Isiands. Specifically, it seeks to prioritise the vehicle categories or transport modes for both public and private urban transport and through stakeholder consultation identified the possible barrier e-mobility option will face in the Solomon Islands.
The Commonwealth Climate Finance Access Hub (CCFAH) is providing technical advice to support the proposed initiative, as part of its wider work programme to assist Commonwealth small states and other vulnerable countries in accessing international climate funding.
To date, the CCFAH has helped countries to access more than US$ 70 million in climate finance for 63 projects.
The Pacific Island country plans to trial ten e-buses in the capital city, Honiara, with the aim of increasing the fleet over the next five years. The proposed pilot will help assess the applicability and scalability nationwide, as well as the potential to support other e-vehicles.
The initiative reflects the country''s commitment to reducing greenhouse gas emissions as part of its national climate action plans or Nationally Determined Contribution (NDCs), despite emitting minimal levels of emissions compared to most countries in the world.
To support the proposed project, the government has approved USD$2 million of funding provided by the Global Environment Facility under the GEF 8 STAR allocation, to go towards e-mobility implementation.
The Commonwealth National Climate Finance Adviser (CNCFA) for Solomon Islands, Dr Michael Ha''apio, led the development and negotiation of the project concept with government authorities to ensure funding for this landmark initiative. Dr Ha''apio said:
"Being one of the highest fuel dependencies in the Pacific region, the Solomon Islands is committed to increasing the use of low carbon technologies. However, the country needs the financial resources to first pilot the use of these technologies and then to scale up."
The work builds on progress delivered last year by the Ministry of Environment, Climate Change, Disaster Management and Meteorology (MECDM) in collaboration with the Ministry of Mines, Energy and Rural Electrification (MMERE) to develop the country''s e-mobility policy framework with the assistance of the UN Climate Technology Centre and Network (CTCN).
Deputy Secretary Technical Ministry of Environment, Climate Change, Disaster Management and Meteorology (MECDM), Mr Channel Iroi, stated:
"I was so pleased with the level of technical assistance the Commonwealth National Climate Finance Adviser brings into formulation and development of this important national project for the country. We are grateful for this collaboration and hopefully it is only the beginning of fruitful years of partnership ahead".
Dr Ha''apio will be working through the MECDM''s Project Management Unit to accelerate access to the GEF funds and advance the implementation of the Honiara Intra E-Bus Project, in close collaboration with the implementing agency for the project, the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP).
Dr Ha''apio is one of the 18 Commonwealth National Climate Finance Advisers deployed by the Commonwealth Climate Finance Access Hub (CCFAH) to support frontline ministries of various member countries. The CCFAH ensures that Commonwealth small states, as well as other vulnerable countries, have improved access to climate finance by embedding these experts in government departments to support grant applications, capacity building and implementation.
The Commonwealth Climate Finance Access Hub (CCFAH) is providing technical advice to support the proposed initiative, as part of its wider work programme to assist Commonwealth small states and other vulnerable countries in accessing international climate funding.
To support the proposed project, the government has approved USD$2 million of funding provided by the Global Environment Facility under the GEF 8 STAR allocation, to go towards e-mobility implementation.
"Being one of the highest fuel dependencies in the Pacific region, the Solomon Islands is committed to increasing the use of low carbon technologies. However, the country needs the financial resources to first pilot the use of these technologies and then to scale up."
The work builds on progress delivered last year by the Ministry of Environment, Climate Change, Disaster Management and Meteorology (MECDM) in collaboration with the Ministry of Mines, Energy and Rural Electrification (MMERE) to develop the country''s e-mobility policy framework with the assistance of the UN Climate Technology Centre and Network (CTCN).
Dr Ha''apio is one of the 18 Commonwealth National Climate Finance Advisers deployed by the Commonwealth Climate Finance Access Hub (CCFAH) to support frontline ministries of various member countries. The CCFAH ensures that Commonwealth small states, as well as other vulnerable countries, have improved access to climate finance by embedding these experts in government departments to support grant applications, capacity building and implementation.
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Solomon Islands is starting a trial for electric buses in the capital city Honiara, with the aim of increasing the fleet over the next five years. The pilot which will be funded by the Global Environment Facility (GEF) under UNEPs eMobility Program will help assess the applicability and scalability nationwide, as well as the potential to support other e-vehicles.
The electric busses including the bus routes will be helping people get to their destinations without any local pollution and reduced CO2 emissions. The project was identified within the electric bus market feasibility study in Honiara that was undertaken by UNEP Copenhagen Climate Centre in consortium with pManifold for Climate Technology Centre and Network (CTCN).
In addition to electric bus feasibility, the project also developed a National Electric Mobility Policy and Market Readiness Framework for the Solomon Islands and a roadmap for e-mobility implementation.
The initiative reflects the Pacific Island country''s commitment to reducing greenhouse gas emissions as part of its national climate action plans or Nationally Determined Contribution (NDCs), despite emitting minimal levels of emissions compared to most countries in the world.
To support the proposed pilot project for electric buses, the government has allocated USD 2 million provided under the GEF 8 STAR allocation, which was approved in May, and the Commonwealth Climate Finance Access Hub is providing technical advice to support the proposed initiative. This support comes as part of the hub''s wider work programme to assist Commonwealth small states and other vulnerable countries in accessing international climate funding.
Dr Michael Ha''apio, who was the local consultant within the CTCN technical assistance and is also the Commonwealth National Climate Finance Advisor has led the development and negotiation of the project concept with government authorities to ensure continuity across different initiatives and ensured funding for this initiative has materialized.
"Being one of the highest fuel dependencies in the Pacific region, the Solomon Islands is committed to increasing the use of low carbon technologies, "Michael Ha''apio said. "However, the country needs the financial resources to first pilot the use of these technologies and then to scale up."
Michael Ha''apio will be working to accelerate access to the GEF funds and advance the implementation of the Honiara Intra E-Bus Project, in close collaboration with UNEP as the implementing agency for the project.
In addition to the Solomon Islands, UNEP Copenhagen Climate Centre has done similar work in Ghana and Zimbabwe, where outcomes envisaged in frameworks produced with CTCN assistance are now materializing.
In Ghana, the NDC Action Project is taking another e-bus proposal, where UNEP Copenhagen Climate Centre carried out the pre-feasibility studies, closer towards GCF funding.
And Zimbabwe, just like the Solomon Islands, has become a part of the UNEP GEF 8 project to take their e-mobility work further.
How to transition the transport sector, which produces 22% of greenhouse gas emissions in Zimbabwe to a green electric future, was the focus of an E-Mobility Stakeholder Awareness Workshop held on the 30th June 2022. The event was the accumulation of an 18-month process to produce a National E-Mobility Policy and Market Readiness Framework, a National E-Mobility Roadmap, and a […]
Electric buses and the policies and reforms needed to get them running was on the agenda at the Ghana Pavilion at COP27 in Sharm el-Sheikh. Participants from Government, financial institutions and the private sector, civil society and academia, as well as bilateral and multilateral development partners, joined the event titled Partnerships and strategies for investing in innovation low-carbon technologies: a […]
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