NITI Aayog, International Transport Forum to launch 'Decarbonising Transport in India' project on June 24

Policy think tank NITI Aayog in collaboration with International Transport Forum (ITF) will launch the 'Decarbonising Transport in India' project on Wednesday, June 24, 2020, 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. ITF Secretary-General Young Tae Kim and NITI Aayog Chief Executive Officer Amitabh Kant will open the public online launch event. Senior officials of the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs, Ministry of Road, Transport and Highways, and ITF will also be present.

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 (Carbon Dioxide) 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 help in framing 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.

The India project is a part of the ITF's decarbonising transport initiative. It is a part of DTEE (Decarbonising Transport in Emerging Economies) series of projects that are aimed at lowering carbon emissions across different regions in the world. 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.