SLoCaT explains the Role of Sustainable, Low Carbon Transport to the ADP Technical Expert Meeting in Bonn

Oct 27, 2014

Shanghai- October 27 2014

On October 23rd, the Ad Hoc Working Group on the Durban Platform (ADP) Co-Chairs hosted a follow-up meeting to the Technical Expert Meetings (TEMs) that were organized in the March and June 2014 negotiating sessions of the UNFCCC. This meeting took place during the sixth part of the second session of the ADP (ADP 2.6.), taking place from 20 –25 October 2014 in Bonn, Germany. 

At the Technical Expert Meeting, SLoCaT Partnership was represented by Heather Allen, Programme Director Sustainable Transport of the Transport Research Laboratory.  In her statement, Allen highlighted the great potential to reduce land transport greenhouse gas emissions cost-effectively and at the same time generate synergies with other sustainable development objectives and emphasized the need for urgent action on transport to create a sustainable, low carbon future.

Please see: Full-text of the Statement (pdf)

 

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