On 6th -7th June 2019, thirteen (13) Southern African Development Community (SADC) countries met in Johannesburg, South Africa to discuss regional harmonisation of cleaner fuels and vehicle emission standards within the SADC region. The workshop, funded by the Climate and Clean Air Coalition, was co-organized by the Air Pollution Information Network for Africa (APINA) through the Institute of Environmental Studies of Zimbabwe, UNEP and ICCT. Over 40 participants from national and local governments, the oil and vehicle industry, non-governmental organisations, and the academia attended the two-day meeting.
The countries that were represented in the workshop are Angola, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Lesotho, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Seychelles, South Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania, Zambia and Zimbabwe, and representatives of the SADC Secretariat, East African Community (EAC), UN Environment (UNEP), and International Council on Clean Transportation (ICCT).