TraCS

Supporting climate strategies in transport and identifying appropriate action plans

When a country’s economy is developing rapidly, people travel more and more often, and companies increasingly move goods to their clients or transport materials they need for production. For policy-makers it is a challenge to regulate and steer a fast emerging transport sector. Economic growth needs to be organised efficiently and transport demand channeled into low-carbon modes such as buses, railways or non-motorised modes. Road vehicles need to be clean, preferably electric and powered by renewable electricity. Unnecessary trips and empty freight truck trips should be avoided at all costs.

The TraCS project is implemented by GIZ and funded by the International Climate Initiative (IKI) of the German Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (BMU).

The Advancing Transport Climate Strategies (TraCS) team helps policymakers in developing countries and emerging economies to align their mobility and transport sector action plans with their climate plans, the so-called Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs).

These contributions are essential components of the Paris Agreement under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), and key to global efforts to limit global warming to 1.5-2.0 degree °C above pre-industrialised levels. All signatory countries were asked to publish their contributions prior to the UNFCCC-Conference in Paris 2015 – and from 2020 will be asked to resubmit transparency reports every 2 years. This reinforces the momentum to improve data bases and emission quantification in the transport sector and, as a part of long-term decarbonisation strategy, transport and energy sector needs to be better coordinated and the share of renewable energies is significantly increased, e.g. through e-mobility or synthetic fuels based on renewable energy (Power-to-X or e-fuels).

The effectiveness of any transport decarbonisation strategy depends on the availability of reliable data. TraCS therefore focuses on capacity building, training activities and on fostering systems of collecting, evaluating and monitoring data. This data can then be used to assess the impacts of different policies and measures and is essential to increasing ambition for the next round of NDCs. TraCS cooperates with transport and environmental ministries in Kenya, Morocco and Vietnam, along with their subordinate authorities to facilitate NDC implementation in the transport sector. In 2020 and 2021, TraCS will further support transport and environment officials in Colombia, the Dominican Republic and Uganda in updating their NDCs and long-term strategies.

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Team

Daniel Bongardt

TRANSfer Project
TraCS
MobiliseYourCity Partnership
EUROCLIMA+
Moving Chile
Power to X
NDC Transport Initiative for Asia

Programme Director Transport and Climate Change,
based in Bonn, Germany

I am currently heading GIZ‘s global projects on transport and climate change TraCS and TRANSfer – both funded by the German Ministry for the Environment. From 2011 to 2015, I have lived in Beijing and headed various sustainable transport projects in China. Interested in a broad range of topics (e.g. urban mobility, freight and logistics, green hydrogen (PtX), electromobility), my passion is to understand and reduce transport emissions. Before joining GIZ in 2009, I researched sustainable mobility at the German think tank Wuppertal Institute for Climate, Environment and Energy.

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Alexander Mahler

TraCS
Power to X

Advisor on Synthetic Fuels
Based in Bonn and Berlin, Germany

I advise on synthetic fuels in the newly established International PtX Hub in Berlin. The hub’s main goal is to catalyse green hydrogen on a global scale. It is funded by the German Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety and implemented by the GIZ.

Before joining GIZ, I was the Deputy Managing Director and Head of Transport Policy at Green Budget Germany, a German environmental think tank, where I focused on economic instruments in air and road transport.

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Apoorva Puli

TraCS

Intern TraCS
Based in Bonn, Germany

It gives me a sense of connect with the work at GIZ, as I understand that most cities today have grown more rapidly than governments can create a semblance of stability. I am currently pursuing a Masters degree in Spatial Planning at TU Dortmund and I have a Bachelor degree in Architecture from IIT Kharagpur, India. During my Bachelor studies, I interned for six months at an architecture firm in the USA and consequently, worked for about two years in the fields of urban development and data analytics.

I look forward to exploring both the tangible and intangible aspects of a sustainable urban system.

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Carol Mutiso

TraCS

Junior Technical Officer
Based in Nairobi, Kenya

I am a Development Studies Bachelor’s Degree holder from Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology (BSc) supporting the Kenya component of the Advancing Transport Climate Strategies project since April 2015. I live and work in Nairobi and I enjoy my work because it gives me the opportunity to contribute towards sustainable transport solutions for my city!

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Charlotte Hussy

TraCS
Power to X

Advisor of Sustainable E-Fuels and Feedstock
Based in Berlin, Germany

I advise on sustainable e-fuels and feedstock and support the implementation of the international Power to X Secretariat. With our partners, we identify PtX business cases and initiate projects. My goal is a sustainable production, sourcing and allocation of PtX inputs, processes and products, as well as global win-win partnerships. I’m passionate about sustainable transport and love to use my bicycle for commuting regardless of weather conditions and baggage dimensions. Before joining GIZ, I worked for five years at Ecofys/Navigant – a consultancy for the energy transition – and at the Electric Power Research Institute in Palo Alto (USA) on energy storage.

