Reflections on 28 years of advocacy on air quality and sustainable transport
By Cornie Huizenga, Former Executive Director of Clean Air Asia, Secretary General of SLOCAT Partnership, Co-team leader of Asian Transport Outlook (ATO) and EST Expert Keynote delivered at the occasion of the High-Level 16th Regional Environmentally Sustainable Transport (EST) Forum in …
COP29: A Brutal Reflection of the Need for More Ambitious Climate Action in Transport
By Maruxa Cardama, Secretary General of SLOCAT As the curtain fell on COP29, I was left with a mix of frustration and resolve. This year’s climate talks failed to deliver substantive outcomes on critical fronts such as scaling up climate …
Tracking climate strategies for transport – 2-Year Anniversary
Join us for the second anniversary of the GIZ-SLOCAT NDC Transport Tracker, a database on ambition, targets and policies in NDCs and Long-Term Strategies, on Tuesday, 29 August at 3 PM CEST! The GIZ-SLOCAT NDC Transport Tracker has become a …
Call for Applications for SLOCAT-VREF Young Leaders in Sustainable Transport 2023 programme
The SLOCAT Partnership on Sustainable, Low Carbon Transport and the Volvo Research and Educational Foundations (VREF) are accepting applications for the fourth round of the SLOCAT-VREF Young Leaders in Sustainable Transport programme from now until 26 May 2023 (extended from …
Are Nationally Determined Contributions aligned with the commitments and initiatives on transport announced on the occasion of COP26? A Comparative Analysis by SLOCAT
Updated with latest information as of 14 December 2022 Introduction The 2021 UN Climate Conference COP26 saw an unprecedented number of commitments and initiatives on sustainable, low carbon transport. This comparative analysis examines to what extent Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) …
The best second-generation NDCs on Transport
The NDCs Hall of Fame by SLOCAT concludes with awards to the best NDCs in terms of transport ambition and action. The NDCs of Colombia, Guinea, Seychelles and Sri Lanka receive 4 stars as the best-performing in support of sustainable, …
Sustainable transport in African cities: Challenges and opportunities through the 15-minute city planning approach
by Nikola Medimorec with inputs by Bianca Ryseck, Cabrel Tokam, Fatoumata Diallo, Richard Unuigboje and Robert Ambunda Achieving a safe, efficient, low carbon, and affordable mobility and transport system can be enabled through more efficient planning concepts that prioritise proximity …
Apply now: Data Analysis Intern
Position description: SLOCAT is the international multi-stakeholder partnership that enables collaborative knowledge and action for sustainable, low carbon transport and brings the voice of the movement into international climate change and sustainability processes. With a primary focus on land transport, …
Climate Strategies for Transport: An Analysis of Nationally Determined Contributions and Long-Term Strategies
This report analyses trends in the transport decarbonisation ambition, targets and actions in the climate strategies submitted by countries in the framework of the Paris Agreement. Specifically, the analysis focuses on Long-Term Strategies (LTS) starting from 2016 and on Nationally …
EST Forum pre-event: Decarbonising Asia’s Transport Sector
EST Forum pre-event: Decarbonising Asia’s Transport Sector – How to Deliver on Proposed Goal 1a of the Aichi 2030 Declaration (12 October 2021, 12:45-15:00 Bangkok time) Decarbonising the transport sector is an imperative to achieve the Paris Climate Agreement goal …