113. The secretariat reminded GRVA of the Inland Transport Committee (ITC) request to ECE to prepare a draft Climate Change Mitigation Strategy and the ITC Secretary request to provide comments on the outline prepared. The secretariat presented (GRVA-17-48) the draft contribution of WP.29 prepared the GRPE task force on this matter (GRVA-17-15). GRVA noted with interest the documents.

114. The secretariat introduced a note (GRVA-17-14) proposing GRVA comments on the ITC Climate Change Mitigation Strategy outline. The representative of Japan mentioned the importance of the greenhouse gas emissions reduction in transport and of the coordination role of WP.29. GRVA endorsed GRVA-17-14 and provided further comments related to potential GRVA contributions in that field, mentioning the activities on e-axles, the possibility to optimize weight and dimensions of trucks and the long-term considerations related to ADS and their GHG emissions (see Annex IV to the session report).