Job Opening: CCAC Transportation Sector Expert for Brazil

In September 2023, the Brazilian government restructured the Interministerial Committee on Climate Change – CIM, which will be an important locus for management, coordination, and articulation regarding the national climate policy. In addition to determining the correction of the Brazilian NDC to the levels of ambition that Brazil had initially proposed in 2015, the Committee established interministerial working groups to the Brazilian carbon market (SBCE) and to update the law that established the National Policy on Climate Change – PNMC.   

The CIM also established a Resolution that mandates updating the National Plan on Climate Change – Plano Clima, establishing two interministerial working groups to coordinate the work, one on mitigation and the other on adaptation. Plano Clima will be the main instrument for implementing climate policy, thus consolidating the strategies and goals of the Federal Government to achieve the objectives of the PNMC and the goals of the Brazilian NDC. 

The new Climate Plan will cover the period between 2024 and 2035 and will have national and sectoral mitigation and adaptation targets for the years 2030 and 2035, simultaneously compatible with the objective of climate neutrality. The mitigation component is expected to be developed with CCAC support and include Short-Lived Climate Pollutants (SLCPs), especially methane. The CCAC is therefore seeking an Expert for supporting the elaboration of the Transportation Sectoral Mitigation Plan for the Plano Clima, ensuring its compatibility with a strategy to co-mitigate emissions of GHGs and SLCPs.

Output expectations:   For the preparation of deliverable products, the priorities of the transport sector presented in the National Mitigation Strategy must be observed, which are:  
a) Technological and productive development applied to electromobility and the use of alternative fuels, considering relevant issues such as the development of more efficient batteries, with national technology, solutions for reuse and disposal of batteries, recharging points.  
b) Increase in the production and use of sustainable low-carbon fuels, encouraging the development of national vehicle and aeronautical technology and increasing the energy efficiency of vehicles, vessels and aircraft.  
c) Strengthening of logistics infrastructure with lower carbon emissions, with efforts to expand and adapt the transport networks of different modes, including pipeline, aiming at greater intermodal integration for greater efficiency in passenger and cargo transport in the country.  
d) Implementation of strategies to mitigate GHG and SLCP emissions, such as: prioritizing the implementation of free-flow that replaces toll gates with gantries, improving traffic flow; develop escape areas to prevent accidents and congestion; create charging points for electric vehicles, increasing the viability of these vehicles; establish eco-stops for refueling with alternative fuels, such as bulk CNG and biodiesel; and using sustainable, low-emission building materials such as recycled asphalt and porous concrete in road works.   

Other output expectations: 

• Map of the current context of source of emissions of GHGs and SLCP ​and the existing mitigation policy framework ​in the Transportation sector of Brazil, highlighting the key drivers and regions, if applicable.  
• Analysis of how the proposed sector plans actions can contribute to the promotion of a Just and Inclusive Transition (e.g. poverty and inequality reduction, food and nutritional security, pollution reduction and health, access to affordable energy, equitable share of cost of the climate transition, etc) 
• Critical analysis of proposed course of actions considering the interfaces with other sectors and respective competence and influence power of the sector, such as: energy resources demand (electricity and fuels) agricultural production and logistics of cargo and passenger transport (agriculture and industry), urban mobility (cities) 
• Set of priorities and goals for the sector for 2030 and indicative goals for 2035, based on inputs of sectoral focal points in government. 
• Estimation of emission’s reduction of proposed actions using an emissions policies simulation tool, with support of the Senior Technical Coordinator 
• Required regulatory changes for enabling the course of mitigation action for the sector. 
• Governance proposal and responsibilities for management, monitoring, and assessment of the sectorial action plan, including mechanisms of public participation and transparency. 
• Proposal of governance and responsibilities for management, monitoring, and assessment of the sectorial action plan, including public participation and transparency mechanisms. 
• Brazil's enhanced transparency system aligned with the approach of carbon budgets.  
• Two-three technical presentations on relevant themes concerning sectoral mitigation levers and its implications, to be defined in alignment with CCAC and sectoral focal points in the government.

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