Road transport is expected to increase significantly by 2050, increasing its share of total freight transport by 40%. CO2 emissions from road transport are also projected to increase by 240% by 2050. Issues that organizations dealing with sustainable road freight transport often cover include road safety, security, fuels, and GHG emissions.
Please click on the organizations below to find out more about their work on sustainable road freight transport. You can enter key words into the search function (e.g. border, climate, corridor, safety) to tailor the organizations appearing below. You can also use the filters to customize the list of organizations according to geographical region.
Please note that this is work in progress. Summaries are only provided for organizations with a global or regional scope and not for organizations focusing on a single country.
Last updated in April 2016.
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