Road-rail intermodality and the Clean Development Mechanism

03ea45b4-d2bc-49f2-8e3d-986425c140fd20211125085233523naun:naunmdt@crossref.orgMDT DepositInternational Journal of Energy and Environment2308-100710.46300/91012http://www.naun.org/cms.action?id=3043324202132420211510.46300/91012.2021.15https://www.naun.org/cms.action?id=23309Road-rail intermodality and the Clean Development MechanismRodrigoGalbieriFaculty of Mechanical Engineering of the State University of Campinas Unicamp Campinas, BrazilAndré FelipeSimõesSchool of Arts, Sciences and Humanities of the University of São Paulo USP São Paulo, BrazilThe approval of methodologies involving the transportation sector confronts methodological concepts that hinder the eligibility of such projects as Clean Development Mechanism, mainly because it is a segment whose emissions come from mobile sources. The verification of additionality and monitoring of emissions, in principle, can be regarded as some of the key barriers to fit transportation sector projects into the CDM framework. 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