Study targets freight emissions

Based on the assumption
that transport is one of the
highest greenhouse gas
(GHG) emitting sectors in
South Africa, the WWF
has commissioned a study
to ascertain the level of
freight emissions in the
country.
According to Louise
Naude, national climate
change officer for the
WWF South Africa, one
can only find solutions to
a problem if one has the
facts.
“And there is very little
data available – with the
last official inventory
done in 2000,” she said
at the monthly Transport
Forum in Cape Town
last week. “And that is
very old already if one is
looking at transport sector
emissions, which is why
we have commissioned
a study to get a deeper
understanding of the
situation at present.”
She said with South
Africa being an extremely
carbon-intensive economy,
the government had
drafted a white paper
to address climate
change that would see
the introduction of an
emission reduction target
for every sector.