Far-reaching efforts are needed to reduce Asia's emissions and realize a 1.5°C temperature drop required to fight climate change and associated threats to sustainable development.

This discussion paper contributes to the ongoing discussion on the just transition toward decarbonization and climate finance by focusing on E-mobility. It builds on a paper from the Sustainable Mobility for All Partnership, with the Climate Compatible Growth and High Volume Transport Programmes, launched at COP26 in 2021.

This issue brief explores solutions for managing the fuel tax revenue loss from the electric vehicle (EV) transition in India, without impeding the EV transition. It estimates fuel tax revenue losses and evaluates alternative taxation options for governments to recover these losses.

This study evaluates the effectiveness of policies in curtailing emissions from heavy-duty vehicles over the 2012-2021 period and lays a foundation for developing future regulations for direct control of CO2.

India’s light vehicle fuel consumption standards currently ignore both direct and indirect emissions from mobile air conditioning (MAC) systems.

The Uttar Pradesh government has announced the New Electric Vehicle Manufacturing and Mobility Policy, 2022, to promote faster adoption of clean mobility solutions and create a conducive ecosystem for EVs in the state.

The Jharkhand Electric Vehicle (EV) Policy 2022, which was notified on October 7, has provided a slew of incentives to scale up the EV ecosystem in the state, eyeing the rush to buy vehicles during Dhanteras. According to the notification, if someone buys a new electric car in the state, he will get a rebate of up to Rs 1.5 lakh.

Tractors in India are an increasing source of carbon emissions and criteria pollutants, driven by India’s role as a global leader in agricultural production. These emissions could continue as mechanization of agriculture advances in India.

The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH) on 4th October 2022, has issued Central Motor Vehicles (Draft Amendment) Rules, 2022 to notify amendments in the rules governing Bharat (BH) series registration mark. MoRTH had introduced BH series registration mark vide G.S.R. 594(E) dated 26 August 2021.