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NITI Aayog and WRI Jointly Launch ‘Forum for Decarbonizing Transport’

NITI Aayog and World Resources Institute (WRI), India, jointly launched the ‘Forum for Decarbonizing Transport’ in India. NITI Aayog is the implementing partner for India. The aim of the project is to bring down the peak level of GHG emissions (transport sector) in Asia (in line with a well below 2-degree pathway), resulting in problems like congestion and air pollution.

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The Forum has been launched under the NDC-Transport Initiative for Asia (NDC-TIA) project. The NDC Transport Initiative for Asia (TIA 2020-2023) is a joint programme of seven organizations that will engage China, India, and Vietnam in promoting a comprehensive approach to decarbonizing transport in their respective countries.

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NITI Aayog Formed: 1 January 2015;
NITI Aayog Headquarters: New Delhi;
NITI Aayog Chairperson: Narendra Modi;
NITI Aayog CEO: Amitabh Kant;
World Resources Institute Headquarters: Washington, D.C., United States;
World Resources Institute Founder: James Gustave Speth;
World Resources Institute Founded: 1982.

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