The EcoLogistics project aims to improve urban freight transport logistics and make it more sustainable, in order to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, decrease local pollution, and support the development of strategies and public policies geared towards low-carbon urban logistics. The approach focused on empowering local governments and key stakeholders to design and implement regulatory, operational, and technical solutions that transform freight transport towards cleaner and more efficient models.

Components:

• Capacity building and multi-stakeholder coordination, aimed at local governments and key stakeholders for the design and implementation of low-carbon urban freight logistics policies and strategies.
• Diagnosis and generation of information, using tools for measuring emissions from urban freight transport and building baselines to support decision-making.
• Strategic planning of urban logistics, through the development of Low Carbon Urban Logistics Action Plans, with specific mitigation goals and actions.
• Implementation of demonstrative and scalable solutions, aimed at validating clean and efficient alternatives for last mile urban logistics, such as the cargo bike pilot in the city of Rosario, integrated into the public bicycle system and implemented in central areas with high commercial activity and availability of infrastructure for active mobility.
• Formulation of public policy recommendations, aimed at strengthening regulatory frameworks and national policies for sustainable urban freight transport, based on evidence generated at the local level.

Implementation period
2018–2021

Funders
German Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (BMU), through the International Climate Initiative (IKI).

Implementing organizations
ICLEI – Local Governments for Sustainability

Territory where it was implemented
In Argentina, It was implemented in three cities: Córdoba, Rosario and Santa Fe.

Website
https://sustainablemobility.iclei.org/ecologistics/