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23 July 2024

Opportunities and Challenges of Electrifying the Minibus Sector in Africa

The electrification of smaller capacity vehicles, such as 2- and 3-wheelers, as well as full-size buses, has gained much momentum around the globe and is increasingly doing so in Africa. However, the same cannot...

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23 July 2024

Empowering Women in the Urban Transport Workforce

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18 July 2024

Transforming Transport in Asia: Innovations and Insights for a Low-Carbon Future

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5 November 2021

The Second UN Global Sustainable Transport Conference in Beijing

Following up on the first Global Sustainable Transport Conference held in 2016 in Ashgabat, the Second...
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5 November 2021

China’s Updated NDCs and 1+N Policy System for Carbon Neutrality

On 28 October 2021, three days ahead of the 26th UN Climate Change Conference of Parties...
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29 October 2021

Key Insights About Transport’s Role in National Climate Plans

The 26th Conference of the Parties (COP26) to the UNFCCC in Glasgow starts these days and...
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28 October 2021

GIZ TRANSPORT AT COP26

The 26th Conference of the Parties (COP26) under the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)...
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21 October 2021

Setting Sustainable Transport on the Agenda at this Year’s COP26 in Glasgow

This article is part of our #StoriesofChange where we profile the work of our partner countries...
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15 October 2021

Impulses for Green Recovery and the Transition of Transport

Virtual event by GIZ and UBA on 28 October 2021 4 pm CEST We know: Climate...
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14 October 2021

Future of Electric Mobility – Driving EV Vision Towards a Sustainable Development

GIZ, jointly with CharIN, is organizing a half-day convention held under the 6th Electric Vehicle Association...
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13 October 2021

How to achieve carbon free transport in Asia by 2050

I personally have the vision that the children of today will take their own children to...
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13 October 2021

GIZ at 2nd United Nations Global Sustainable Transport Conference

The second United Nations Global Sustainable Transport Conference takes place October 14-16 in Beijing, China. It...
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1 October 2021

Monitoring, Reporting and Verification (MRV) System for Transport in Viet Nam

Supporting the effective evaluation of transport decarbonisation A well-developed MRV system and good data collection is...
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29 September 2021

Why is a bank interested in e-buses?

The electrification of bus fleets combines the benefits of public transport and electric mobility in terms...
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29 September 2021

Financing the Intermodal Freight Transport in Java, Indonesia

The Ministry of Transportation of the Republic of Indonesia and GIZ through TRANSfer III Project are...
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23 September 2021

Towards a Regional Vision for Sustainable Transport in Latin America and the Caribbean

The latest IPCC report reinforces that the climate crisis is the greatest threat to humanity. It...
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21 September 2021

Peer Exchange on Sustainable Transport Transition in Africa, Asia and Latin America

This article is part of our #StoriesofChange where we profile the work of our partner countries...
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14 September 2021

Strengthening Urban Connectivity through ‘Buy the Service Program’ in Indonesia

The potential for population and urbanisation in accelerating the economic growth is constrained by traffic congestion....
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30 August 2021

Cycling Study Will Promote Sustainable Mobility in the Guadalajara Metropolitan Area

This article is part of our #StoriesofChange where we profile the work of our partner countries...
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20 August 2021

Climate Change: “Code Red for Humanity” Calls for Ambitious NDCs

Thanks to a landmark report by the UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) no doubt...
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10 August 2021

New Training for Bankable Sustainable Mobility in Latin America

The formulation of bankable climate initiatives is one of the main challenges in Latin America to...
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2 August 2021

Four Years of Advancing Climate Strategies in Kenya’s Transport Sector

This article is part of our #StoriesofChange where we profile the work of our partner countries...
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29 July 2021

Connecting Global Realities with Global Discourse

In a joint initiative of the Urban Mobility sector of the EUROCLIMA+ programme and the Advancing...
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12 July 2021

What You Need to Know About Bus Rapid Transit

With the exponential growth of motorisation, cities have leaned towards Urban Mass Public Transport Systems to...
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12 July 2021

TCCW 2021: Four publications, a tracker, a novel and a network

The Transport and Climate Change Week 2021 was not only full of interesting sessions, workshop and...
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8 July 2021

Getting a Glimpse at Transport of the Future

Imagine the movement of goods and of people in a future less than 30 years from...
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5 July 2021

