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38. The secretariat briefed WP.29 on the outcomes of the eighty-sixth session of the Inland Transport Committee (ITC). 39. He highlighted the following ITC decisions with relevance to WP.29: 37. Took note of the status of implementation by the Committee and its subsidiary bodies of the revised Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS) Road Map that was adopted at its eighty-third session; encouraged the Working Parties to pursue their efforts in implementing the revised Road Map and encouraged continuation of the work of: 40. The secretariat presented (WP.29-192-06) the content of the ITC Strategy on Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Inland Transport (ECE/TRANS/2024/3). 41. The representative from FIVA asked whether sustainable biofuels and e-fuels were included in ECE/TRANS/2024/3. The secretariat clarified that the strategy attempted to remain technology neutral while giving attention to low carbon technologies that were rapidly gaining market share. 42. The representatives of Australia, Canada and United States of America reiterated the importance of enabling hybrid meetings to support greater participation in WP.29 meetings, as mentioned in the ITC strategy on Climate Change Mitigation and as repeatedly requested by WP.29. 43. The secretariat explained that decisions were still expected by the General Assembly on the possibility to host hybrid meetings, and that therefore the UN Office in Geneva had stopped offering the possibility to host hybrid official meetings until a decision has been reached. 44. The secretariat also indicated that action 6 of the ITC climate strategy was not focusing on budget aspects but rather looking at conditions and procedural aspects, such as voting or elections, for holding official meetings in hybrid format if and when budget issues would be resolved. |
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