ADVISORY: Introducing the Council for Decarbonizing Transport in Asia

Apr 15

Written By WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities

*The Council for Decarbonizing Transport in Asia. Photo by Changing Transport*

The recently established Council for Decarbonizing Transport in Asia brings together 13 recognized experts with diverse backgrounds from Asia. Their goal is to jointly develop robust and practical solutions for making transport climate friendly, safe and accessible. In early 2022, the Council will publish its Flagship Report on Decarbonizing Transport in Asia, to advocate its recommendations for achieving carbon-free transport.

Council Members

Alok Jain – Managing Director, Trans-Consult Ltd
Anjlee Agarwal – Co-founder and Executive Director of Samarthyam National Center for Accessible Environments
Cosette V. Canilao – President and CEO at Aboitiz InfraCapital, Inc.
Glynda Bathan-Baterina – Deputy Executive Director Clean Air Asia
Dr. Gyeng Chul Kim – CEO of Daejeon Metropolitan Express Transit Corporation (DJET)
James Leather – Chief of the Transport Sector Group at the Asian Development Bank
Dr. Kalpana Viswanath – Co-founder and CEO Safetipin; Board member at SLOCAT and ICPC, Canada
Dr. Le Anh Tuan – Dean of the school of Transport Engineering, Hanoi University of Science & Technology
Dr. Liu Zhi – Director of Peking University’s Lincoln Institute Center for Urban Development and Land Policy
Mika Obayashi – Director at the Renewable Energy Institute Japan
Ren Shuai – Head of Industrial Cooperation of G7 Networks
Shri Prakash – Distinguished Fellow, Transport & Urban Governance of The Energy and Resources Institute
Dr. Yossapong Laoonual – Founding member and former President of the Electric Vehicle Association Thailand

For more information, visit changing-transport.org/council-for-decarbonising-transport-in-asia/

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