Question: International Transport Forum (ITF) of OECD has launched the Decarbonizing Transport in Emerging Economies (DTEE) project in India on June 24, 2020. This project was launched in collaboration with?
(a) Ministry of Finance
(b) Ministry og Human Resource
(c) NITI Aayog
(d) National Highway Authority of India (NHAI)
Answer: (c)
Related facts:
- The International Transport Forum (ITF) of OECD has launched ‘Decarbonizing Transport in Emerging Economies’ (DTEE) project in India on 24 June 2020 in collaboration with NITI Aayog.
- The launch was held via a webinar and was inaugurated by ITF Secretary General Young Tae Kim and NITI Aayog CEO Amitabh Kant.
- This is a five-year project which will help India to develop a pathway towards low-carbon transport system through the development of modelling tools and policy scenarios.
- This is a very important and promising undertaking that will provide practical support for the Indian government for making the right choices on the way to a low-CO2 transport system.
- Decarbonization of the transport sector would create a cleaner, healthier and more affordable future for everyone.
- Highlights of the project:
- The Decarbonizing Transport in India project will design a tailor-made transport emissions assessment framework for India providing a detailed understanding of current and future transport activity and the related CO2 emissions as a basis for their decision-making.
- The ITF project team will work in close cooperation and coordination with India’s government agencies, local decision-makers, researchers, experts, and civil society organisations.
- The India project is carried out in the wider context of the International Transport Forum’s Decarbonizing Transport initiative. It is part of the Decarbonizing Transport in Emerging Economies family of projects, which supports transport decarbonization across different world regions.
- India, Argentina, Azerbaijan and Morocco are current participants. DTEE is a collaboration between the ITF and the Wuppertal Institute, supported by the International Climate Initiative of the German Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety.
- CO2 emission in India:
- CO2 emitted per inhabitant in India was just about a twentieth of that of an average OECD country.
- But India’s transport CO2 emissions are likely to increase by almost 6% annually to 2030. India is actively taking various measures to tackle its emissions, including newer fuel emission norms as well as the promotion of electric vehicles in the country.
- NITI Aayog too is promoting electric vehicles and sustainable mobility through its‘National Mission on Transformative Mobility and Battery Storage’.
- The transport sector of India is the third most greenhouse gas (GHG) emitting sector, where the major contribution comes from the road transport sector.
- Out of the total carbon dioxide emissions in India, 13% come from the transport sector. These emissions have more than tripled since 1990.
- The increasing motorization and demand for mobility in India have contributed to air pollution, congestion, as well as the increase of greenhouse gas emissions, in the urban area.
Author: Himanshu Shukla
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