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16 April 2024

What is Mexico’s New Mobility Strategy about?

Understanding ENAMOV

Last June a significant change occurred in mobility sector in Mexico. A new strategy in mobility issues was approved, named as ENAMOV. What does it mean? Where does it come from? And why is...

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5 April 2024

Safe Transition Towards Electric Buses in India

Raising E-Bus Fire Safety Awareness
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28 March 2024

Smart, Inclusive and Sustainable Public Transport: The Route for Reducing Emissions in Mexico

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Blog
4 January 2024

Understanding Differences: Carbon Neutrality, Climate Neutrality and Net-zero Emissions

Examining the goals set by countries and the challenges associated with achieving them With approximately a...
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Blog
14 December 2023

COP28 – The Dawn of a Post-Fossil Fuel Era

COP28 – the largest climate conference to date, with almost 97,000 registered participants – started with...
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News
27 November 2023

GIZ TRANSPORT AT COP28

In 2023, the 28th session of the Conference of the Parties (COP28) to the UNFCCC will...
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Blog
2 October 2023

Join a Network of Data and MRV Experts

Our experts from Colombia, Uganda, Indonesia, Thailand and the UNFCCC are expirienced with the practical challenges...
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Blog
19 September 2023

Free online course Transport Data: From MRV to Action

“Transport Data: From MRV to Action” is an innovative and entertaining online course about the Measurement,...
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Event Report
4 July 2023

Know Better to Fight Better: Assessing Land Transport Emissions in Morocco

Emissions from the transport sector are a major challenge for Morocco, as they are for many...
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News
23 June 2023

Revised NDC Action Plan: Thailand Steps up Transport Efforts

A new challenge emerges: Heatwaves, flooded streets, and congestion have already become a reality in Thailand....
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News
14 June 2023

Indian Delegation Visit to Germany for Knowledge Exchange on Freight and Logistics

A boost for the Indian logistics ecosystem With the launch of National Logistics Policy of India...
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Blog
31 May 2023

Ambitious Climate Action Needs Better Transport Data

With a prototype database up and running to demonstrate the vision, an effective organisational structure and...
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Event Report
16 May 2023

Enhancing Transparency for NDCs in Asia: Technical Training by UNFCCC Secretariat and GIZ

Fathimath Raufa Moosa is Monitoring and Evaluation Officer at the Ministry of Environment and Energy of...
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Blog
12 December 2022

“Creating a sectoral carbon budget makes climate action tangible

…Putting people in the center makes it approachable” This is how GIZ colleague Andrea Palma put...
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StoriesOfChange
22 November 2022

A Fitness Regimen for the Planet

This article is part of our #StoriesofChange where we profile the work of our partner countries...
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News
28 October 2022

Transport Data Commons Initiative: We won 2nd place!

In its seventh round, the German Mobility Prize (Deutscher Mobilitätspreis, DMP) announced the winner of the...
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18 July 2022

How to apply the LEAP software in the transport sector

Tutorial This tutorial provides guidance on how to use the Low Emissions Analysis Platform (LEAP) to...
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Event Report
17 November 2021

GIZ Transport Team at COP26 – Experiences, learning and climate ambition for transport

After two weeks of negotiations and milestones for global climate action, the 26th summit of the...
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News
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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StoriesOfChange
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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News
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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News
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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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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Blog
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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News
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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News
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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Blog
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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Event Report
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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Event Report
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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Event Report
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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News
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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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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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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Blog
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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Blog
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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News
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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Event Report
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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StoriesOfChange
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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Event Report
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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News
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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News
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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News
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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StoriesOfChange
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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News
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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News
7 December 2018

New and Improved Data on Road Transport in Kenya

Kenya is one of the first countries in the entire region of East and Central Africa...
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Interview
7 December 2018

“Every individual has a role to play”

During the Transport and Climate Change Week we seek to integrate several interests, personal backgrounds and...
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Event Report
10 November 2017

COP23 Event Review – Low Carbon Transport: G20 on Track?

On November 8th in the German Pavilion within the Bonn Zone and framework of the COP...
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30 October 2017

Advancing Transport Climate Strategies (TraCS)

Supporting climate strategies in transport and identifying appropriate action plans.
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8 October 2017

UNFCCC and GIZ present: Webinar Series on Methodologies for Baselines and Monitoring in the Transport Sector

The series comprises eight webinars and is based on the chapters of the UNFCCC Secretariat’s Passenger...
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Event Report
15 August 2017

Transport and Climate Change Training held in Kenya

Kenyan State Department of Transport together with the Advancing Transport Climate Strategies hosted a training working.
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Event Report
16 May 2017

Roundtable on NDC Implementation and Transparency in Transport

On 12 May, the GIZ project Advancing Transport Climate Strategies organised a Round Table Discussion that...
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19 October 1920

Guide for Quantifying GHG Emissions and Short-Lived Climate Pollutants (SCVPs)

This document explains the relevance of quantifying GHG emissions and local air pollution, and finally explains,...
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6 October 1920

Content Overview Bus Fleet Renewal Toolkit

This content overview helps you nagivate through this toolkit. Note that many of the posts listed...
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6 August 1920

Tutorial: How to Use the MobiliseYourCity Emissions Calculator

GHG emissions scenarios for mobility plans To ease the use of the calculator, we have created...
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6 August 1920

Tutorial: How to use the Data Collection Template for Kenya

The tutorial provides basic information on how to use the document, including how to navigate through...
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27 May 1920

Impact Assessment Methodology

This manual by the Global Environment Facility (GEF) offers guidance and a specific Excel-based calculation tool...
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11 May 1920

Kenya: Transport Inventory and Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reporting Tool

The Transport Inventory and Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reporting (TrIGGER) tool is a simple bottom-up spreadsheet model...
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22 April 1920

EUROCLIMA+ Webinars: MRV

This tool includes a series of webinars held by Euroclima+ on several cross cutting topics in...
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20 April 1920

MobiliseYourCity Monitoring & Reporting Approach for GHG Emissions

This publication sets out the GHG monitoring and reporting principles for the MobiliseYourCity Partnership. A focus...
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6 April 1920

Standard Indicators

Many GIZ projects focus on sustainable urban mobility, public transport and freight logistics in countries around...
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18 March 1920

Setting Targets and Estimating Impacts

This tool offers both general guidance and ready-to-use templates to monitor and estimate impacts based on...
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16 March 1920

Zero-Emission Bus Seminars from Latin America

Many Latin American countries have deployed zero-emission buses in various cities. The successful transition of urban...
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7 March 1920

MRV Guidance

A vital step for successful implementation of a strategy, policy, programme or project is the assessment...
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7 February 1920

Best Practice MRV

Analyzing air pollutant emissions on certain routes, evaluating the performance of new buses on demonstration corridors...
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