TradeMark East Africa (TMEA) is a non-profit aid for trade organization, working with the East African Community (EAC) to support growth through trade. TMEA seeks to increase trade in East African countries and region by unlocking economic potential by reducing trade barriers and improving business competitiveness. One of TMEA's areas of intervention is sustainable and inclusive trade in the region.

TMEA works with the regional freight transport system in East Africa. TMEA supported the Northern Corridor Transit and Transport Coordination Authority (ACTTCN) and the Central Corridor Transit Transport Facilitation Agency (CCTTFA) in setting up Corridor Transport Observatory Systems (CCTTFA) in setting up Corridor Transport Observatory Systems. TMEA conducted this study to understand the impacts of the Corridors on climate change, among other related issues, and established a program to:

1. Develop a tool to assess greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions associated with the two main corridors.

2. Support the Corridors transport observatory systems in order to establish a system for collecting and applying relevant data by using the tool to regularly report on the performance of the Corridors in terms of GHG emissions.

3. Identify the potential to reduce GHG emissions in potential Corridors climate change mitigation projects.

Taking into account the above aspects, TMEA commissioned ClimateCare, in collaboration with mentioned Meghraj Capital Limited, to conduct a study aimed at understanding the GHG emissions of the Northern and Central Corridors. To estimate GHG emissions, a flexible Excel-based model has been developed that will ultimately help identify climate change mitigation projects along Regional Transit Corridors that, in turn, will reduce the carbon intensity of freight transport operations, resulting in a decrease in grams of CO2 emitted per tonne-kilometer.