The last part of the COP27 climate summit will reveal the initiatives governments have taken to reach the Paris Agreement, which aims to limit global temperatures by 1.5 degrees to pre-industrial levels.
Transport, as always,
has been one of the major focuses during the summits, as an estimated 20% of emissions are responsible for global warming.
As such, more than 200 actors have joined the A2Z (Accelerating to Zero) coalition, a group of countries, municipalities, NGOs and manufacturers to accelerate the transition to electric vehicles. This agreement is a continuation of the agreement signed in Glasgow last year, where manufacturers such as the Volkswagen Group or Mercedes-Benz pledged to phase out internal combustion engines by 2040.
However, there were some notable absences that highlighted the lack of cohesion within the auto industry. The most notable of these was that of the largest manufacturer in the world: Toyota. The Japanese manufacturer stated that it was “determined to bring to market the technologies customers demanded”. He then unveiled an ambitious electrification initiative.
This year, Spain is among the 200 signatories of A2Z, which have set 2035 as a target year to stop selling combustion engine cars, in line with what the European Union wants.
Since the summit in Glasgow, the electric car market has grown by 95%. However, the UN confirms that the market share for passenger cars should increase by five, for zero-emission buses by ten and for road transport even faster.
“To achieve the objectives of the Paris Agreement, it is imperative that this ambition engages the largest emitters while mobilizing emerging market development,” says Mónica Araya, part of the A2Z team.
The Zero Emission Vehicle Transition Council (ZEVCT), also within the top of Sharm El Sheikh (Egypt), has issued guidelines to carry out a fair development of this type of mobility, trying not to generate two speeds of implementation.
Firstly, a transparency body should be set up to analyze the state of market development and available access to subsidies and aid. In addition, the intention is to launch a public-private partnership mechanism to organize the transition plans per country.
Finally, it is proposed to publish the temporary objectives of the zero-emission mobility transition in a
roadmap for the next COP28 summitwhich will be updated with each new edition until 2030.
Source: La Verdad
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