Clean Air – Made in Germany
“Air quality in German cities is as high as the air quality in rural areas 20 years ago. We reduced carbon monoxide (CO) by 90 per cent, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH) by 90 per cent,…
Category Archives: Allgemein
GIZ Publication: Carsharing in China – A Contribution to Sustainable Urban Transport?
As experience in Europe and North America shows, many nations adopted carsharing as part of an overall strategy to mitigate the negative impacts of increasing private car ownership and individual transport volume in densely populated…
GIZ and CUSTReC Conduct Training on Urban Transport Emission Quantification in Chengdu
On 20 November 2014, GIZ and the China Sustainable Urban Transport Research Centre (CUSTReC) conducted a training on quantifying emissions of urban transport in Chengdu. Chengdu is one of three pilot cities in the Large…
3rd Forum on Technologies & Policies for Transportation Energy Conservation and Emission Reduction in Beijing
On Friday, November 21st, the 3rd Forum on Technologies & Policies for Transportation Energy Conservation and Emission Reduction will take place in Kempinski Hotel Beijing. The event will be hosted by Energy Foundation, co-hosted by…
Leaflet – China Road Transport Emission Model (HBEFA China)
Since 2010, the Sustainable Transport team cooperates with Chinese institutions to support their quest for the sustainable, low carbon development of the transport sector on behalf of the German government. In their recent collaboration…
Training on Emission Quantification and Monitoring in Urban Transport
On November 3rd GIZ and the China Urban Transport Research Centre (CUSTReC) jointly organised a training on emission quantification and monitoring in urban transport for Chinese cities. Participants from Harbin, Suzhou and Chengdu, as well…
Financing Sustainable Urban Transport in China – Discussion paper published
Over the last decade, China has experienced explosive urban development, rapid motorisation and a fast growing demand for urban mass transport systems. To further develop new and to maintain existing systems, permanent and reliable…
Carsharing Services in Emerging Economies – New Technical Document published
The latest SUTP Technical Document on Carsharing in Emerging Economies has now been published. It aims to evaluate the potential, as well as the necessary political support structure, for the implementation of carsharing services in…
Green Logistics – Study Tour on City Logistics & Drop & Pull in Germany
China’s increased urbanization and blooming development of E-Commerce has caused an increasing demand for consumer goods and better efficiency of distribution and transport. On the one hand more and more logistics volumes burden the city…
New Infographic: Sino-German Cooperation on Electro-Mobility
Supporting Chinese ministries as well as related institutes and think-tanks to gain access to conceptual and technical background in order to introduce Electro-Mobility in China in a climate-friendly and environmental sound way is the main…