Date:               Tuesday, 8 November 2022, 5.00 – 6.00 pm local time

Location:       Capacity-building Hub at COP 27, online participation will also be possible

Webcast:        Link to be provided soon

Organisers:   UNFCCC secretariat, GIZ project Advancing Transport Climate Strategies

Transport is a pillar of economic development and vital for partaking in society. Yet, it is also responsible for one quarter of energy-related CO₂ emissions and relies almost entirely on fossil fuels. Greenhouse Gas emissions caused by moving goods and passengers will have to decrease by 70 to 80% below current levels to be in line with the 1.5°C goal of the Paris Agreement. Meanwhile, the demand for access to mobility is increasing due to rising population rates combined with economic growth.

Striving for zero emissions in transport is not only a prerequisite for limiting global heating to 1.5°C. More often than not, climate actions in transport also increase life quality by reducing air and noise pollution, by expanding access to public transport and by making the transport system safer. Fortunately, there are lots of measures available to make transport more sustainable. Promoting the use of public transport rather than private vehicles, increasing the efficiency of fuels and vehicles, reducing the need for motorised travel by improved city planning, and the use of renewable energy in the sector are just a few approaches aiming to decarbonise the sector.

By developing sustainable mobility policies, countries provide clarity to the private sector in terms of future investments, in particular when the sectoral carbon budget is clear and unambiguous targets are defined. The Enhanced Transparency Framework (ETF) requires countries to report on their climate change mitigation actions in order to monitor progress at the national and international level towards the Paris Agreement goals. The transport sector will need to provide information on planned and completed mitigation actions in the sector and data on the reporting of such actions.

Agenda

• Welcome and quiz on transport & NDCs & UN SDGs: Marlan Pillay, UNFCCC
• Setting the scene: transport & climate change: Nadja Taeger, GIZ
  • Relevance of the sector for curbing emissions
  • Avoid-Shift-Improve: making transport climate-friendly through the ASI framework
  • Transparency in transport as a cornerstone of mitigation
• Sharing of country experiences on policies, programmes and activities on sustainable mobility

Colombia: Integrating and tracking transport in the Colombian NDC: Representative of the Ministry of Transport Colombia

• Short overview of NDC transport measures
• Deep dive into 1-2 of the measures

Outlook on MRV in transport (1 slide)

Kenya: Streamlining climate change in the Transport Department through a climate change coordination unit: Esther Gacanja, State Department of Transport Kenya

• Climate change coordination unit
• Specific measure, e.g., electric mobility, BRT in Nairobi

Annual Transport Climate Report

Vietnam: Development and implementation of low-carbon transport pathways: Tran Minh Hue, official from the Department of Science, Technology, Environment and Education of the Ministry of Planning and Investment, Viet Nam

• Development of low-carbon transport pathways / MRV system that is being elaborated
• Specific measure: e.g., fuel economy