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COP President-Designate welcomes ministers and leaders to 2nd ZEV Transition Council
Great to see you all again. We’ve got two big agenda items – the pace of transition that is needed to reach our Paris goals, and also the latest evidence on the relative environmental performance of technology options that we have to get to net zero. Then a short discussion on the global MoU on heavy-duty vehicles.
I am also joined by my friend Grant Shapps, UK Secretary of State for Transport.
This is the second meeting we are having on this Zero Emission Vehicles Council – welcome back to everyone who participated in the last meeting in November.
26 April 2021 (Transcript of the speech, exactly as it was delivered)
Great to see you all again. We’ve got two big agenda items - the pace of transition that is needed to reach our Paris goals, and also the latest evidence on the relative environmental performance of technology options that we have to get to net zero. Then a short discussion on the global MoU on heavy-duty vehicles.
I am also joined by my friend Grant Shapps, UK Secretary of State for Transport.
This is the second meeting we are having on this Zero Emission Vehicles Council - welcome back to everyone who participated in the last meeting in November.
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COP President-Designate welcomes ministers and leaders to the 2nd ZEV Transition Council
Alok Sharma welcomed participants who had attended the first meeting in November 2020, as well as new participants, including Germany and the USA.
Great to see you all again. We’ve got two big agenda items – the pace of transition that is needed to reach our Paris goals, and also the latest evidence on the relative environmental performance of technology options that we have to get to net zero. Then a short discussion on the global MoU on heavy-duty vehicles.
I am also joined by my friend Grant Shapps, UK Secretary of State for Transport.