Bangkok, Thailand, 28 March 2017 – The ASEAN region took a step towards more fuel efficient transport during a productive 2nd Forum of the ASEAN Fuel Economy Platform, held in Bangkok. The Fuel Economy Platform is a consultative entity established under ASEAN’s Kuala Lumpur Transport Strategic Plan 2021—2025 (KLTSP). It aims at supporting the drafting […]
Bangkok, Thailand, 29 March 2017 – With a growing vehicle fleet that is already Asia’s second largest, the ASEAN region faces a host of related pressures including climate change, air pollution, and traffic congestion. Recognising that effective policy interventions depend on credible data and analysis, experts and representatives from all 10 ASEAN member states and […]
Freight transport is a key enabler of trade and development, but is also a major emitter responsible for 40-50% of global transport-related CO2 emissions according the International Transport Forum’s recent annual outlook. As freight transport volumes are forecasted to grow much faster than passenger transport in coming decades, particularly in Asia, mitigation efforts in this […]
The “Tracking Sustainable Transport in the Philippines: Data and Policy Review for Energy Efficiency and Climate Change 2021” was launched by the Department of Transportation, Philippines (DOTr) and the Energy Efficiency and Climate Change Mitigation in the Land Transport Sector in the ASEAN Region (or the Transport and Climate Change, TCC) project alongside Clean Air […]
This background paper is a first output of the development of a monitoring framework and harmonised approach for indicators on energy and GHG emission in the transport sector in the ASEAN region (KLTSP ST 2.3). The development of this framework is supported by TCC through providing expert knowledge and conducting a series of workshops to […]
Under the 11th Malaysian Plan, Malaysia’s Economic Planning Unit (EPU), with support from UNDP, initiated a preliminary study on Demand Side Management, covering the whole spectrum of the energy sector including transportation. As part of this study, UNDP along with TCC, jointly organised a two-day training on 24-25 January 2017 for a better understanding of […]
In Bangkok and Manila, cycling receives considerable attention from media and policymakers, and is popular as a healthy and fun recreational activity. Yet as a mobility option it still plays a minor, even if increasing, role. At university campuses, cycling is common, but few of the 100,000s of recreational cyclists are using their bikes for […]
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 10 November 2021 – The 1st meeting of the Expert Group on Sustainable Land Transport (EGSLT) was hosted by Malaysia with the support of GIZ’s TCC project. This meeting was part of a series of other events in Malaysia, namely the presentation of the Malaysia Stocktaking Report on Sustainable Transport and Climate […]
Bangkok, Thailand, 15 November 2021 – To follow the success of the kick-off workshop with the title “Moving forward fuel efficiency policy in Thailand”, the GIZ-Transport and Climate Change (TCC) project collaborated with the Office of Transport and Traffic Policy and Planning (OTP) to organise the 2nd Fuel Efficiency Policy Stakeholders’ Workshop “Collaboration on the […]
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 8 November 2021 – Forty participants from government agencies from Cambodia, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam, as well as the ASEAN Secretariat, the private sector, non-governmental organisations, research institutions, and development agencies increased their knowledge on how to measure and monitor the performance of the transport sector in […]