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Powered by Renewables: Zero-Emission Freight Corridors for a Global Transition
Decarbonizing trucking and urban freight is essential to meeting national and global climate goals. Freight and urban delivery corridors—critical arteries of trade, logistics, and daily life—offer powerful opportunities to accelerate this transition by aligning infrastructure, finance, and policy along shared routes.
The EV100+, the Global Green Road Corridors (GGRC) initiative and the Zero Emission Vehicle Emerging Markets Initiative (ZEV-EMI) bring together governments, industry leaders, and financiers from over ten countries to design and implement real-world zero-emission freight corridors, demonstrating how long-haul and urban transport can be powered by clean, renewable energy. These corridors serve as living laboratories for implementation, where clean energy, logistics planning, and public-private finance converge to reduce fossil fuel dependence, strengthen energy security, and unlock new economic opportunities. Together, these initiatives are turning ambition into action—linking urban and regional systems to make electric, renewable-powered transport the new normal by 2030.
This session will explore innovative finance and implementation models for zero-emission freight corridors and cities, including total cost of ownership (TCO) insights and blended-finance approaches. It will highlight progress from Mexico and discuss the potential to decarbonize Australia’s Hume Highway, a flagship opportunity to demonstrate scalable, renewable-powered freight and urban logistics transformation.
This event will feature announcements on:
- Mexico Collective action & investment partnership to scale light and heavy-duty vehicles on the northern Mexico corridor and in selected cities
- The Hume Highway, Australia’s first Global Green Road Corridor (GGRC), with early deployments planned for COP31 under the Sydney–Melbourne Powered by Renewables Truck Corridor
- How corridors leverage renewable energy, infrastructure, and policy alignment to accelerate zero-emission freight
Featured Experts:
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Sita Holtslag, Europe Director, CALSTART / Drive to Zero
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Alicia Bárcena, Secretary of Environment and Natural Resources (SEMARNAT), Mexico*
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Nic Dorward, Director, Government Relations, Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA)
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Andreas Kammel, Vice President, Sustainability and Regulatory Affairs, TRATON GROUP
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Rainer Knobloch, Co-Founder & Chief Strategy & Operating Officer, NewVolt
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Concepción Boo Arias, Head of Global Partnerships & Enablement, Maersk
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Simon Henzell-Thomas, Global Director, Climate & Nature, IKEA*
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Diane Holdorf , Executive Vice President, World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD)
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Sebastian Salter, Director, International Climate and Energy Division Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water, Government of Australia
Details
- Date: 6 November
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Time:
08:00 – 17:00
- Event Categories: Electrifying Transportation, Energy Alternatives
- Website: https://globaldrivetozero.org/event/drive-to-zero-at-cop30/