Reflections on Glasgow and COP26

Reflections on Glasgow and COP26

Transport

• 30 countries have agreed to work together to make zero emission vehicles the new normal by making them accessible, affordable, and sustainable in all regions by 2030 or sooner. • A number of emerging markets are agreeing to accelerate the transition to ZEVs in their markets (including India, Rwanda, Kenya) • Launch of a new World Bank trust fund that will mobilize $200 million over the next 10 years to decarbonize road transport in emerging markets and developing economies. • This goal is guiding the Zero Emission Vehicle Transition Council (ZEVTC), co-chaired by UK and US. The ZEVTC will launch its first annual Action Plan, which sets out areas for sustained international cooperation to accelerate the transition during 2022. • Nineteen governments have also stated their intent to support the establishment of ‘green shipping corridors’ – zero-emission shipping routes between two ports. This will involve deploying zero- emission vessel technologies and putting alternative fuel and charging infrastructure in place in ports to allow for zero emission shipping on key routes across the globe. • The UK has pledged to shift to clean trucks by committing to end the sale of most new diesel trucks between 2035 and 2040. Land Use • Twenty-six nations set out new commitments to change their agricultural policies to become more sustainable and less polluting, and to invest in the science needed for sustainable agriculture and for protecting food supplies against climate change, laid out in two ‘Action Agendas’. All continents were represented, with countries including India, Colombia, Vietnam, Germany, Ghana, and Australia. Hemispheric highlight is Brazil’s plan to scale its ABC+ low carbon farming program to 72m hectares, saving 1 billion tons of emissions by 2030 • The UK also announced funding of £500m to support the implementation of the Forest, Agriculture and Commodity Trade (FACT) Roadmap that was launched during the World Leaders Summit (happening before COP26), in which 28 countries are working together to protect forests while