It is a well-known fact the transport sector is the largest source of climate change emissions. And at a time when India is witnessing surge in public transport projects, experts gathered in the city on Monday emphasised that the action plan for the transport sector must focus on low- carbon transport system.
The experts gathered for a one-day workshop on 'Indicators for Sustainable Transport' under the project 'Promoting Low Carbon Transport in India'. The meet aimed at discussing indicators or suggestions for the transport action plan at national level and low carbon mobility plans for around four cities to showcase a low carbon transport pathway for India.
The project aims to achieve low carbon transitions by adapting sustainability approach as defined in India's National Climate Action Plan, said Dr Subash Dhar and Dr Jorge Rogat of UNEP Risoe Centre on Energy, Climate and Sustainable Development at Technical University of Denmark.
In the project, the UNEP centre, Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad (IIM-A), Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi (IIT-D) and Centre for Environmental Planning and Technology (Cept) University are working together. Centre for Urban Equity from Cept and Prof Darshini Mahadevia and Prof Rutul Joshi, IIM-A's Prof PR Shukla and Prof Prem Pangotra and Prof Geetam Tiwari from IIT-D presented papers.
Experts gathered at the workshop believed that to be truly sustainable the plan must support other strategic planning objectives.
"For example, transport emission reduction strategies should also help support national economic development such as increased employment, wages, business activity, property value and tax revenue,," stated experts.
