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Primer año Giro Zero

Find here an analysis of the challenges arising from COP26 for the Road Freight Transport sector in Colombia.

Primer año Giro Zero

Here, you will find updated information on economic, environmental and productivity aspects for the Automotive Freight Transport sector in Colombia.

Fuel

Hydrogen is considered an important source of energy to accelerate innovation in the industry and reduce greenhouse emissions (GHE) in the future. As a result, the Colombian government announced a roadmap for the use of hydrogen as a clean fuel within in the transport sector and industrial sectors.

Heat waves

High temperatures increase the risk of fires. The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) notes that the global average temperature has increased by 1.1ºC since the pre-industrial era. In the summer of 2021, Las Vegas, United States, reached 47.2 ºC and the island of Sicily, in Italy, reported 48.8 °C.

What is Giro Zero?

It is a project funded by the Colombia-UK PACT, led jointly by University of los Andes and Cardiff University (United Kingdom), which seeks to steer the Colombian road freight sector towards a zero-emissions strategy.

What is Giro Zero?

It is a project funded by the Colombia-UK PACT, led jointly by University of los Andes and Cardiff University (United Kingdom), which seeks to steer the Colombian road freight sector towards a zero-emissions strategy.

BANNER QUE ES gz

Es un proyecto financiado por Colombia UK-Pact, liderado por la Universidad de los Andes  y en asocio con la Universidad de Cardiff (UK), que busca dirigir al sector de Transporte Automotor de Carga a cero emisiones.

Conference

Plenary session of COP21 for the adoption of the Paris Agreement, United Nations Conference on Climate Change (Paris, Le Bourget). The pact sets the goal of reducing global greenhouse gas emissions to prevent global temperature from rising above 2 degrees Celsius, ideally not exceeding 1.5 degrees this century.

Conferencia

Sesión plenaria de la COP21 para la adopción del Acuerdo de París, Conferencia de las Naciones Unidas sobre el Cambio Climático (París, Le Bourget). El pacto establece la meta de reducir las emisiones mundiales de gases de efecto invernadero para evitar que la temperatura global aumente por encima de los 2 grados Celsius, idealmente que no supere los 1,5 grados este siglo.