Partnership on Sustainable Low Carbon Transport

Sustainable transport services and infrastructure are essential to achieving most, if not all, the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Although sustainable transport is not represented by a standalone SDG in the 2030 Agenda, it is mainstreamed in a direct or indirect manner into several SDGs, especially those related to poverty alleviation; food security; access to health services, clean water, education, and employment; gender equality; energy; infrastructure; cities and human settlements; and climate change.

The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development is a set of 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) adopted by world leaders in September 2015 and aimed at stimulating actions to shift the world onto a sustainable and resilient path (Figure 1). 

June 8, 2017 BEIJING – The Clean Energy Ministerial (CEM) announced new campaign called EV 30@30 to speed up the deployment of electric vehicles and target at least 30 percent new electric vehicle sales by 2030. 

How to estimate actual or future greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in the transport sector? What are the available methodologies to assess emission reduction potentials in the sector? The new publication of the Passenger and Freight Transport Volume discusses these issues by offering a comprehensive guide through existing methodologies for GHG quantification of different types of transport mitigation actions.