Road Transport Breakthrough

The Breakthrough Agenda was launched at COP26 to help the world close the “collaboration gap” and accelerate international action on climate change. u2028u2028

The road transport sector is responsible for 10 per cent of global greenhouse gas emissions. By following the International Energy Agency’s Net Zero Emissions 2050 scenario, two million lives could be saved annually by halving premature deaths associated with air pollution. The initiative aims at making zero-emission vehicles the new normal, accessible, affordable, and sustainable in all regions by 2030.

The Breakthrough Agenda provides a framework for countries, businesses and civil society to join up and strengthen collaborative actions every year in major emitting sectors, and a service to support coalitions of leading public, private, and public-private global initiatives to deliver those actions. u2028u2028

Since its launch, the Breakthrough Agenda has established an internationally-recognised, annual, COP-centred, collaborative process, backed by 61 countries covering over 80% of global GDP, and more than 150 international initiatives, that enhances global cooperation in seven major emitting sectors: power, road transport, steel, hydrogen, agriculture, buildings, and cement and concrete, covering over 60% of global emissions.

Activity period	2022–present
Last CoAct update	2025
Web URL	https://breakthroughagenda.org/road-transport-initiatives/
Output effectiveness	0.33
Accountability Index	0.54
Inclusiveness Index	0.52
Capacity Index	0.52
Num. actors	67
Functions	Knowledge production, Knowledge dissemination, Technical implementation, Institutional capacity building, Standards and norms, Participatory management, Training, Funding, Policy planning
SDGs
Themes	transport
Policy focus	Mainly mitigation
Sectors	Transporation and storage
Implementation countries	Australia, Azerbaijan, Belgium, Cambodia, Canada, Denmark, Egypt, France, Germany, Guinea-Bissau, Holy See (the), India, Ireland, Israel, Japan, Korea (the Republic of), Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Morocco, Namibia, Netherlands (Kingdom of the), New Zealand, Norway, Panama, Portugal, Serbia, Sweden, Türkiye, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Nothern Ireland (the), United States of America (the)

Target	Target type
Aligning high-emitting industries with the Paris Agreement by 2030, and reaching net-zero emissions by 2050	Net zero target
To make zero emission vehicles the new normal, accessible, affordable, and sustainable in all regions by 2030.	Emission reduction target
By 2030, MI NZI pursues the goals of implementing at least 50 large-scale demonstration projects	Other target
fast-tracking the development to TRL 8 of radical breakthrough low-emission technologies and reducing the capital expenditure of low-emission innovative technologies by more than 15%.	Other target

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