Accelerating Access to Low-Carbon Urban Mobility Solutions
ACCESS is a joint initiative of eight organisations working across six Latin American countries to transform urban transport through digitalisation, supporting cleaner mobility and smarter investments.
Transforming urban mobility systems
The programme is designed to help reduce greenhouse gas emissions from transport while supporting cleaner, more efficient, and more inclusive mobility in cities across the region.
Objective & Impact
Reduce greenhouse gas emissions from urban transport, delivering measurable reductions compared with business as usual.
Approach & Innovation
Use digitalisation to support Avoid–Shift–Improve strategies, deploying advanced data management solutions.
ACCESS at a glance
Joint organisations
Latin American countries
Levels: Regional, National & Local
Stakeholder groups (Public, Private, Civil & Academia)
Where ACCESS works
Select a country to explore regional learning, city-level activities, pilots, and local policy support mechanisms.
Argentina
Active City Hubs & Pilots:
How ACCESS works
Structured around four outputs connecting city implementation, policy development, enabling frameworks, and regional learning.
Pilots and Implementation
Demonstrate and scale city-level pilot projects with active private sector participation. Tests practical digital and low-carbon solutions in real urban environments to generate transferable lessons.
Subnational Policies and Plans
Support cities and metropolitan areas to adopt inclusive and low-carbon mobility policies. Uses digitalisation to strengthen transport planning and embed innovative mobility approaches.
National Support Frameworks
Assist governments to develop regulations, financial commitments, and institutional environments that strengthen sustainable urban mobility and legal digital tools framework.
Regional Expansion
Share knowledge, tools, and capacity-building across the LAC region to upscale and replicate solutions through the Learning and Knowledge Gateway while addressing cross-cutting gender approaches.
Regional Context Context
Current urbanisation rate in Latin America (projected to reach 89% by 2050). Most urbanised region globally.
Of total greenhouse gas emissions in LAC come from transport. A higher share than any other region in the world.
Funding and Partners
ACCESS is funded by the German Federal Ministry for the Environment, Climate Action, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (BMUKN) through the International Climate Initiative (IKI).
At least 50% of the BMUKN grant is allocated directly to organizations based within the six host Latin American countries to ensure resource equity.