The Urban World 2030 Workshop: Sustainable Transport for Global Development and Climate Protection 2013

The Urban World 2030 Workshop: Sustainable Transport for Global Development and Climate Protection 2013 was co-organized by Atlantic Council, Institute for Transportation and Development Policy and the Partnership on Sustainable, Low Carbon Transport (SLoCaT) on April 9th in Washington DC.  The roundtable workshop brought together key experts and American stakeholders to discuss how the transport sector be a critical building block for sustainable development within the United Nations climate change and development frameworks.  In addition the participants discussed the role United States could the U.S. play to advance global sustainable transport.

Presenters:

Otaviano Canuto (TBC)
Vice President and Head of Network
Poverty Reduction and Economic Management

The World Bank

Marc Juhel
Sector Manager, Transport

The World Bank

Rafael Acevedo-Daunas
Transport Lead Specialist
Inter-American Development Bank

Cornie Huizenga
Joint Convener
Partnership on Sustainable, Low Carbon Transport

Polly Trottenberg
Under Secretary for Policy
US Department of Transportation

Moderated by:

Michael Replogle
Managing Director for Policy & Founder
Institute for Transportation & Development Policy

Synopsis of the discussions please see, Sustainable Transport for Global Development and Climate Protection – Event Synposis