CoAct Database

Urban Electric Mobility Initiative

The Action Platform: Urban Electric Mobility Initiative (UEMI) was initiated by UN-Habitat and the SOLUTIONS project and launched at the UN Climate Summit in September 2014 in New York. The UEMI aims to contribute significantly to the overall goal of limiting the increase in global mean temperature to two degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels by decreasing urban CO2 emissions globally. As one of the Action Areas of the UN Climate Summit the UEMI aims to phase out conventionally fuelled vehicles in cities and integrate electric mobility into a wider concept of sustainable urban transport.

The Urban Electric Mobility Initiative (UEMI) aims to help phase out conventionally fuelled vehicles and increase the share of electric vehicles (2-,3- and 4-wheelers) in the total volume of individual motorized transport in cities to at least 30% by 2030. The UEMI is an active partnership that aims to track international action in the area of electric mobility and aims to initiate local action. The UEMI delivers tools and guidelines, generates synergies between e-mobility programmes and supports local implementation action. u200b

Summit/ Mobilisation process: UN General Secretary Climate Summit, New York (2014)

Activity period	2014–present
Last CoAct update	2023
Web URL	https://www.uemi.net/
Output effectiveness	0.47
Accountability Index	0.47
Inclusiveness Index	0.39
Num. actors	149
Functions	Knowledge production, Knowledge dissemination, Technical implementation, Lobbying, Participatory management, Commercial product / service, Policy planning
SDGs
Themes	transport
Policy focus	Mainly mitigation
Sectors	Transporation and storage
Implementation countries	Brazil, China, Colombia, Ecuador, Egypt, Ethiopia, Fiji, France, Germany, Ghana, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Jordan, Kenya, Malaysia, Mexico, Morocco, Nepal, Philippines (the), Poland, Rwanda, South Africa, Spain, Ukraine, Uruguay, Viet Nam, Zambia

Target	Target type
Increase sale of electric vehicles by 30% by 2030 to achieve a 30% reduction of CO2 emissions in urban areas by 2050	Emission reduction target
Increase the global market share of electric vehicles in cities to reach at least 30% by 2030	Economic target
Multilateral development banks will pledge 30% more investment in infrastructure to support cities in attaining the aforementioned goals	Funding target