Mobilize Net-Zero – Facilitating the global transport transformation

Transport accounts for a quarter of energy-related CO2 emissions, growing faster than in other sectors. A global transformation of transport is pivotal for limiting global warming to 1.5 °C. The project aims for national governments to increase their commitments towards decarbonizing transport with the support of international partnerships. To this end, the establishment of a partnership of pioneering countries is being explored. Through this partnership as well as exchange platforms such as the Transport and Climate Change Week, international learning is being promoted and awareness is raised. An online tool based on artificial intelligence (Transport Transformation Tracker) informs stakeholders about the status of reforms. In East Africa, a flagship project on paratransit will be prepared and knowledge on the decarbonisation of transport will be disseminated. In Latin America, sustainable mobility encouraging electrification and shift to public transport is promoted in eight countries.

Project data

Countries: Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Mexico, Peru, Panama, Rwanda, Paraguay, Uruguay
IKI funding: 4,269,999.67 €
Duration: 12/2022 till 07/2028
Status: open
Implementing organisation: Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH
Political Partner: Ministry of Economy and Finance (MEF) - Peru

Ministry of Environment and Energy (MINAE) - Costa Rica

Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources - Dominican Republic

Ministry of Finance and Public Credit - Mexico

Ministry of Infrastructure Rwanda

Ministry of Integration and Regional Development (MIDR) - Brazil

National Planning Department of Colombia

Secretariat of Strategic Affairs of the Presidency of the Nation - Argentina
Implementing Partner: Agora Transport Transformation gGmbH

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State of implementation/results

The event “Regional Exchange on Minibus Electrification in Africa”, first of its kind, took place in Kigali on 11-13 June, bringing together decision-makers from government bodies, and representatives from academic institutions in the region, to discuss how to work together to modernise the minibus sector across the continent. The event was organised in co-operation with the Volvo Research and Educational Foundations (VREF), MobiliseYourCity, and the Transformative Urban Mobility Initiative (TUMI) (changing-transport.org/…).
Publication of a good practice paper on updating NDCs in June 2024 (changing-transport.org/…).
The Transport and Climate Change Week 2023 took place in Berlin from September 11-15, with participants from over 30 partner countries worldwide. The 6th training week was under the motto “Building upon and beyond – Reflecting on the past, shaping the future” and has enabled peer learning, sharing of country experiences and the strengthening and building of global and regional networks (www.transportweek.org).
The project has assessed the status quo of more than 100 international partnerships currently engaged in decarbonising the transport sector and its subsectors. The analysis serves as a basis for exploring strategic options to strengthen climate ambition in transport through international partnerships.
The “NDC Transport Tracker” (changing-transport.org/…), which originally was developed by the project Advancing Transport Climate Strategies (TraCS), was updated and its relaunch presented to the public on 29 August 2023. It is an online database providing information on transport-related content in government documents such as Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) and Long-Term Climate Strategies (LTS). NDCs and LTS are continuously analysed, and the results are published online.

Latest Update:
12/2024