12 August 2014

BSR Issues Implications for Transport on Climate Change from the IPCC 5th Assessment Report

Busines for Social Responsibility (BRS) issued a summary report to distill key findings on the effects of transport on climate change from the recently released Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Fifth Assessment Report. The report includes implications for road, rail, air, and shipping and is part of BSR’s Business in a Climate-Constrained World Initiative

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12 August 2014

UN Secretary-General Appoints Membership of High-Level Advisory Group on Sustainable Transport

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today announced the membership of a High-level Advisory Group on Sustainable Transport to provide recommendations on sustainable transport actionable at global, national, local and sector levels.

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31 July 2014

European Parliament's Committee on Transport Chaired by Green Party Cyclist

Michael Cramer, an MEP for Alliance ’90/The Greens, was elected chairman of the European Parliament’s Committee on Transport and Tourism on July 7 for a two-and-a-half year term. It is expected that with the leadership of Cramer, Europe’s transport future will become greener and more sustainable.

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9 July 2014

Sustainable Transport Africa (STA)

Sustainable Transport Africa is a Non-Governmental Organization recently registered in Kenya with the primary objective of making transport more accessible to the lower income, physically challenged and financially disadvantaged groups, while reducing the adverse environmental and health impacts.