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Belarus - Create Green Public Transport and Incentivise Green Vehicles

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Belarus

Belarus commits to creating green city public transport infrastructure and incentivise the production of low carbon vehicles. This commitment will be to reduce the emission of pollutants and greenhouse gasses.

February 2021

The Economics of Biodiversity: The Dasgupta Review

Government of the United Kingdom
In this report, the natural world is studied in relation to the many other assets held in the portfolios, such as the vehicles we use for transport, the homes in which we live, and the machines and equipment that furnish our offices and factories. This review demonstrates that in order to judge whether the path of economic development he/she chooses to follow is sustainable, nations need to adopt a system of economic accounts that records an inclusive measure of their wealth.
April 2020

Aid for Trade: A vehicle to green trade and build climate resilience

United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
The COVID-19 crisis has caused economic shockwaves around the globe, highlighting the interconnectedness of countries through global value chains and the importance of a resilient trading system. Appropriate trade policies and regulations can help accelerate the post-crisis recovery. This policy brief focuses on Aid for Trade as a means to promote green trade and build climate resilience.
22 April 2015

Why General Motors is developing new electric vehicles in China

Joëlle Noailly, David Ryfisch
In November 2012 General Motors (GM) opened its new GM China Advanced Technical Center in Shanghai, as part of its global network of Research and Development (R&D) labs. This new research centre employs 300 scientists to conduct research on lightweight materials and battery cells for the development of hybrid, plug-in hybrid, and electric vehicles, such as the new ENV 2.0.
25 January 2019
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Making the Money Flow: Policy levers and financing vehicles for circular and green economies

On 25 January 2019 (1:00 PM - 2:00 PM SGT), UN Environment and the UN Environment Finance Initiative (UNEP FI) are holding Making the Money Flow: Policy levers and financing vehicles for circular and green economies - a side event at the Third Forum of Ministers and Environment Authorities in Singapore.
October 2016

Governing The Electric Vehicle Transition – Near Term Interventions to Support A Green Energy Economy

Applied Energy (Elsevier)

This paper seeks to better understand how one plausible development in a green energy economy transition of the transport sector can be governed: a breakthrough of battery-electric vehicles (BEV).

Developing Sustainable Policy and Processing Capacity for End of Life Vehicles in Mongolia

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Partnership for Action on Green Economy (PAGE), United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO)
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Mongolia

United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) is working together with a number of UN organizations, notably UNEP and UNDP, on an initiative called Partnership for Green Economy, PAGE.

June 2020

Achieving a Green Recovery for China: Putting Zero-Carbon Electrification at the Core

The COVID-19 crisis has had a massive impact on economies across the world, with several governments now seeking to design recovery programs. Ideally such programs should not only support recovery from recession but help achieve greener and more sustainable economies for the future. This report recommends that China’s green recovery package combine four key actions.
December 2017

International Trade Governance and Sustainable Transport: The Expansion of Electric Vehicles

International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development (ICTSD)
The paper International Trade Governance and Sustainable Transport: The Expansion of Electric Vehicles has been conceived as an exploratory scoping exercise intended to identify and better understand trade-related issues and knowledge gaps, including how various types of trade measures and policies affect the electric vehicle industry and its value chains.
April 2020

Mapping India's Energy Subsidies 2020: Fossil fuels, renewables and electric vehicles

International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD)
This report examines how the Government of India (GoI) has used subsidies to support different types of energy, updating two previous reviews of India’s energy subsidies.

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