On May 24, 25 and 26, the International Transport Forum (ITF) was held in Leipzig (Germany). there the The Colombian government reported that it already has a plan drawn up on the energy transition that contributes to decarbonization.
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At the forum, organized by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), Colombia was highlighted for the issue of electric public transport.
This was mentioned by Young Tae Kim, general secretary of the ITF, who considers that “In some Latin American countries, such as Chile and Colombia, they are focusing a lot on electric public transport. There are very good things we can learn”.
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For his part, the Minister of Transportation, William Camargo, spoke to the media Rate Analitik and mentioned that “Gustavo Petro’s government is promoting an acceleration of the energy transition” for achieving the COP21 agreement to reduce global warming by 1.5°C.
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This energy transition implies the change of fleets that would include taxis, public transport vehicles, medium and heavy-duty trucks.
The idea that has been raised for the fleet of taxis is that “advance must be made in the migration to electric and gas vehicles, which will have to go hand in hand with changes in the regulation” added Mintransporte.
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In addition, he indicated that it is important that vehicles “can access clean energy or low emissions”.
