Net-Zero Platform by 2040: Uber’s delegation wraps up its representation for COP 27

Net-Zero Platform by 2040: Uber’s delegation wraps up its representation for COP 27

Cairo, Egypt: Uber’s global delegation has wrapped up their participation at the United Nations Climate Change Conference COP 27, held in Sharm El Sheikh, through multiple events and panels in the blue and green zones.

Uber’s CEO, Dara Khosrowshahi, joined the World Economic Forum’s virtual panel “Public-private Actions for Decarbonizing Road Transport”, where he highlighted that Uber is the only company to devote $800M in resources to help hundreds of thousands of drivers go electric by the end of 2025. He also shared results on the road to zero emissions stating that EV use on Uber more than doubled in the first year after announcing the commitment and that in the first half of 2022, EV drivers active on the Uber platform globally avoided using over 5.7M gallons of gasoline.

Uber started the journey towards the transition in 2020 when it announced its global commitment to becoming a zero-emission mobility platform by 2040, targeting 100% of rides globally to be in zero-emission vehicles or through micromobility and public transit.

Uber’s Global Head of Sustainability, Christopher Hook, participated at the “Transport Decarbonization”, and “Encouraging early results on the path to help 100% of drivers on Uber go ZEV” events, and focused through his talks