Sustainability Working Group:
CAPC Kyoto SubCommittee

Kyoto Committee Executive Summary - November 13th, 2003

Federal Programs:

• Industry Canada provided the working group of the various Federal government funding programs that support sustainable development and R&D infrastructure and how the automotive industry could benefit from them
• Climate Change Action Fund would be the most applicable funding program for the automotive industry
• Government may perceive that limited R&D takes place in Canada
• An inventory of R&D programs in Canada should be developed for government and the automotive industry

Greening of the Canadian Automotive Industry:

• Working group prioritized points from the document presented in May/03
• Need to highlight the fact that the issue of GHG in transportation reduction is bigger then just fuel efficiency
• Priorities should deal with Manufacturing, Vehicle, and Consumer
• There is no magic solution

Climate Change Funding:

The breakdown for the climate change funding is as follows:

• $500 million for Technology and Innovation
• $100 million will go towards the development of ethanol production capacity
• $32 million to commercial transportation energy efficiency and fuel initiative
• $12 million for biodiesel
• $10 million for natural gas vehicles
• $5.5 million for marketing of energy efficient transportation
• There is no allocation of funding for hybrid transportation