International Best Practices in Mobility-as-a-Service (MaaS) at the ITS World Congress
On 12th October, 2021, as part of the ITS World Congress in Hamburg, the Sino-German Cooperation on Low Carbon Transport (CLCT) project of the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH organised the session Mobility-as-a-Service: International best practices on low carbon transport and mobility integration. The session brought together Mobility-as-a-Service (MaaS) operators and experts from Europe, India, and China to present on MaaS development in different regional contexts.
1+N – Policy Briefing: Action Plan For Carbon Dioxide Peaking Before 2030
This Action Plan is formulated to advance actions on carbon dioxide peaking in further implementing the major strategic decisions by the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC) and the State Council to peak carbon dioxide emissions and achieve carbon neutrality.
1+N – Policy Briefing: Working Guidance For Carbon Dioxide Peaking And Carbon Neutrality
Released on 24 October 2021, the policy can be understood as the top-level green and low carbon transition guidance for China’s national and international development strategy. It is the first policy of China’s “1+N” policy system for carbon dioxide peaking and carbon neutrality.
The Second UN Global Sustainable Transport Conference
Following up on the first Global Sustainable Transport Conference held in 2016 in Ashgabat, the Second UN Global Sustainable Transport Conference took place from 14-16 October 2021 in Beijing.
Kick-off Workshop – Temporary Parking Zones for New Energy Logistics Vehicles
On August 24th, 2021, the Kick-off Workshop to the pilot project “Research on Setting of Temporary Loading and Unloading Parking Zones for New Energy Freight Vehicles in Chancheng District of Foshan” was jointly held by the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) and the Nanjing Institute of City & Transport Planning (NICTP).
Overview on Battery Swapping and Battery-as-a-Service (BaaS) in China
Battery swapping is seen as a complement to conventional charging, allowing the change of battery packs within minutes, whereas Battery-as-a-Service (BaaS) is offering innovative business models linked to the energy sector. This document provides an overview on status quo of battery swapping and BaaS in China.
Towards zero emissions: Overview on China’s climate pathway and implications to the transport sector
Since the announcement of China’s new 2030 carbon dioxide emission peaking and 2060 carbon neutrality targets end of 2020, the debate on how to decarbonize transport is heating up among experts in the field of policy making, academia, and the transport industry. With increasing motorization and both passenger and freight transport demand still growing, the […]
The Beijing Dialogue – Future Urban Transport & Mobility – Infrastructure, Key Technologies and Implementation Roadmap
The second workshop of the Beijing Dialogue with the theme “Infrastructure, Key Technologies and Implementation Roadmap” took place on June 4, 2020, in the Beijing Nikko New Century Hotel.
Project kick-off NDC Transport Initiative for Asia –China is key to decarbonize transport in the race towards net-zero emissions
On April 13th, representatives from the Ministry of Ecology and Environment of the People’s Republic of China (MEE), the German Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (BMU), Guangdong Province, as well as various international and domestic technical implementation agencies jointly kicked off the China component of the project “Nationally Determined Contributions – Transport Initiative for Asia (NDC-TIA)”.
Active Mobility Alliance for Better Cities
China, with a total of 10.5 Gt of CO2 in 2018, is the world’s biggest emitter of greenhouse gases (GHG)[1]. Transport accounts for about 10 percent of those emissions and in particular road transport poses a big challenge to the people: The number of vehicles on China’s roads has increased from 27 million vehicles in 2004 […]