News & Events
Overview of fuel efficiency and emissions of trucks in Germany
The TRANSfer project presents the study “Fuel efficiency and emissions of trucks in Germany – An Overview”, which analyses and discusses the road freight transport situation with heavy-duty trucks in Germany and considers transport developments and related emissions and energy consumption.
GIZ Support to the Colombian Low Carbon Development Strategy
On February 13, 2012, Colombia has launched its Low Carbon Development Strategy. It aims at reducing global greenhouse gas emissions and mitigating climate change throught specific projects in different sectors of the economy. One of these sectors is transport, in which GIZ has been leading support to the development of a Working Group in NAMAs for the country and the specific development of a NAMA in fleet renovation for freight.
A more detailed description of the Colombian Strategy is available (in Spanish) here.
CAF and GIZ signed MoU at COP17
Corporación Andina de Fomento (CAF) and the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU). The signature took place during the closing of the official joint German Ministry for the Environment (BMU)-GIZ side-event at COP17 in Durban, South Africa.
Colombia’s Commitment towards Sustainable Transport
Mr Felipe Targa (Vice-Minister, Ministry of Transport, Colombia) participated in the official joint BMU-GIZ side-event at COP17 in Durban (South Africa), where he told the audience about his country’s efforts to reduce emissions in the transport sector, reiterating that Colombia gives a very high priority to the climate change process.
Colombia is highly committed to effectively promoting sustainable transport in the country, and it has ambitious plans to ensure that this goal is achieved. In this regard, a pledge of US$500 million to renovate Colombia’s freight vehicle fleet was made.
Mr Targa also warned that there are potential barriers to overcome and admitted that “a lot more needs to be done”.
Photo courtesy of ENB/IISD RS. Photographer: Francis Dejon, Durban, 2011
“TRANSfer – Germany’s Support for Developing Countries’ NAMAs in the Transport Sector”
Official joint BMU-GIZ side-event at COP17, Durban
The TRANSfer side-event, co-organised by the German Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (BMU) and the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ), took place on Friday, the 2nd December 2011 in the EU Pavilion at COP17 in Durban (South Africa).
