The CAI-Asia Center is working with the FIA Foundation, International Energy Agency, the International Transport Forum, and UNEP PCFV in promoting fuel economy, specifically for the Southeast Asian Region as part of the Global Fuel Economy Initiative.

A pre-event on "Fuel Economy: Towards a Global Framework" was organized as part of the Better Air Quality 2008 in Bangkok on 12-14 November 2008. Proceedings of Pre-event on Fuel Economy: Towards a Global Framework http://www.baq2008.org/preevent-fuels

A study was completed on how fuel economy policies and measures can be adopted by the ASEAN and its member countries and was launched at the Fifth Regional EST Forum in Bangkok, Thailand on 24 August 2010. See http://cleanairinitiative.org/portal/node/6218

CAI-Asia conducted further discussions with ASEAN officials and organized a workshop during the UNCRD EST Forum in August 2010 that
(a) informs ASEAN government representatives and other relevant ASEAN stakeholders on the fuel economy study results
(b) aims to obtain a general agreement among the ASEAN member countries on a framework for implementing fuel economy policies and measures in the region
(c) aims to establish a fuel economy stakeholder group in ASEAN.

The workshop proceedings and report is available here.

More information on the Global Fuel Economy Initiative and Summary of Key Issues
http://www.fiafoundation.org/50by50/Pages/homepage.aspx
http://www.fiafoundation.org/publications/Documents/50by50_leaflet.pdf

For more information on fuel economy issues
http://cleanairinitiative.org/portal/knowledgebase/topics/topic/Fuel%20e...

Donor: FIA Foundation

Partners: FIA Foundation, IEA, PCFV, ITF

Duration: June 2009 - August 2010

CAI-Asia contact:
Bert Fabian, bert.fabian(at)cai-asia.org