Greening the transportation sector is crucial, but it often takes a backseat to renewable energy. In Costa Rica, legislators are increasingly pushing better public transit to try and meet Paris Agreement goals, Sebastian Rodriguez reports. SAN JOSE (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Last year, this greenest of Central American nations broke the world record for the most consecutive days running on renewable energy – 300. But there’s one area where Costa Rica is still struggling to meet its Paris Agreement commitment to cut emissions, experts say: the transport system. “We’ve kept a very clean electrical grid running. Where Costa Rica is still underperforming – and it’s typical of most developing countries – is in transport. That’s where our Achilles heel is,” said Christiana Figueres, a Costa Rican and the former head of the U.N. climate secretariat. According to the country’s National Meteorological Institute, 64 percent of Costa Rica’s climate-changing emissions come from energy use, and more than two thirds of those come from transport. Marcela Guerrero, a Costa Rican national legislator, said the country’s outdated and inefficient … Continue reading Costa Rica drives for a new green goal: electric transport