GS Paper 3
Syllabus: Conservation, Environmental Pollution and Degradation
Source: DTE
Context: According to the ITF Transport Outlook 2023, acting now and decarbonising transportation can help in achieving the goals of the 2015 Paris Agreement.
The ITF Transport Outlook 2023: It was released by the International Transport Forum (ITF) at the Leipzig Transport Summit.
ITF: It is a think tank (administratively integrated with the OECD yet politically autonomous) for transport policy that organises the Annual Summit of transport ministers.
Leipzig (Germany) Transport Summit:
- Transport ministers from across 64 member countries of the ITF gathered under the event theme of ‘Transport Enabling Sustainable Economies’.
- The United Kingdom holds the current Presidency of the annual Summit.
Highlights of the ITF Transport Outlook 2023
- If action to decarbonise transport is accelerated, the transport sector can still reduce its CO2 emissions by about 80% over the next 25 years (compared to 2019).
- This drop will enable limiting the global temperature increase to “well below” 2 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels – the Paris Agreement goal.
Reaching this high-ambition scenario requires:
- A combination of complementary policies that avoid unnecessary transport activity.
- Shift to no-carbon transport and improve the efficiency of transport.
- Scale up cost-competitive technologies and fuels to move people and goods with fewer emissions.
Advantage of reaching this high-ambition scenario: The total capital investment needs of core infrastructure (road, rail, airports and ports) will be 5% lower with ambitious policies in place than carrying on with business as usual.
Policy recommendations:
Initiatives:
- The Decarbonising Transport initiative of the ITF: Promotes carbon-neutral mobility to help stop climate change.
- India:
- Forum for Decarbonizing Transport: Launched by NITI Aayog and WRI India, the project aims at bringing down the peak level of GHG emissions (transport sector) in Asia.
- EVs: National Electric Mobility Mission Plan, FAME Scheme, Incentives under PLI Scheme, etc.
- Alternative fuels (CNG, etc), Ethanol blending, hybrid vehicles, BS (VI) norms, etc.
Insta Links:
