Transport in New Nationally Determined Contributions and Long-Term Strategies

Nov 30

Written By WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities

By Daniel Bongardt, Marion Vieweg-Mersmann, and Nadja Taeger

Together with the SLOCAT Partnership on Sustainable, Low Carbon Transport, the TraCS project analysed the role of transport in new and updated NDCs and LTS. Transport plays a crucial role in achieving the goals of the Paris Agreement, considering that transport is the second largest polluting sector. Based on previous analyses by SLOCAT and GIZ on the first round of NDCs, this document highlights key insights from the analysis of NDCs and LTS submitted by November 25, 2021.

Although more and more countries are including the transport sector in their NDCs and LTS, many commitments remain vague, critical areas – such as freight transport – are not sufficiently addressed, and several NDCs miss the opportunity to link climate action in transport to a broader sustainability agenda. Download the presentation to learn more.

The data that the analysis is based on is available here: Tracker of Climate Strategies for Transportation.

Strategy EvaluationGlobalAll vehicle typesEmissionClimate commitmentsNDCs

WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities

WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities is World Resources Institute’s program dedicated to shaping a future where cities work better for everyone. Together with partners around the world, we help create resilient, inclusive, low-carbon places that are better for people and the planet. Our network of more than 500 experts working from Brazil, China, Colombia, Ethiopia, India, Indonesia, Kenya, the Netherlands, Mexico, Turkey and the United States combine research excellence with on-the-ground impact to make cities around the world better places to live.

https://wri.org/cities