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A public private approach to meeting environmental goals while maintaining competitiveness of each transport mode in Europe

Climate TransAct is a European project to harmonize current public private sustainable transport programs and to develop a common approach towards an eco-efficient freight transport in Europe based on best practices in several European countries, the US EPA Smartway program, the Green Logistics Partnership in Japan and similar programs in other countries.

Broad expert and stakeholder consultations confirmed the need and significant interest in a common European approach. 

Voluntary Public Private Sustainable Transport Partnerships are a strong policy instrument to improve the eco-efficiency of freight transport.

As defined by the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD), "eco-efficiency is achieved by the delivery of competitively priced goods and services that satisfy human needs and bring quality of life, while progressively reducing ecological impacts and resource intensity throughout the life-cycle to a level at least in line with the Earth’s estimated carrying capacity."

Public private partnerships are structured relationships between governments (or international agency) and multiple private sector entities to address the environmental issues of freight transport with two or more of the following characteristics:

• Promotion of the availability and benefits of new technology, best practices that improve fuel efficiency, lower  greenhouse gas emissions and air pollution;
• Focused on market transformation programs with objectives that look for new ways of working – not just “business as usual”;
• Development of tools for transport companies and shippers to calculate the fuel and greenhouse gas performance of their transport and freight operations;
• Provision of incentives to help companies to implement best practices and to invest in new technology; and,
• Recognition opportunities for participating shippers and transport companies demonstrating advanced practices and achieving superior levels of environmental performance.

A number of European member states have already introduced public private programs providing incentives for the transport sector as well as for shippers to improve the energy and environmental performance of freight transport. It would be a strong benefit if a harmonized common program could be established. An international approach would significantly contribute to realizing economies of scale and to a higher accepting rate by carriers and shippers.

 
To reach our goal we are creating a coalition of governments, public authorities and the industry represented by  transport companies, shippers, European and national associations – all committed to tackling climate change.

Co-funded by

ADEME

Agence de l’Environnement et

de la Maîtrise de l’Energie

Meeting of private stakeholders

EuroCommerce, Brussels

Thursday 12 Nov. 2009
09:30 - 12:30

Participants and presentations

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Meeting of public authorities

ADEME, Paris
Thursday 8 Oct. 2009
10:00 - 17:00

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Second working session for public authorities
 

Flemish administration
Boudewijn building
Brussels

Thursday 10 Sept. 2009

10:00 - 15:00

Agenda  

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First international working session on voluntary
public private sustainable freight transport partnerships in Europe

Flemish Ministry of Environment, Brussels
Tuesday 26 May 2009, 10:00 – 17:00
 

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