70. The Chair of GRPE (Netherlands) reported to WP.29 on the results achieved by GRPE during its eighty-eight and eighty-ninth sessions (for more details see the report of the session ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRPE/88 and ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRPE/89).

71. WP.29 noted that GRPE approved the creation of an informal task force on the Inland Transport Committee (ITC) Climate Change mitigation strategy to develop the GRPE inputs to the ITC strategy on climate change mitigation, in consultation with WP.29.

72. WP.29 endorsed the revised terms of references and rules of procedure for the IWG on PMP.

73. WP.29 acknowledged the progress on Automated Vehicles Regulations Screening (AVRS) and encouraged all stakeholders to get actively engaged in this activity.

74. WP.29 noted GRPE rejection to include the Unique Identifier in all UN Regulations under GRPE ‘s purview.

75. WP.29 noted the re-election of Mr A. Rijnders (The Netherlands) as Chair and of Mr. D. Kay (UK) as Vice Chair for the GRPE sessions scheduled for 2024.

76. The representative of Australia inquired the potential new activity on cooling unit and whether the objective was to measure their efficiency. The Chair of GRPE clarified that the primary concerns were pollutant emissions, for which evidence showed high emissions levels.

77. The representative of the United States of America supported the activities of the IWG on Automotive Life Cycle Assessment (A-LCA) and announced future contributions. He also requested the IWG to include all aspects of LCA in its final deliverable and called for a high transparency in the development of the methodology to increase the credibility of the activities of the IWG on A-LCA.

78. The representative of Japan highlighted the role of the IWG on A-LCA as a key input to achieve carbon neutrality and reiterated the continuous engagement of Japan in the activities of the IWG on A-LCA, for example by taking leadership roles in two IWG sub-groups.

79. The secretariat briefed WP.29 on the expected next steps to develop a coordinated input for the ITC climate change mitigation strategy and invited all interested stakeholders to approach him to join future forthcoming meetings to help develop a consolidated WP.29 proposal to ITC.