‘Forum for Decarbonizing Transport’

Current Context: The ‘Forum for Decarbonizing Transport’ was jointly launched by NITI Aayog and World Resources Institute (WRI), India.

• The forum will be implemented by NITI Aayog as it is its implementing partner for India.
• The forum aims to reduce the peak level of GHG emissions in the transport sector on the Asian continent. It aims to reduce it in line with a well below the 2-degree pathway. The GHG emissions in the transport sector lead to the problems like congestion and air pollution.
• The forum was launched under NDC-Transport Initiative for Asia (NDC-TIA) project, which is the joint initiative of 7 organisations that will work to promote a comprehensive approach to decarbonizing transport in the countries like China, India, and Vietnam.
• Under the forum, both the entities along with project partners will work with stakeholders to frame strategies and business models to boost electric mobility in India.
• The forum will also be a platform to have a dialogue of discussion to frame uniform policies to reduce carbon emissions from the transport sector.
• Thus the forum will be a platform for achieving greening the transport sector in India.
• Static Part: 
• HQ of NITI Aayog: New Delhi
• Chairperson of NITI Aayog: PM Narendra Modi
• CEO of NITI Aayog: Amitabh Kant
• HQ of WRI: Washington, D.C., United States

Question: 

Q.1 Which organisation launched ‘Forum for Decarbonizing Transport’?
a. NITI Aayog
b. World Resources Institute (WRI)
c. World Economic Forum
d. Both (a) and (b)