Africa

African countries have a slower pace for implementation of their strategies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) in transport, compared to other parts of the world such as China, Europe or North America. The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) is supporting more than 50 low and middle-income countries across the world to transition from fossil fuel to electric vehicles (EVs) through projects such as the SOLUTIONS+ project (with funds from the EU’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation program) implemented by Urban Electric Mobility Initiative. UNEP currently supports, mainly, the introduction of national policies and s