The Bridging the Gap Initiative (BtG) and the SLoCaT Partnership have developed, in preparation of the Secretary General’s Climate Summit, a joint paper titled “Land Transport’s Contribution to a 2°C target”. The paper provides key messages for climate change negotiators and policy makers on the potential contribution of the land transport sector to global climate change mitigation strategies. The report summarises key facts on the mitigation potential in the land transport sector for both passenger and freight, institutional and global governance perspectives and financing requirements.

Key findings of the paper include: 

Please see: Full Text of the Report (pdf)

The Executive Summary of the report can be downloaded here