3 new members for Standards low-carbon transport expert group: Prof Danang Parikesit from Indonesia; Nick Owen, E4 Tech in UK; Carol Lee Rawn from Ceres in USA. First eligibility criteria for rail, EVs & BRTs to be released next week for comment

We welcome three new members to our stellar expert panel:

• Danang Parikesit is a leading transportation expert in Asia, President of the Indonesian Transport Society, Professor of Transportation at Universitas Gadjah Mada anda transport policy advisor to the Indonesian Government.

Carol Lee Rawn is Director of the Transportation Program at Ceres, a Boston-based NGO.

Nick Owen is principal consultant at E4 tech transport consultants in London.

 

The Low-Carbon Transport Technical Working Group has been charged with developing eligibility criteria for transport investments under the Climate Bonds Standard. Transport is responsible for some 23% of global energy related emissions; a rapid shift to low-carbon transport is essential to addressing climate change.

 

The group has been reviewing proposals for criteria related to rail, bus rapid transit systems and low-emission and electric vehicles. These will be published for public consultation in coming weeks.

Other members of the Working Group are:

• Heather Allen, Transport Research Laboratory, London

Lewis Fulton, University of California's Davis Institute of Transportation Studies

Michael Replogle, Institute for Transportation and Development Policy, Washington DC

Gary Hoffman, rail planning consultant, GM Hoffman Consulting, Washington D.C.

Elizabeth Deakin, University of California's Berkeley Institute for Environment Design

Karl-Josef Kuhn, Siemens, Munich

Rupert Faussett, Green Cities program, Forum for the Future, London

Cornie Huizenga, SLoCaT - partnership for sustainable low carbon transport, Shanghai

Benoit Lefevre, World Resources Institute, Washington DC

Arie Bleijenberg, TNO, the Netherlands Organisation for Applied Scientific Research, Delft

Nina Renshaw, Transport & Environment, Brussels

He Dongquan, China Sustainable Transportation Centre, China Energy Foundation, Beijing