Image [media_placeholder] Green Freight Subscribe Share SHARE Facebook share Twitter LinkedIn Copy URL Email Breadcrumb Home Project Portfolio Green Freight Funding CCAC Funded Implementing partners Canada United States of America Clean Air Asia International Council on Clean Transportation (ICCT) Smart Freight Centre The freight sector— which includes trucks, trains, marine vessels, airplanes, and other modes — provides a vital service delivering foods, goods, and resources. But, the movement of freight also affects our economies, communities, and local and global environments in profound ways. The freight sector is growing: more freight, weighing more, is being moved by more modes farther and faster with each passing decade. As globalization, urbanization, and global economies continue to expand, the freight sector will too, consuming more fuel and releasing harmful emissions. To better understand the impacts of global freight movement, consider that the freight industry transports trillions of dollars’ worth of goods every year to every corner of the globe and back, largely by burning millions of gallons of diesel fuel, which emits greenhouse gases and other pollutants. These emissions are responsible for significant environmental and economic impacts: Climate change Air quality and public health Economic Development Infrastructure and maintenance Energy security The Global Green Freight Project was initiated by the Climate and Clean Air Coalition as part of a large-scale effort to reduce the climate and health impacts and improve the energy and economic efficiency of transporting goods and materials. ObjectivesThe goal of the Global Green Freight Action Plan is to facilitate collaboration among governments, the private sector, and civil society to enhance the efficiency of global goods movement in ways that significantly reduce climate, health, energy, and economic impacts. The Action Plan encompasses an evolving set of actions aimed at engaging stakeholders in support of three main objectives: aligning and enhancing existing green freight efforts; developing new green freight programs; and incorporating measures to control black carbon emissions into green freight programmes. What we're doing Information exchange and collaboration between existing initiatives and relevant stakeholders Development and harmonization of tools, methodologies, and procedures for use across green freight programmes Guidance and capacity building for green freight programme implementation Adoption of technologies and strategies Improved information and increased awareness on black carbon and freight Integration of black carbon into green freight programmes' supporting tools, methodolgies, technologies and strategies Project updates News Heavy-duty vehicles and engines 2019 Green freight delivers the goods Related documents Awareness Materials 2018 #BeatPollution Clean Vehicles Infographics Download Download EN_BeatPollution.pdf en Added on: 21 November, 2018 FR_BeatPollution.pdf fr ru ar Added on: 21 November, 2018 SP_BeatPollution.pdf es Added on: 21 November, 2018 CH_BeatPollution.pdf zh-hans Added on: 21 November, 2018 Awareness Materials 2021 Global Green Freight Action Plan: planned activities 2020-2022 Download Download Global_Green_Freight_Action_Plan_2020-2022.pdf en Added on: 27 April, 2021 Reports, Case Studies & Assessments 2018 Green Freight and Logistics Policy Development in the Philippines: Assessing Freight Transportation in Support of a National Green Freight Programme Download Download Philippines Freight Assessment.pdf en Added on: 29 November, 2018 Tags Pollutants (SLCPs) Black carbon Themes Heavy-duty vehicles and engines Related events CCAC Heavy-Duty Vehicles and Engines Hub Insight Meeting - Green Freight 25 April, 2023 Online Event US EPA SmartWay Freight Matters Webinar: The “Green Supply Chain” 14 November, 2018 Online Event BAQ 2018 Session: Green Freight and Urban Logistics 16 November, 2018
Funding CCAC Funded Implementing partners Canada United States of America Clean Air Asia International Council on Clean Transportation (ICCT) Smart Freight Centre
Awareness Materials 2018 #BeatPollution Clean Vehicles Infographics Download Download EN_BeatPollution.pdf en Added on: 21 November, 2018 FR_BeatPollution.pdf fr ru ar Added on: 21 November, 2018 SP_BeatPollution.pdf es Added on: 21 November, 2018 CH_BeatPollution.pdf zh-hans Added on: 21 November, 2018
Awareness Materials 2021 Global Green Freight Action Plan: planned activities 2020-2022 Download Download Global_Green_Freight_Action_Plan_2020-2022.pdf en Added on: 27 April, 2021
Reports, Case Studies & Assessments 2018 Green Freight and Logistics Policy Development in the Philippines: Assessing Freight Transportation in Support of a National Green Freight Programme Download Download Philippines Freight Assessment.pdf en Added on: 29 November, 2018