Financing Sustainable Urban Transport – International Review of National Urban Transport Policies and Programmes
Sustainable urban transport (SUT) systems are urgently needed in developing and emerging economies world-wide. Fast rates of motorisation, especially increases in private car ownership and travel have already turned congestion, air pollution and noise into common problems in many emerging and developing cities. Due to lost time and higher transport costs, road congestion is estimated to cost Asian economies 2-5% of GDP per year already. Asian cities also suffer from the highest air pollution levels in the world with transport being one of its largest contributors.
IISD's Global Subsidies Initiative calls on Parties to incorporate fossil-fuel subsidy reform into the UNFCCC processes and mechanisms
IISD’s Global Subsidies Initiative has just published a policy brief making recommendations to Parties on incorporating fossil-fuel subsidy reform more formally into the UNFCCC processes and mechanisms.
Solutions Project on Implementing Innovative and Green Urban Transport Call for Cities
The European SOLUTIONS project on innovative and green urban transport solutions, is calling for cities from Europe, Asia, Latin America and the Mediterranean, to become involved in the project’s innovation activities as leading, take-up or training city.
Uganda Road Sector Support Initiative (URSSI)
Uganda Road Sector Support Initiative (URSSI) is a Not-for-Profit Non Governmental Organization that was established in 2009 to facilitate coherent and timely development and planning of road transport and urban development in Uganda with particular emphasis on roads, municipal planning and sustainable transport management both in rural and urban areas. Our advocacy programmes propose a strong link between road development and urban planning to mitigate future urban sprawl and congestion thus promoting sustainable development through smarter transport systems.
Making Sustainable Development Real for All with Universal Access to Safe, Clean, Affordable Transport
One billion people in the world live with disability. On 19-20 July, the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN-DESA) organized the “DESA Forum: Dialogue on the post-2015 Development Framework and Disability” at United Nations Headquarters in New York. The Forum brought together a wide range of stakeholders to discuss a way forward for inclusion of disability in the development agenda and frameworks.
Sustainable Development in Action Report on Voluntary Commitments
The United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Division for Sustainable Development, published Sustainable Development in Action, as a special edition of the SD in Action Newsletter.
New IEA Report shows benefits of improved energy efficiency of urban transport systems
PARIS, 10 July – Policies that improve the energy efficiency of urban transport systems could help save as much as USD 70 trillion in spending on vehicles, fuel and transportation infrastructure between now and 2050, according to a new report from the International Energy Agency.