24) Decarbonizing Transport in India

Question 1

What is it ?

Answer 1

It is a project named “DTI project” which is a transport emissions assessment framework for India

Question 2

Who has launched this ?

Answer 2

NITI Aayog with Intl Transport Forum (ITF)

Question 3

Features of this project ?

Answer 3

It will provide Govt with a detailed understanding of current and future transport activity and the related CO2 emissions as a basis for their decision making

Question 4

Which global feature project is it a part of ?

Answer 4

DTEE - Decarbonizing Transport in Emerging Economies

Question 5

What is DTEE ?

Answer 5

It is an Intl Transport Forum (ITF) project in collab with Wuppertal Institute (WI) and supported by Intl Climate initiative

Question 6

Aim of DTEE ?

Answer 6

To help Govts of emerging nations to identify ways to reduce their transport CO2 emissions and meet their climate goals

Question 7

Participating countries of DTEE ?

Answer 7

Argentina, Azerbaijan , India and Morocco

Question 8

What is Intl Transport Forum ?

Answer 8

It is an intergovtal organization within OECD framework
It acts as a think tank for transport policy issues
India is a member since 2008
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