A wide range of platform-based mobility solutions are currently on offer in Kenya. This report gives an overview of the impact that digitalisation has had in shaping the mobility trends of urban areas in Kenya.

India, along with other parts of the world, is facing significant social and economic challenges after implementing measures to contain the spread of COVID-19. In response to the economic fallout, India announced a Rs 20 lakh crore (US$266 billion) relief package—one of the largest stimulus packages in the world as a share of gross domestic product (GDP).

The main implementing partners, Agence Française de Développement (AFD) and the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH, are supporting 23 SUMPs and 3 NUMPs, and 7 SUMPs and 8 NUMPs respectively.

Building on existing transport-related roadmaps, calls for action, discussion papers and research findings, GIZ devised six essential recommendations for policymakers and other officials dealing with climate action and ambition in the transport sector.

Electro-mobility and New Energy Vehicles (NEV) are important elements of the Chinese government’s strategy to promote climate-friendly and sustainable transport. In particular, the promotion of public transport and the adoption of New Energy Buses play a central role in realizing those ambitions.

Achieving the global climate change policy target to limit global warming to less than 2 Degrees Celsius requires a significant increase of ambition to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. In 2020, all countries are called upon to submit stronger Nationally Determined Contributions (NDC).

This report presents results of an analysis of Kenya’s transport sector vis a vis requirement for an enhanced transparency framework for climate change reporting. The study was based on detailed discussions and interviews with sector experts as well as a review of national and sectoral policies relevant to sectoral reporting.

More than 1.1 million trucks were sold in the Chinese market in 2017, which amounts to a sales volume that is close to fourfold that of the total European truck market.

Ecodriving is generally portrayed as a cost-effective action for less fuel use and CO2 emissions. This means that the initial investment into training and/or technology pays back quickly via fuel cost and maintenance savings and via public benefits like road safety and climate mitigation.

As the central importance of mobility to issues such as equity, climate impact and health is increasingly recognized, sustainable urban transport is becoming ever more relevant throughout the world.