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Herman Kwoba

TraCS

Project Officer,
Based in Nairobi, Kenya

I love working on Transport. The sector, particularly in Kenya, is at a crossroads. It faces immense challenges and provides immense possibilities for overall transformations. My work in the Advancing Transport Climate Strategies project expands upon these opportunities. I have an academic and professional background in climate change and experience working within Kenya’s Ministry of Environment.

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Jana Stingl

TRANSfer Project
TraCS
NDC Transport Initiative for Asia

Junior Communications Advisor
Based in Bonn, Germany

I have been supporting TRANSfer and TraCS as well as the NDC Transport Initiative for Asia in communications, public relations, network, project and event management in cooperation with international partners since mid 2020.
Within my bachelor’s degree in politics and law, as well as through my previous professional experience, I have specialised in the field of international climate policy and (digital) communication. Apart from the GIZ, I have worked for national and local sustainability and transport projects in Germany and am now excited to exercise my broad experience working for changing-transport.

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Kawtar Benabdelaziz

TraCS

Technical Advisor TraCS Project
Based in Rabat, Morocco

My story with sustainable transport began when I obtained my degree in automotive engineering in Fes and did my Phd thesis on the topic of electric vehicles as part of a GIZ project for the Research Institute of Solar Energy and New Energies in Morocco. So I’ve been part of the GIZ family for a while! Having spent 4 years as a project manager for electric vehicles and smart grids at the institute, I have acquired a solid experience and boundless enthusiasm for sustainable mobility, and I am delighted to have joined the GIZ team and the energy sector.

After working in R&D to promote sustainable transport solution for Morocco, it is time for me to take a step forward and, through TraCS, contribute to the development of concrete actions to reduce GHG emissions and decarbonise the Moroccan transport sector.

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Ly Tuyet Dang

TraCS
NDC Transport Initiative for Asia

Project Officer
Based in Hanoi, Vietnam

Joining TraCS project in 2016, I am currently supporting climate change policies in transport for the Vietnamese Ministry of Transport. My main work is to support the government in developing an GHG emission inventory and mitigation actions in the transport sector as a basic principle for climate change policies issue. Prior to this, I worked as a consultant in mitigation actions in the energy and transport sector.

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Manjola Lala

TraCS
Power to X

Finance Manager
Based in Bonn, Germany

Manjola is currently supporting the PtX Hub and TraCS project teams in all financial and administrative matters. Working for GIZ since 2010 she held different positions in global and regional projects in the environmental sector. Before rejoining GIZ in 2018 Manjola worked for the finance unit of UNFCCC in Bonn.

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Nadja Taeger

TraCS

Junior Advisor on Transport and Climate Change
Based in Bonn, Germany

A sustainable transformation of the transport sector offers great possibilities – it can bring about social justice and help protect the climate. That is why I am excited to work in TraCS. I support the cooperation with the State Department of Transport in Kenya and help organise international outreach activities to raise awareness on the transport sector’s potential contribution to ambitious NDCs. Before joining TraCS, I gained experience in climate and energy policy in the Netherlands, Mexico and Germany. I hold a Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration and graduated from Maastricht University with a Master’s in Sustainability Science and Policy. I look forward to contributing to the pressing global reduction of GHG emissions!

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Ronja Kwasniok

TRANSfer Project
TraCS
EUROCLIMA+
Power to X
NDC Transport Initiative for Asia

Intern in portfolio management of the BMU Project Cluster Transport and PtX, based in Bonn, Germany

Since October 2020, I have been supporting the Changing Transport Team as an intern in portfolio management. As a current student of International Economics and Development (B.A.) at the University of Bayreuth, I have a great interest in international cooperation as well as climate policy.

In order to tackle the climate crisis, I believe that humans from the Global North and South have to cooperate more closely in climate change mitigation and share their knowledge. Both transport and energy sectors play a crucial role in this and need to be decarbonised to limit global warming.

I am therefore very happy to join the team and to contribute to the realization of international climate protection within GIZ’s mobility and PtX projects in the Global South.

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Valerie Katthagen

TraCS
Power to X

Intern at the International Power to X Hub
Based in Berlin, Germany

I support the International PtX Hub as an Intern in communications and organisational development.

Before joining the GIZ I accomplished my Master’s studies in International Development at the University of Vienna. I already gained valuable work experience at an environmental protection NGO as well as at an international marketing agency. I’m eager to contribute to the PtX Hub in making carbon emission mitigation more eligible in potential partner countries around the globe. By advocating green hydrogen solutions and facilitating strong international partnerships I believe that we can collectively promote sustainable development.

