How to Reform the Global Used Car Trade and Why Bans Are the Wrong Way to Go About It

Festival Godwin Boartin is a researcher at the Columbia Climate School, specializing in sustainable transport in Africa. From his perspective, the harm caused by these old cars tends to outweigh the benefits. But replacing these dangerous, dirty old cars with safe and sustainable transport options isn't as easy as just banning car imports from entering the country,. Festival says.