Electrification of Global Urban Transport

Overview

To meet the 1.5 degrees Celsius target of the Paris Agreement, the introduction and accelerated adoption of new energy vehicles & electric vehicles is paramount, especially in low- and middle-income countries, where most of the future vehicle fleet growth is expected to take place. This virtual webinar seeks to address obstacles and propose solutions for a sustainable transformation of the transport sector and the shift towards electric mobility.

During this webinar, the UN Environment Programme will be launching the Global Electric Mobility Programme, which is currently supporting more than 50 low and middle-income countries around the world with the shift to electric mobility. Together with partners, the programme has mobilized 70 million USD in grants and over 250 million USD in loans for national electric mobility projects. For example, the recently added GEF e-mobility programme is funding 29 country projects and the global support project.

The country project activities include the development of capacity, policies, business models and finance schemes to accelerate the uptake of e-mobility. Technical assistance is complemented by demonstrations of electric vehicles to generate the needed on-the-ground experience with the technology. The country projects will be supported through Global Working Groups providing knowledge products and e-mobility advocacy and Regional Support and Investment Platforms creating communities of practice and e-mobility marketplaces.

Organizers & Speakers

This virtual event has been co-organized by the UN Environment programme and World New Energy Vehicle Congress (WNEVC). The World New Energy Vehicle Conference (WNEVC), focusing on the transformation and upgrading of the automotive industry and ecological environment improvement, will bring together global experts and industry elites to share their insights and discuss development trends and innovations of NEVs, such as technologies, industry ecosystem, government policies and business models. It also aims to build industry consensus, clarify growth direction, and identify effective pathway of integrated development of electrification, intelligence, connectivity and shared mobility.

Anthony Eggert，Director of Transportation, Climate Works Foundation

Anthony Eggert is a director at ClimateWorks Foundation which mobilizes philanthropy to solve the climate crisis and ensure a prosperous future. Anthony has  20 years of public and private sector experience working on clean energy technologies and policies. Prior to ClimateWorks, Anthony served as the founding director of the UC Davis Policy Institute for Energy, Environment and the Economy dedicated to leveraging university expertise to inform better policy. Anthony public sector experience includes serving as an appointee of Governors Jerry Brown and Arnold Schwarzenegger including as Senior Advisor to the Chair of the California Air Resources Board, Commissioner of the California Energy Commission and Deputy Secretary of California Environmental Protection Agency where he helped implement California’s landmark clean energy and climate policies

Gong Huiming, Senior Director of Transportation Program, Energy Foundation China

Mr. Huiming Gong is the Senior Program Director of the Transportation Program, Energy Foundation China. Before joining the Energy Foundation in 2005, he served as the Program Officer of the Auto Project on Energy and Climate Change at the Global Environmental Institute. Mr. Gong received a Ph.D. degree in Power Machinery and Engineering from Beijing Institute of Technology, and two Master’s degrees, one from the University of California, Riverside, in Environmental Toxicology, and the other from Peking University in Environmental Sciences.

Jane Akumu, Programme officer, Sustainable Mobility Unit, UNEP

Jane Akumu is currently the Africa focal at the UN Environment on promoting cleaner mobility programs. She joined UN Environment in 2004 and has been working towards environmentally sustainable transport in Africa mainly through the introduction of cleaner fuels and vehicles. She was instrumental in the leaded petrol phase out campaign in Sub-Saharan Africa. Today, Jane Akumu is partnering with stakeholders in the Africa region to introduce lower sulphur fuels concurrently with cleaner, more fuel-efficient vehicles strategies as a means to reducing vehicle emissions and help address climate change.

She has a good network of diverse partners and stakeholders in the environment, energy and transport areas in Africa, as well as experience in supporting policy development in countries. She has been involved in various studies in the region on air quality management, health and financial benefits of cleaner mobility.

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ELECTRIFICATION OF GLOBAL URBAN TRANSPORT

Date: September 17th, 2021

2:00-5:00 pm (Beijing Time)

Agenda

2:00-2:05         Welcome and Introduction of Agenda and Participants

Luo Hui, Director General, China Centre for International Science and Technology Exchange (CISTE)

2:05-2:25         Launch of the IEA Global EV Outlook 2021

Timur Gül, Head of the Energy Technology Policy Division, IEA

2:25-2:45         Launch of the UNEP Global Electric Mobility Programme

Rob de Jong, Head of Sustainable Mobility Unit, UNEP

Panel 1 - Supporting the Global Transition to Electric Mobility (45 mins)

2:45-3:30         Panel Discussion - Moderator: Rob de Jong, UNEP

Panelists:

• Angela Hultberg, Road Transport Lead, Climate Champions COP26, UNFCCC
• Anthony Eggert，Director of Transportation, Climate Works Foundation
• Representative of Seychelles
• Gong Huiming, Senior Director of Transportation Program, Energy Foundation China

Panel 2 - Regional Initiatives to Accelerate the Introduction of Electric Vehicles (45mins)

3:30-4:15         Panel Discussion - Moderator: Fu Lu, China Director, Clean Air Asia

Panelists:

• Jane Akumu, Programme officer, Sustainable Mobility Unit, UNEP
• Jamie Leather, Chief of Transport Sector Group at the Asian Development Bank
• Philip Good, Associate Director, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development
• Mr. Madan B. Regmi, Economic Affairs Officer, Sustainable Transport Section, Transport Division, UNESCAP

Panel 3 - Country and City Programmes on Electric Mobility (45mins)

4:15-5:00         Panel Discussion - Moderator: Zhang Xuming, Deputy Director, CSAE

Panelists:

• Assoc. Dr. Vu Ngoc Khiem, school board president of the University of Transport Technology, Vietnam.
• Nancy Seck Sow, Transport Engineer, Executive Council of Urban Transports of Dakar
• Robert Njoroge, Electrical Engineering Standards Department, Kenya Bureau of Standards

Wei Xiaowen, CEO of new energy ecological construction of SAIC GM Wuling Automobile Co., Ltd, Expert of Liuzhou new energy vehicle promotion on-site group of government enterprise linkage