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Verena Flues

TraCS

Advisor Transport Policy & Climate Change

Based in Bonn, Germany

Since 2017 I am part of GIZ’s sustainable mobility team. I am coordinating the implementation of sustainable mobility projects in 3 Latin American countries and Morocco and contributing to developing new capacity building formats. I am a convinced advocate of the Avoid-Shift-Improve framework to improve our transport systems. Besides transport, I am passionate about a range of other environmental and social topics, especially zero waste approaches and bottom-up climate justice movements.

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Verena Knöll

TraCS

Intern TraCS

Based in Bonn, Germany

As a student of cultural and urban geography and as a passionate cyclist, I have always been interested in transport and mobility. I am driven by a vision of sustainable mobility that enhances both the quality of human life and of the natural environment.

I grew up in Namibia and have since lived in Tanzania, Poland and China apart from Germany through volunteering and studying. Therefore, I highly value international exchange and cooperation. I am convinced that global challenges require cooperative solutions. I am thus glad to support the TraCS project team as an intern in aligning transport and climate actions plans in emerging economies and developing countries

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Yvonne Klammroth

TRANSfer Project
TraCS
Power to X

Office Manager
Bonn, Germany

I have been supporting the team since June 2020 as office manager.

Since August 2016, I have been working for G520 in the area of rural development, agriculture. (Global project and sector project soil). Before that, I worked for Deutsche Telekom with a focus on business customer care and complaint management.

I am very pleased to be able to support my colleagues.

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Kenya’s Transport Sector Climate Change Annual Report (2019/2020)

Performance and Implementation of Climate Change Actions

Concept for an integrated reporting mechanism for transport, climate change and SDGs

Background Paper prepared for the 13th EST Forum pre-event

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Ride hailing and influences of other digital applications in Kenya’s mobility

Impacts of COVID-19 on Transport in Morocco

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Institutional Readiness Towards an Enhanced Transparency Framework for Climate Change Reporting

Analysis of the Transport sector in Kenya

Increasing Ambition to Mitigate Greenhouse Gases in the Transport Sector through Electro-Mobility

Policy Recommendations based on recent Experiences in Latin America

Ride Hailing Survey: Usage of App-Based Mobility Services in Nairobi, Kenya

A Technical Report

Enhancing Climate Ambition in Transport

Six Action Recommendations for Policymakers to Align Transport with the Paris Agreement and the Sustainable Development Agenda

Electric Mobility in Kenya

Overview

Transport Sector Climate Change Annual Report (2018/2019)

Performance and Implementation of Climate Change Actions

Availability of Data for Greenhouse Gas Emission Calculation in Kenya’s Transport Sector

Final Report

Pathway to Low-Carbon Transport

A report in World Bank’s “Vietnam Transport Knowledge Series”

Transport and Climate Change 2018 Global Status Report

Road Transport GHG Emission Factors for Kenya

Pilot study for 2015

Updated Transport Data in Kenya 2018

An Overview

Characteristics of the In-service Vehicle Fleet in Kenya

Towards Decarbonising Transport

A 2018 Stocktake on Sectoral Ambition in the G20. Spotlight: The Transport-Energy Nexus

Greenhouse Gas Emissions From the Transport Sector: Mitigation Options for Kenya

Technical Report: Methodology and Results

10 Acciones para Descarbonizar el Transporte

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El Transporte en las Contribuciones Determinadas a Nivel Nacional (NDC)

Lecciones aprendidas a través de estudios de casos en países con rápidas tasas de motorización

10 Actions to Decarbonise Transport

Poster

Reference Document on Transparency in Transport

Monitoring, Reporting and Verification of Greenhouse Gas Emissions

User Manual TrIGGER

The Transport Inventory and Greenhouse Gas Emission Reporting (TrIGGER) Tool

A Beginners Guide to Emissions Accounting in Transport

MRV Factsheet

Passenger and Freight Transport Volume

Compendium on GHG Baselines and Monitoring (2nd revised edition)

Responsibilities, Procedures and Regulations for GHG Inventory Development in Germany

Background Information for Transport Authorities

Transport in Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs)

Lessons learnt from case studies of rapidly motorising countries

MobiliseYourCity: Monitoreo y presentación de informes de las emisiones de GEI

MobiliseYourCity: Suivi & reporting des émissions de GES

New Vehicle Fuel Economy and CO₂ Emission Standards Emissions Evaluation Guide

Towards Decarbonising Transport

Taking Stock of G20 Sectoral Ambition

Approaches for Establishing In-Use Vehicle Stock and Vehicle Mileages

Background Paper

MobiliseYourCity Monitoring and Reporting Approach for GHG Emissions

Bottom-Up GHG inventory and MRV of measures

Synergies and Limitations in the Transport Sector

Proposed Avenues for NDCs

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