In his opening remarks, Mr. Bageya Waiswa, who is the Chairperson of the Northern Corridor Executive Committee and the Permanent Secretary of Ministry of Works and Transport, Uganda urged member states to commit and align their investment decisions toward sustainable transport policies, including green freight. Ms. Jane Akumu of UNEP highlighted the gains from greener freight strategies towards addressing the three triple planetary challenges of climate, pollution, and biodiversity loss. Mr. Omae Nyarandi the Executive Secretary of the Northern Corridor Secretariat presented the two key targets of the Green Freight Strategy 2030 as EV readiness by 2030 and a net-zero emission corridor by 2050.
The workshop, supported by the Climate and Clean Air Coalition, UNEP and the ClimateWorks Foundation, brought together diverse stakeholders from the six countries including transporters associations, government representatives, academia, and civil society. Various UN agencies, and regional and international organisations including the East African Community Secretariat, the GIZ, TradeMark Africa, Küehne Foundation and Smart Freight Centre were also in attendance. Stakeholders gave recommendations to enrich the strategy and validated the same. The Strategy targets to improve fuel efficiency of freight transport by 10% by 2030 when compared to 2024 levels; reduce Particulate Matter, Black Carbon, and Oxides of nitrogen by 12% by 2030 when compared to 2024 levels; reduce CO2 emissions intensity by 10% by 2030 when compared to 2024 levels; conduct eco-driving training for 1000 drivers and enhance climate resilience of at least 2000 km of roads.
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