Out now! SLOCAT Transport and Climate Change Global Status Report – 2nd edition

Moving the world towards zero transport emissions requires fast and fundamental changes at all scales. Yet...
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2 July 2021

Morocco NDC Update: New Ambitions for the Transport Sector

Morocco updated its Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change...
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29 June 2021

The Role of NUMPs in Promoting Electric Mobility in Uruguay

Due to urban growth of recent decades, governments of all regions have pointed out the relevance...
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22 June 2021

New Guide to Structure MRV Scheme for E-buses

The guide is available in English and Spanish, and is based in the learnings on the...
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17 June 2021

New Tool to Assess the Electrification of Public Fleet

The E-bus global tool is now available in Spanish, and soon will include English and French...
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13 June 2021

Transport and Climate Change Week

Building confidence in change  For the fourth time we bring together experts and decision-makers from all around...
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10 June 2021

MobiliseYourCity at the European Development Days

A leading example of European cooperation for sustainable urban mobility Urban mobility is an essential sector...
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18 May 2021

Decarbonising Transport in China | Project Kick-off China component NDC TIA

The Chinese government has made the commitment on carbon peaking and neutrality and is developing a...
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14 May 2021

Supporting the NDC Update in Colombia: an Opportunity to Review Data

In September 2019, Colombia started its process of updating the NDC to the UNFCCC. The update...
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14 May 2021

Explore Transport Targets and Policies in NDCs and LTS

Did you know that only 17 countries include greenhouse gas emission reduction targets for transport in their latest climate strategies even...
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16 April 2021

Launch of New Tracker on Climate Ambition in Transport

When: May 11, 3pm, CESTWhere: Virtually Are you interested to know what countries are planning to...
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12 April 2021

Continued Commitment to the Development of Sustainable Urban Transport

Climate change and global warming are challenges in all countries, including Indonesia. One of the main...
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31 March 2021

The Council for Decarbonising Transport in Asia

The importance of Asia  Responsible for 27% of global transport emissions, Asia has experienced the strongest growth in transport demand since 2000, with absolute emissions in the...
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18 March 2021

Protected: Council for Decarbonising Transport in Asia – Depository

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12 March 2021

Four Ways How Transport Projects at GIZ are Going #digitalbydefault in 2021

Digitalising tools, a collaboration between the Telekom and GIZ transport projects on exploring AI-solutions for mobility,...
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11 March 2021

NDC TIA Kick-Off Vietnam: “For our climate, transport decarbonisation is key”

On 15 March 2021, Le Anh Tuan, Vice Minister of Transport and Helene Paust, Deputy Head of Development Cooperation of...
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23 February 2021

The Updated NDCs – What Do They Say About Transport?

Already a major contributor to global heating, transport is the sector with the highest forecasted emissions...
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11 February 2021

Financing Mechanism for Intermodal Freight Transport Action Programme in Java, Indonesia

Together with the Indonesian government, the TRANSfer project is working on shifting freight transport from road...
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8 February 2021

Costa Rica: Montes de Oca Opens First 4km of Cycle Lane

This article is part of our #StoriesofChange where we profile the work of our partner countries...
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1 February 2021

The Sustainable and Smart Mobility Strategy of the European Commission: A Critical Assessment

Within the European Union, transport accounts for around a quarter of greenhouse gas emissions (EEA 2020)...
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13 January 2021

NDC Update Kenya: Enhanced reduction target

The updated NDC sets out two important developments from its first NDC, which was submitted in...
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18 December 2020

En Route to COP26: Transport decarbonisation is essential to green, equitable recovery

Scheduled 12 months prior to the postponed COP26, the event was designed to accelerate collective and...
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15 December 2020

5 years Paris Agreement – 5 years of Action in Transport

Five years have passed since the leaders of 196 nations signed the Paris Agreement and committed...
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15 December 2020

Peer-to-peer dialogues for more climate ambition in transport

“I ask you all to take whatever actions you can, as citizens, experts, managers, and policy...
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17 November 2020

En Route to COP26

From December 1st to 3rd, different sectoral actors gather to discuss strategies for a quick, efficient,...
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13 November 2020

Digital Training on MRV systems in Morocco

Gathering around fourty people online to work on transport data bases and quantify them in a...
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10 November 2020

Launch of Practitioner Toolkits for Action on Low Carbon Transport

Technology is nothing. What’s important is that you have a faith in people, that they’re basically...
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5 November 2020

