NORTHERN CORRIDOR GREEN FREIGHT STRATEGY 2030

United Nations 2 years ago

The Northern Corridor is a freight corridor that connects the hinterland countries of Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, South Sudan, and parts of the Democratic Republic of Congo to the Kenyan maritime seaport of Mombasa. It is the busiest trade and transport route in East and Central Africa, with a total fleet size of around 12,500 trucks. The Corridor facilitates a daily road freight movement of about 75,000 tonnes from Mombasa to the hinterlands of Kenya and its neighbouring Eastern African Countries. The Northern Corridor Green Freight Strategy 2030 aims at making the corridor a low-carbon transport route by reducing harmful pollutants and its carbon footprint. The strategy targets an improvement in the fuel efficiency of trucks by 10% by 2030 when compared to 2024 levels; reduction in Particulate Matter (PM), Black Carbon (BC), and Oxides of nitrogen (NOX) by 12% by 2030 when compared to 2024 levels; reduction in CO2 emissions intensity by 10% by 2030 when compared to 2024 levels; and enhance climate resilience of at least 2000 km of roads. The corridor also plans to be EV-ready by 2030 and net zero emissions by 2050.
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