Summary Report of the ASEAN Member States Meeting on Soot-Free Transport

The Climate and Clean Air Coalition (CCAC) Heavy-Duty Vehicles Initiative (HDVI) is supporting the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) to reduce the air pollution and near-term climate impacts of diesel emissions in the on-road transport sector. The “ASEAN MEMBER STATES MEETING ON SOOT-FREE TRANSPORT: Senior Level Consultation on EURO 4/IV Implementation and EURO 6/VI Roadmap” was convened on 11-12 October 2018 in Bangkok, Thailand.

 Senior level representatives from the Ministry of Environment and Ministry of Transport in ASEAN countries, which include Cambodia, Indonesia, Lao PDR, Malaysia, Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam, participated in the meeting. Senior representatives of international organizations, co-leads of HDVI, and other local experts also attended the consultation. The list of participants is attached as Annex 2B of the report.

The International Council on Clean Transportation (ICCT), on behalf of the CCAC HDVI, has joined with the Asian Institute of Technology (AIT), represented by the Regional Resource Centre for Asia and the Pacific (RRC.AP) to organize this meeting. Both ICCT and RRC.AP organized this meeting in cooperation and coordination with the Pollution Control Department (PCD), Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment, Thailand, and UN Environment, Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific.