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(WP.29/GRPE) Workshop on carbon LCA of vehicles

31 May 2022 9:30 - 17:00

Hybrid meeting, in person or virtual:

in-person participation requires registration to get access to UN premises in Geneva:

https://indico.un.org/event/1000931/

for on-line attendance, please also register to receive the link that will be shared a few days prior to the event

Concept Note

The Paris Agreement has set ambitious targets to limit global warming to well below 2, preferably to 1.5 degrees Celsius, compared to pre-industrial levels. To achieve this long-term temperature goal, countries aim to reach global peaking of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions as soon as possible to achieve a climate neutral world by mid-century. The transport sector is a major contributor to global GHG emissions and road transport has the vast majority of the overall transport sector emissions.

To be able to have comprehensive, comparable and consistent values for the carbon footprint over the whole life of vehicles put on the market across the globe, from material extraction, manufacturing, to use and dismantling / recycling at the end of its life, it is desirable to define and develop an internationally unified method for carbon life cycle analysis (LCA). Japan and Korea propose that such activity be initiated in the Working Party on Pollution and Energy (WP.29/GRPE) as the most appropriate place of international meetings for discussing LCA on automobiles (GRPE-84-05-Rev.1). Indeed, GRPE is a renown and well established group with the expertise and know-how to develop provision applicable to the automotive industry with respect to wheeled vehicles, in a neutral and harmonized way. Global collaboration would be paramount to develop such activity using broad knowledge from the existing GRPE stakeholders.

This workshop aims to assemble experts from and outside of GRPE to exchange information on the latest activities with respect to LCA/carbon footprint of vehicles to potentially include it as a priority topic for GRPE in the year(s) to come.

Agenda

Agenda available below in pdf
Time Item Speaker
9.30 - 9.35 Introduction and aim of the workshop  André Rijnders, Chair of GRPE
     
9.35 - 10.25 Session 1 : Introduction to (Carbon) LCA   
  LCA Basics Amir Safaei, GHG Protocol
Wesley Ingwersen, US EPA (remote)
  LCA in the context of vehicles Nikolas Hill, Ricardo
     
10.25 - 11.30 Session 2: vehicle LCA to compare fuel/powertrain types
  A global comparison of the life-cycle greenhouse gas emissions of combustion engine and electric passenger cars Georg Bieker, ICCT
  Introduction to the GREET model Michael Wang, Argonne National Lab
  Review of the most recent literature, introduction to GEF-7 global vehicle LCA tool Ekta Bibra, IEA (remote)
     
          Feedback from GRPE stakeholders on performing fuel/powertrain LCA studies:
          Light-duty vehicle LCA study using 2030 USA fuels and energy sources Rasto Brezny, AECC/MECA
          LCA of biomethane production María Del Carmen Suárez Rodríguez, NGVA Europe / UPM
     
11.30 – 12.30 Session 3 : On-going initiatives to determine carbon LCA of vehicles  
  Automotive Partnership for Carbon Transparency (A-PACT) Jean Balsat, WBCSD
  Example of a key (electric) vehicle component : Battery Passport Torsten Freund, Global Battery Alliance (remote)
  Bus operators in the Nordic region and EPD/PCR of buses Victor Hug, Movia (remote)
     
12.30 - 14.00 Lunch Break  
     
14.00 - 14.20 Session 3 : continued  
  Green NCAP LCA approach Aleksander Damyanov, GreenNCAP    
     
14.20 - 14.45 Session 4 : Experience from GRPE stakeholders on vehicle LCA  
  Application of LCA in the automotive industry Dr. Tina Dettmer, OICA
  CLEPA’s inputs for a CO2-LCA Methodology Ansgar Christ, CLEPA
     
14.45 - 16.15 Session 5 : Views from contracting parties  
  France Laurent Gagnepain (remote)
  Japan Fumio Ito
  Korea Han Ho Song (remote)
  Russia Andrey Kozlov (remote)
  United States Joseph McDonald (remote)
  European Commission Ana Maria Danila (remote)
     
16.15 - 16.45 GRPE discussion, moderated by Duncan Kay, Vice Chair of GRPE
     
16.45 - 17.00 Wrap up and next steps  André Rijnders, Chair of GRPE
24788 _ (Secretariat) Draft Agenda _ 367422 _ English _ 773 _ 354271 _ pdf

Presentations

24789 _ 1_2_GHG PROTOCOL_US EPA _ 368100 _ English _ 773 _ 355308 _ pdf
24789 _ 3_Ricardo _ 368101 _ English _ 773 _ 355309 _ pdf
24789 _ 4_ICCT _ 368102 _ English _ 773 _ 355310 _ pdf
24789 _ 5_GREET _ 368103 _ English _ 773 _ 355311 _ pdf
24789 _ 6_IEA _ 368104 _ English _ 773 _ 355312 _ pdf
24789 _ 7_MECA _ 368105 _ English _ 773 _ 355313 _ pdf
24789 _ 8_NGVA Europe_UPM _ 368106 _ English _ 773 _ 355314 _ pdf
24789 _ 9_WBCSD _ 368107 _ English _ 773 _ 355315 _ pdf
24789 _ 10_GreenNCAP _ 368108 _ English _ 773 _ 355316 _ pdf
24789 _ 11_Global Battery Alliance _ 368109 _ English _ 773 _ 355317 _ pdf
24789 _ 12_Movia _ 368110 _ English _ 773 _ 355318 _ pdf
24789 _ 13_OICA _ 368002 _ English _ 773 _ 355036 _ pdf
24789 _ 14_CLEPA _ 368006 _ English _ 773 _ 355040 _ pdf
24789 _ 15_France _ 368010 _ English _ 773 _ 355046 _ pdf
24789 _ 16_Japan _ 368012 _ English _ 773 _ 355048 _ pdf
24789 _ 17_Korea _ 368013 _ English _ 773 _ 355050 _ pdf
24789 _ 18_Russia _ 368022 _ English _ 773 _ 355064 _ pdf
24789 _ 19_US _ 368023 _ English _ 773 _ 355065 _ pdf
24789 _ 20_EC _ 368024 _ English _ 773 _ 355066 _ pdf

Virtual meeting link

link to access the workshop will be sent only to registered participant who registered here:

https://indico.un.org/event/1000931/

LInk will be sent on Friday 26 May