With societies months-long in confinements and factories shut, the COVID-19 pandemic has gravely impacted economies across Europe and beyond. 2020 was touted as the year of the electric car in Europe and early 2020 showed record plug-in sales. But has the COVID-19 crisis killed off the electric car momentum that was finally gaining pace in response to EU emissions regulations?

The new European framework and public funding mechanisms for infrastructure should prioritise exclusively zero emission technologies. Using a key EU legislation (covering alternative fuel infrastructure)to promote infrastructure for fossil fuels such as CNG and LNG would not respect the Paris Agreement or the European Green Deal. The revised infrastructure framework planned for 2021 should take electric trucks seriously, include them in the scope of the law, and set appropriate binding targets. It should also propose a realistic and cost-effective strategy to allow hydrogen and dynamically-charged trucks to develop.

This report attempts to bring together some best- case examples from across the world, as well as from Indian states. It is hoped that this will serve as an aid for reflection, helping policy-makers and key stakeholders in their challenging task of delineating the way forward in a time of rapid and disruptive change.

This report focuses on the challenges and opportunities faced by developing countries that are related to the Paris Agreement, both emerging as well as the least developed and most vulnerable countries. It is based primarily on the emerging evidence and experience gained on the ground in GGGI’s 30 member countries in recent years, complemented by the published results of leading organizations in each of the areas reviewed.

This report examines the local conditions in Chinese cities and draws on international experiences to put forward a strategy for the advancement of Active Mobility Friendly Cities in China.

Drawing on Foshan’s experience with SUMP, the report provides a localised approach for policy makers and planners in Chinese cities seeking to foster climate friendly urban transport while reflecting the needs of transportation stakeholders and residents, and to further integrate the SUMP concept into their transport and mobility planning systems.

This report highlights the most significant developments in the dynamic domain of India’s energy subsidy policies in FY 2017 and explores the role that subsidies play with respect to four themes: energy access; the role of coal; prospects for renewables; and a transport sector transition.

Electromobility including electric trains and trams provides the opportunity for a clean, green mobility future that assigns dirty diesel cars and trains that choke cities and commuters to the dustbin of obsolescence. The outstanding question is not if, but how quickly the disruption occurs and to what extent Europe captures the economic opportunities from this shift. Electric vehicles are in their adolescents, and about to be highly disruptive. Through constructive policy interventions at an EU, national and local level the technology and market can quickly mature and mobility become quieter, cleaner and its contribution to climate change drastically reduced.

This report marks the beginning of a new flagship project for the Climate Council aimed at cutting greenhouse gas pollution levels from the transport sector - Australia’s second largest source of greenhouse gas pollution. Australia’s greenhouse gas emissions are rising and are projected to continue increasing in the absence of credible and comprehensive climate and energy policy tackling all key sectors: electricity, transport, stationary energy, agriculture, fugitive emissions, industrial processes, waste and land use.

This report assesses the economic costs and benefits of decarbonising passenger cars in Europe. A scenario approach has been developed to envisage various possible vehicle technology futures, and then economic modelling has been applied to assess impacts. This technical report provides details about the charging infrastructure requirements, technology costs and economic impacts of the transition to low-carbon mobility.