ASIA – Conference Day
Welcome to the Asia Hub of the Transport and Climate Change Week 2022!
We are bringing together experts and decision-makers from across Asia in an online event to facilitate knowledge sharing and networking through peer-to-peer exchange and specialised workshops.
Through common learning we are not only aiming to build capacities, but to establish meaningful relations.
Join us in the effort to transform transport in Asia!
Join us from wherever you are in our virtual hub!
This year, due to COVID-19, all sessions will be held online and accessible to everyone from any place in the world.
WHEN: May 09 – 12, 2022
WHAT: Conference Day (11 May), Side Events (09, 10 & 12 May)
WHERE: Fully virtual, streamed from a TV Studio in Viet Nam
CONTACT: Feel free to get in touch with feedback, questions or ideas contacting transportweek.asia@giz.de.
The event is organised by the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH on behalf of the Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Nuclear Safety and Consumer Protection (BMUV) financed by the International Climate Initiative (IKI).
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Side Event by ADB
Information from the Asian Transport Outlook indicates that 560 million people in Asia lack access to an all-weather road within 2 km (SDG 9.1.1.) and an estimated 1.3 billion people in urban areas do not have access to modern, efficient public transport (SDG 11.2). At the same time CO2 emissions from transport in Asia are the fastest growing sector of emissions and are expected to continue to grow. Is it possible to develop and implement transport policies in Asia that will develop the transport sector and at the same time decarbonize the transport sector?
Find the recording of the session here: Day 1 I Side Event by ADB #TransportWeek22 – YouTube
Side Event by UNFCCC
Solid methodologies for developing an emission mitigation scenario in the transport sector becomes more and more important – especially as the new reporting format to the climate secretariat (UNFCCC) introduce common formats by 2024. What are these formats, which information and data are required and how to build a standardised baseline are crucial questions for countries. The training will provide an introduction to the topics of Biennial Transparency reports, baselines, methodologies and opportunities to apply these within the session with guidance by UNFCCC experts.
Find the recording of the session here: Day 1 I Side Event by UNFCCC #TransportWeek22 – YouTube
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Side Event by TUMI
This session will aim towards sharing experiences on fleet electrification challenges like procurement, financing, and sustainable operations. Presentations on collective procurement, financing and operation will give an insight into the approaches in India, Indonesia, and Vietnam. At the end of the session the participants will have around 25 mins to ask their questions.
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Side Event with Walk21, Pasig Transport and Decisio SRL
In the session potential tools and approaches will be shared to provide data for policy dialogue with local/city governments and to put active mobility on the political agenda. Good practices in Asia will be presented, which show how a strategic policy framework and innovative community participatory approach would promote active mobility effectively.
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Daniel Hermann
Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH Viet Nam
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Chenzi Yiyang
Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH China
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Talkshow
High-level welcoming remarks with the State Secretary of the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action, the Vice Minister of the MOT Viet Nam and the Country Director of GIZ Viet Nam, to kick-off the Asia Conference Day of the Transport and Climate Change Week 2022.
Discussion with the Council for Decarbonising Transport in Asia and partners from Vietnam, Thailand and India
14 countries in Asia have set themselves net zero carbon targets by mid-century. Nine further countries have signed the Aichi Declaration on “Making Transport in Asia Sustainable”, which includes a decarbonisation goal in line with pathways towards full decarbonisation in 2050. Together, 94% of Asia’s transport sector emissions are thereby covered by targets, but how to achieve them remains a matter of debate.
Alok Jain, Member of the Council for Decarbonising Transport in Asia highlights opportunities to develop transport strategies that align climate protection with social wellbeing, and policy makers discuss how to move from climate targets to real-world implementation of country-specific policy packages for zero carbon transport.
Tran Minh Hue
Department of Science, Education, Natural Resources and Environment (DSENRE), Ministry of Planning and Investment (MPI)
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Sudhendu J. Sinha
Infrastructure Connectivity and Electric Mobility vertical at NITI Aayog
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Indonesia and the Philippines
Country partners from Indonesia and the Philippines are presenting the transport initiatives and projects that aim to transform the transport sector in their countries.
Workshop with partners from China, Viet Nam and Indonesia
The session will include four presentations on digitalisation in the transport sector at the policy level and application level in Vietnam, China, and Indonesia. A follow-up discussion will be open for the participants to ask questions and share their own experiences on the topic.
Panel discussion
Speakers from several Asian countries will participate by presenting current activities and trends from the electric mobility charging sector. During a panel discussion we will dive deeper into some of the commonalities and differences between the approaches
Hu Jinyong
Center for Vehicle Electrification of China Society of Automotive Engineers (China-SAE)
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Dr. Pimpa Limthongkul
National Energy Technology Center (ENTEC), National Science and Technology and Development Agency, Thailand
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China, Viet Nam and Thailand
Country partners from Viet Nam, Thailand and China are presenting the transport initiatives and projects that aim to transform the transport sector in their countries.
Honglei Xu
Transport Planning & Research Institute (TPRI) of the Ministry of Transport
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Closing Event for the TRANSfer Project
In this session, lessons learned and good practices from three partner countries in Asia will be shared, while bridging the success of the TRANSfer project to the upcoming transport projects. The interactive panel discussion is dedicated for Government partners from Thailand, Indonesia, and Philippines who jointly exchange on experience, impact and look ahead.
TRANSfer acted as a mitigation action preparation facility and specifically supported the implementation of the Nationally Determined Contributions (NDC) of the Paris Agreement in the transport sector. With funding from the German Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety and Consumer Protection (BMUV) it has supported several countries (including Peru, Colombia, the Philippines, Thailand, Indonesia) in developing greenhouse gas mitigation measures in transport.
