Government plans to introduce electric buses to reduce pollution – Titus Glover

General News of Friday, March 22, 2019

Source: ghanaiantimes.com.gh

2019-03-22

The government plans to introduce electric buses and compressed natural gas (CNG) buses to reduce emissions of pollutants into the environment as part of climate change actions.

The introduction of these environmentally friendly buses into the public transit system is expected to phase out the use of short, medium and long term diesel city buses.

Deputy Transport Minister Danny Titus Glover said the government was working with the African Development Bank (AfDB) to help it obtain Green Climate Fund funding for the purchase of energy. 39, electric buses.

He was speaking Wednesday at a roundtable on Ghana-determined contributions (NDCs) to Ghana to tackle climate change at the African Climate Week in Accra.

NDCs are national climate action plans developed in accordance with the 2015 Paris Agreement on Climate Change. These are 31 targets that affect sectors such as transport and energy and that must be implemented from 2020 to 2030.

The discussion on "Investing in climate change actions for job creation and economic development" focused on the progress made in implementing the NDCs and the investment opportunities that accompany them. .

"Electric mobility is a promising technological solution to fight against climate pollutants and we call on investors and stakeholders to join with the government in launching this very important initiative," he said.

Mr. Glover said that there were a number of collaborations with the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), with the support of UN-Environment, in the United States. ################################################################################################################################################################

In addition, he pointed out that there was some collaboration to introduce standards on vehicle emissions with the regulations being developed.

Explaining the need for green buses, Mr Glover said the road transport sector accounted for around 45% of total fuel combustion emissions and 13% of total national greenhouse gas emissions. 2016.

This, he said, was dangerous for health because studies had estimated that Ghanaians on average spent about eight years of their lives in traffic amidst the broadcasts, adding that the government was working on other interventions in the transport sector to help fight climate change.

Dr. Anthony Okon Nyong, director of the Climate and Green Growth Department of the African Development Bank Group, confirmed his collaboration with Ghana for the introduction of electric buses.

"We want to support the electric bus system. We want to support other projects because we want to make sure that Ghana continues to play a leading role, "he said.