Climate Change and Transportation : Energy Effiency and Climate Change Considerations for Road Transport in Dhaka city, Bangladesh

The scenario Dhaka City, Bangladesh, is severely affected by heavy rainfall in monsoon season and less in dry season, recurrence floods, high temperature, and other disastrous effects.The vehicle fleet of Dhaka City is growing at an accelerated rate with high vehicle population growth contributing higher rate of energy consumption and corresponding GhG emissions. Overall transport environment of Dhaka is characterized by congestion, public transport crisis, and unaffordable public transport for many people and increasing air pollution problem.The growing energy use by the transport sector is increasing energy pressure and thus contributing to climate change.The main aim of the present study is to identify a sustainable transportation system for Dhaka City to achieve environment friendly energy consumption for having no/low impact on climatic change with detailed objectives - assessing the baseline situation of transport sector and climatic condition of Dhaka City; assessing the present fuel consumption pattern in transport sector and GhG emissions from transport sector in Dhaka City and formulating guidelines to reduce transport related GhG emissions.