SLOCAT Engagement at COP29

11th – 22th November 

Transport in COP29 Outcomes

The 29th Conference of the Parties (COP29) of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), held in Baku, Azerbaijan, in November 2024, was widely dubbed the “Finance COP” for its pivotal role in mobilising financial resources from developed countries to aid developing nations in their transition towards net-zero pathways. This effort largely centred on establishing the “New Collective Quantified Goal” (NCQG) on climate finance.Nonetheless, this year’s climate talks failed to deliver substantive outcomes on critical fronts such as scaling up climate finance, advancing a global goal on adaptation, operationalising the Loss and Damage Fund, and enhancing directives for countries to set ambitious emissions reductions in their NDCs 3.0.

Also read SLOCAT infopackage about COP29

COP29 infopackage

Major transport events at a glance

COP29 Agenda and Thematic Days

from the COP29 President-Designate Letter to Parties and Constituencies

Frequently asked questions

Action for Finance: Transport in Climate Finance and the Loss & Damage Fund

At COP29, SLOCAT and our partners are calling for ambitious efforts to urgently close the transport finance gap. Our messages focus on preventing communities from being locked into carbon-intensive systems and advocating for an ambitious global climate finance goal that delivers on the First Global Stocktake Decision. We urge countries to boost financial flows for transport and engage key transport stakeholders, while prioritising an adequate response package for transport in the Loss and Damage Fund. Additionally, we call for more ambitious transport commitments in NDCs 3.0 that can promote broader financial reforms for action towards a low-carbon, energy-efficient and resilient transport future.

Political ambition and capacity building for the next NDCs

GIZ-SLOCAT NDC Transport Tracker

A database on ambition, targets and policies in NDCs and Long-Term Strategies

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NDCs Library

From the global transport community

Guidelines, tools
and resources to increase transport ambition in
the next generation of NDCs

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A call to double the share of energy efficient and fossil-free forms of land transport by 2030

Freight and logistics
in the NDCs

by SLOCAT and Kühne Climate Center

Just transition
in the NDCs

By SLOCAT and International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF)

Transport
Decarbonisation Index

By SLOCAT, UK’s HVT, UEMI. Prof. Lew Fulton, Pierpaolo Cazzola and Jacob Teter

A diagnostic toolkit to assist LMIC countries in Africa and South Asia in reducing greenhouse gas emissions in surface transport

Forthcoming

Compendium of policy interventions on freight transport and logistics

By SLOCAT and Kühne Climate Center

Identifying the ‘best value’ policies and investment approaches to deliver quick wins and initiate long-term transformations

Forthcoming

Transport in the NDCs of Asia-Pacific countries

By SLOCAT, UNESCAP,
UK’s HVT and ADB

Policy brief on the state of play of transport targets in NDCs within the region.

Forthcoming

SLOCAT as official Focal Point for transport sector engagement in the MPGCA

Truly Global: A Regional Outlook on the 2030 Climate Solutions

By the UN High-Level
Climate Champions and the Marrakech Partnership

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Marrakech Partnership Transport Action Event

20 November I 12:45 – 14:15 I SE5 Nasimi

Public programme

Marrakech Partnership Implementation Lab

20 November I 9:00 – 10:30 I SE2 Mugham

Events

Sustainable
Transport Day

at SDGs Pavillion

Preparing for the UN Decade: Forward-looking priority setting for integrated challenges

By UNDESA and others

9:00 – 10:30

NDC implementation through integrated, multi-modal transport in cities

By UN HABITAT, UITP, World Bank

10:45 – 11:45

Effective transport strategies for
boosting the NDCs

By UNESCAP, SLOCAT and others

12:00 – 13:00

One more year, SLOCAT is compiling publicly available information about transport-focused events, including events organised by SLOCAT Partners, the wider transport community and the COP29 Presidency.

COP29 official website

COP29 Presidency Letter - July

COP29 Presidency
Action Agenda Letter