Why in the News?
NITI Aayog in collaboration with International Transport Forum (ITF) will launch the “Decarbonising Transport in India” project on 24 June, 2020 with the intention to develop a pathway towards a low-carbon transport system for India.
India has been a member of ITF, an intergovernmental organisation for transport policy, since 2008.
Main features of the project
The India project is carried out in the wider context of the International Transport Forum’s “Decarbonising Transport” initiative.
It is part of the “Decarbonising Transport in Emerging Economies” (DTEE) family of projects, which supports transport decarbonisation across different world regions.
India, Argentina, Azerbaijan, and Morocco are current participants.
The DTEE is a collaboration between the ITF and the Wuppertal Institute, supported by the International Climate Initiative (IKI) of the German Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety.
Benefits to India
The online event will inform transport and climate stakeholders in India about planned project activities.
It will also offer the opportunity to provide inputs regarding India’s transport challenges and how they relate to CO2 reduction ambitions.
The discussion will help to focus the project further on India’s specific needs and circumstances.
The “Decarbonising Transport in India” project will design a tailor-made transport emissions assessment framework for India.
It will provide the government with a detailed understanding of current and future transport activity and the related CO2 emissions as a basis for their decision-making.
About International Transport Forum
The International Transport Forum at the OECD is an intergovernmental organisation with 60 member countries including India.
The International Transport Forum was created on 18 May 2006 by ministers from 43 countries.
It acts as a think tank for transport policy and organises the Annual Summit of transport ministers. ITF is the only global body that covers all transport modes.
The ITF is administratively integrated with the OECD, yet politically autonomous.
