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The Results Framework on Sustainable Transport describes the potential contribution of sustainable land-based transport to the realisation of the post‐2015 Development Agenda and associated Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

The report presents a statistical portrait of passenger car, light commercial and heavy-duty vehicle fleets in the European Union (EU) from 2001 to 2014. The focus is on vehicle technologies, fuel consumption, and emissions of greenhouse gases and other air pollutants.

Highlighting the issue of urban motorization which ultimately drives CO2 growth in China and India, this report approaches modeling urban transport policy options for these world’s two most populous countries.

Intended Nationally-Determined Contributions (INDCs) represent a unique opportunity to increase bold mitigation and adaptation measures in transport and other sectors. The major findings of the report revealed that among 133 INDCs representing 160 countries, 77% explicitly identify the transport sector as a mitigation source, and more than 61% of INDCs propose transport sector specific mitigation measures.

Despite comprising over 300 million inhabitants and representing 4.9% of the world’s GDP, 17 UNECE countries in South and Eastern Europe, the Caucasus and Central Asia had only 0.5% or USD 0.9 billion of global renewable energy investment in 2014.

This report highlights the recent and future developments of cleaner public bus transport in Europe and India.

This report highlights the major design elements of a reporting program and discusses various factors influencing decisions under each element. An attempt has been made to identify design options and provide practical recommendations while recognizing that reporting programs are context specific.

The transport sector consumes more than half of global oil production, and releases nearly a quarter of all anthropogenic carbon dioxide emissions.

Adaptation to climate change in the transport sector is necessary as transport systems worldwide are vulnerable to the increasing impacts of extreme weather and catastrophic impacts.