Panel discussion with ICCT, CFF and MOT New Zealand
The session will bring together researchers and country representatives to discuss how fiscal policy (subsidies, tax exemptions, etc.) can booster climate-friendly technologies and low-emission vehicles purchase in Asia. The researcher will share observations and findings from recent studies on taxation policies in Asian and Asia-Pacific countries and global experience; country representative will share country-specific experience in the evolvement of supportive fiscal policies.
Sigurd Magnusson
Environment, Emissions, Adaptation at Ministry of Transport New Zealand
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Presentations by international organisations and initiatives
A variety of international organisations and initiatives are presenting their latest work, tools and reports for climate mainstreaming into the Asian transport sector.
| Topic | Presenting Organisation |
| New Energy Bus Network Optimization in Tianjin | Sino-German Cooperation on Low Carbon Transport (GIZ) |
| Flagship Report: ‘The Path to Zero’ | NDC Transport Initiative for Asia (GIZ) |
| Data Collection Toolkit | TRANSfer III Philippines (GIZ) |
| Communications Toolkit | TUEWAS (GIZ) |
| Mobility Patterns & COVID | Women in Transport Leadership |
| Asian Transport Outlook | Asian Development Bank |
| Walkability App | Walk21 |
| Digital Storytelling for Climate Action | SNRD (GIZ) |
Panel discussion
The field of transport has traditionally been viewed as a profession for men, despite transportation being a necessity for all and despite studies showing that women and men have different travel considerations and behaviours. There is a clear need to recognize and empower women—as users, workers, planners, decisionmakers—in the sector, to help ensure that our transport systems will be safer and better for everyone. However, this shift in perspective can be difficult to implement. In some instances, focus on safety has led to women-only public transport vehicles, or focus on diversity has led to gender quotas for panel and boards. This panel discussion will bring together experts and practitioners to discuss if these policies are truly beneficial and, if they are, how they can be successfully implemented without losing sight of the goal for equality.
In cooperation with Women on the Move, Women Mobilize Women, Women in Green Hydrogen and Women in Transport Leadership.
Dipti Mahapatro
Capital Region Urban Transport (CRUT) and Odisha State Transport Corporation (OSRTC)
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Net Pham Thi Hong
Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH Viet Nam
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Talkshow
Jointly looking back at the highlights of the Asia Conference Day.
Exchange between Asia and Latin America
Sustainable Urban Mobility Plans (SUMPs) are strategic plans designed to satisfy the mobility needs of people and businesses in cities and their surroundings in a sustainable and inclusive manner. But how to start the process, what are the challenges and the key sector factors? To showcasing the common approaches but also highlighting the differences, country presentative from Foshan (China), Kochi (India), Trujillo and Arequipa from Peru will exchange in an informal setting on their experience after short presentations by each country.
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Side Event by ADPC
Climate change related hazard, vulnerability and risk assessment is one of the first step in planning and developing climate resilient road transport infrastructure. Understanding of climate related hazards including climate extremes and climate induced hazards and their impacts on the road transport infrastructures is crucial in making decisions on climate change adaptation for the road transport sector. Understanding of the vulnerabilities in the road transport sector will further enable to strengthen adaptive capacities. This workshop presents an approach methodology for hazard, vulnerability, risk and criticality assessment for road transport infrastructure to support road agencies in South-Asia to formulate and implement climate change adaptation strategies for climate resilient road transport infrastructure.
Correspondents' Club with Africa, Asia, Latin America and South East Europe
The Transport and Climate Change Week 2022 takes place around the world with five regional events. This session is all about the synthesis of the different regional perspectives. We bring together Transport Week correspondents from Africa, Asia, Latin America and South-East Europe to exchange on what are the hot topics, pressing questions and latest innovations for sustainable transport in each region. What are common themes and differences? What are the main take-aways and the outlook from the regional conference days?
Moderated by Nadja Taeger, GIZ
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Launch of two reports developed under the NDC TIA India component
Launch event for two reports developed under the India component of the Nationally Determined Contribution-Transport Initiative for Asia (NDC-TIA) which is part of the International Climate Initiative (IKI). The event is split up into two sessions, each dedicated to the launch of one report.
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Report 1: Battery Ecosystem: A Global Overview, Gap Analysis in Indian Context, and Way forward for Ecosystem Development
(16:00-16:50 IST | 12:30-13:20 CET)
Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH and Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu India LLP have jointly conducted a comprehensive study “Battery Ecosystem: A Global Overview, Gap Analysis in Indian context, and Way Forward for Ecosystem Development” which aims to investigate the complete value chain of motive/traction batteries used in the electric vehicle applications. The report documents the current state of traction battery technology, manufacturing, battery standards, policy and regulation, recycling, reuse, and battery swapping technology in India and globally. The recommendations for improving policies/ plans for promotion of efficient battery manufacturing, battery swapping infrastructure, safe disposal, recycling, and reuse of batteries is also addressed in the report.
Report 2: International review on Recycling Ecosystem of Electric Vehicle Batteries
(17:00-18:00 IST | 13:30-14:30 CET)
Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH, Agora Verkehrswende and Indian Institute of Technology Bombay in India (IITB) have jointly conducted an international review on the existing battery recycling ecosystem. The report focuses on the policy and regulations currently in place for battery recycling in the countries/regions namely, EU/Germany, China, California (United States), Japan and South Africa.
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