Purpose and Objective of Expression of Interest

Background.

The
transportation sector in Latin America and Caribbean (LAC) is a major
contributor to greenhouse gas emissions, especially with respect to carbon
dioxide, noting that carbon dioxide is just one of the greenhouse gases (GHG)
correlated with climate change. Carbon dioxide (CO₂) emissions
released from fossil fuel consumption increased from 760 million tons in 1980
to 1,327 million tons in 2005 in LAC, and the transport sector is one of the
main contributors to CO₂ emissions in the LAC region.^[1]

Green
technology solutions are readily available to achieve emissions reductions in
the transport sector in the Caribbean and other islands, where the size of many
Small Island Developing States (SIDS) is well suited to the 100–200-mile
(160–320 kilometre) range of currently available electric vehicles.^[2]

Antigua
and Barbuda has begun to pilot electric mobility projects, collecting data and
capturing lessons learned for upscaling nationally and across the region.  Key transferrable outcomes expected include reducing
fossil fuel dependencies by transitioning local fleets to Electric vehicles;
opportunities for coupling electric vehicles with renewable energy
installations; transferrable feasibility assessment outcomes; approaches for
mitigation environmental and social risks of new electric vehicle technologies;
and best practices for full life cycle assessments and decommissioning of
non-compliant fossil fuel vehicles.