13th EST Forum pre-event

Under the title “Tracking progress in Asia’s transport transformation – Opportunities for linking SDG and NDC...
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22 October 2020

NDC Update Vietnam: Focus on Credibility

This article is part of our #StoriesofChange where we profile the work of our partner countries...
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20 October 2020

Viet Nam kick-starts Transformation of its Transport Sector

“If policy measures are not taken, GHG emissions from the transport sector are expected to triple...
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19 October 2020

ASEAN Smart City Summit 2020

At the ASEAN Smart City Summit on 22 Oct 2020, Vietnam’s Ministry of Transport and the NDC...
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11 September 2020

Taking a Turn Towards Higher Climate Ambition?

In the run-up to COP 26 and in fulfillment of the Paris Agreement, Parties to the...
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24 August 2020

Virtual Kick-off Event: NDC-Transport Initiative for Asia – India Component

We are pleased to invite you to participate in the online kick-off event of the Nationally...
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17 August 2020

User Manual for the MYC Emissions Calculator

This user guide provides an overview of the background, methodology and design of the MobiliseYourCity Emisisons...
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6 August 2020

Taxes and Congestion Charges: Study Identifies Financing Mechanisms for Sustainable Mobility

With the aim of increasing the resources that can be allocated to sustainable urban mobility projects...
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27 July 2020

Content Overview Transparency Toolkit

This content overview helps you navigate through the toolkit. General Information This toolkit on MRV is...
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17 July 2020

Seven Essentials of Designing and Monitoring a Climate Change Strategy for the Transport Sector

When the Advancing Transport Climate Strategies (TraCS) project started in 2017, the implementation of Kenya’s Climate Change...
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4 June 2020

Future Mobility a Core Pillar in Germany’s COVID-19 Recovery Programme

To revive its virus struck economy, the German government agreed on a 130 billion Euro stimulus plan. Measures addressing the transport sector are...
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26 May 2020

Electric Mobility to Enhance NDC Ambitions

Latin America currently contributes 10% of global greenhouse gas emissions. However, estimations show that, without firm...
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20 May 2020

Digital Applications and their Influence on Mobility in Kenya

The service is super!  Rachel Kamau, as she waits for her ride-hailed minivan Over the past...
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19 May 2020

New Tool: The MobiliseYourCity Emissions Calculator

The MobiliseYourCity Emissions Calculator supports cities and countries in calculating GHG emissions in transport as well...
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4 May 2020

Towards E-buses in Colombia

Public transport systems electrification is essential for the Colombian National Government in order to reduce GHG...
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28 April 2020

NDC Transport Initiative for Asia (NDC-TIA)

Supporting the development of climate-friendly transport policies at national, provincial and municipal level
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24 April 2020

Enhancing Climate Ambition in Transport

On Wednesday, April 22, GIZ together with the Partnership on Sustainable Low Carbon Transport (SLOCAT) organized...
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23 April 2020

Chile Submits New Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC)

In its new Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC), Chile takes a carbon budgeting approach. This means that...
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22 April 2020

Advocacy Campaign to Raise Ambition in Transport

It is more important than ever for countries to set ambitious climate goals to tackle global...
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20 April 2020

Cost-Benefit-Analysis

This tool presents guidance on how to conduct a Cost-Benefit-Analysis by explaining concepts and describing methodologies....
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3 April 2020

In Search of a Universal Tool to Quantify Emissions

Berlin, 6th of March 2020, it is cold and rainy in Berlin, but the debate in...
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1 April 2020

Climate-Friendly Freight Transport in Indonesia

The TRANSfer III project works with the Ministry of Transportation (MoT) on the preparation of two...
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20 March 2020

Picking Berlin and London’s Brains to design the Bangkok Clean Air Zone

Bangkok year-round suffers from severe air pollution (PM2.5 emissions), 72% of which being caused by the...
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16 March 2020

Sino-German Cooperation on Low Carbon Transport

Enhancing dialogue and implementation of long-term mitigation strategies to promote low carbon transport in China
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13 March 2020

Tunisia presents first National GHG Transport Mitigation Concept

This article is part of our #StoriesofChange where we profile the work of our partner countries...
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8 March 2020

7 Questions for 2 Women in Kenya’s Climate Change Coordination Unit

Background The transport sector is by far much more male dominated than other sectors of the...
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6 March 2020

