9th Global Partnership Meeting for Clean Fuels and Vehicles, 26-27 October 2011 Nairobi – Kenya

The Partnership for Clean Fuels and Vehicles (PCFV) held its Global Partnership Meeting (GPM) on 26-27 October 2011 at UNEP Headquarters in Nairobi, Kenya. About 50 participants attended the meeting, including representatives of governments, fuel and vehicle industry associations, civil society and international organizations.unep

Partners agreed that, 10 years after the WSSD in Johannesburg, the work of the Partnership is still relevant and that a new Phase of the PCFV would start after the Rio+20 meeting, to take place in June 2012. Phase II of the PCFV would focus on promotion of low sulphur fuels and cleaner vehicles. The Clearing House is looking into the possibilities to launch this at Rio+20.