Latin American Regional Workshop

Developing policies and strategies that contribute to the decarbonisation of the transport sector is essential for...
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21 February 2020

First Regional Training on Prioritising Mitigation Actions in Transport

34 participants from Ministries of Transport and Ministries of Environment across Africa underwent a hands-on training on...
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10 February 2020

Kenya’s Transport Sector – The Pacesetters of Climate Change Reporting

What is the point of doing something if you are not going to measure progress and...
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18 December 2019

Without the Transport Sector, the Paris Agreement’s Goal Is Out of Reach

In order to stay in line with the climate target of 1.5°C we need to ramp...
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16 December 2019

Time is Running Out – Carbon Markets Cannot Replace More Ambitious National Commitments – Particularly in Transport

  At the UN Climate Conference (COP25) that just ended in Madrid, acting COP President Carolina...
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5 December 2019

CHANGING TRANSPORT at COP25

According to UN Environment’s latest Emissions Gap Report, current ambition under the Paris Agreement are not...
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3 December 2019

Exchanging Know-How on How to Change Transport in Indonesia

On November 27th, a group of officials from the Government of Indonesia visited the GIZ Headquarters...
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4 November 2019

Modernizing the Jeepney Sector: “I wait for it. I don’t ride the old Jeepneys.”

Maylin Tuano stopped riding old Jeepneys, the most dominant form of public transport, and started to...
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7 October 2019

Methodologies for Baselines and Monitoring in the Transport Sector

We are pleased to invite you to participate in the final episode of our joint webinar of...
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20 September 2019

International Tender on Three E-Buses for Costa Rica

GIZ will purchase three battery electric buses and the charging infrastructure for a pilot project in...
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15 September 2019

Pathway Towards Low-Carbon Transport in Vietnam

Rapid growth in transport activities since the late 1990s is endangering the achievement of climate targets...
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28 August 2019

Webinar: Transport NDC – Building Efficiency and Competitive Transport

On August 28th, the GIZ Office in Peru will hold the Webinar: Transport NDC – Building...
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12 June 2019

Improving Air Quality for Peruvian Cities and Citizens

Breathing clean air and having a clinical history free of respiratory diseases are luxuries that millions...
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7 June 2019

Climate Finance is Key to Accelerate Action

Timely finance for the implementation of climate actions is both the key and the challenge to...
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12 April 2019

How to Stimulate a Global Decarbonisation of Mobility

The Vice Minister of Energy of Costa Rica Rolando Castro Córdoba presented the approach to decarbonising...
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12 March 2019

Data Is Key to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions

This article is part of our #StoriesofChange where we profile the work of our partner countries...
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8 March 2019

Costa Rica Goes Carbon Neutral by 2050

On February 24th 2019, Costa Rica presented its ambitious plan to decarbonise its economy until 2050....
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4 February 2019

Peru is Systematically Operationalising its NDC

The Peruvian Government has been taking big steps towards the systematic operationalization of its Nationally Determined...
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21 January 2019

Interview with Martin Delgra, Chairman LTFRB, Philippines

In this interview Martin B. Delgra III, Chairman of The Philippines’ Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory...
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18 January 2019

Towards Decarbonising Transport 2018 – A Stocktake on Sectoral Ambition in the G20

The webinar presents main conclusions of the joint report “Towards Decarbonising Transport 2018 – A Stocktake...
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15 January 2019

Creation of a Single Transport Authority for the Metropolitan Area of Lima and Callao

With the aim of reordering and integrating the urban public transport system of Lima and Callao,...
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15 January 2019

Two Years and Counting: Bringing the Vision of Transport and Climate Change to Life in Kenya

This article is part of our #StoriesofChange where we profile the work of our partner countries...
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17 December 2018

From Global Ambition to National Action: Thailand Launches NDC Action Plan for Transport

While the international community discusses national contributions to stop climate change (so called “NDC”) in Katowice...
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10 December 2018

Press Release: Transport and Climate Change Global Status Report

Tracking Transport Emissions Trends, Raising Transport Policy Ambition* On 8 December, the SLoCaT Partnership released the...
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10 Principles for Sustainable Urban Transport

If you believe that you suffer (potential) negative social and/or environmental consequences from IKI projects, or wish to report the improper use of funds, to voice complaints and seek redress, you can do so using the IKI Independent Complaint Mechanism.