EMBARQ and the Lee Schipper family are pleased to announce the recipients of the 2013 Lee Schipper Memorial Scholarship. The sustainable transport scholarship has been awarded to Sudhir Gota and to Fei Li to finance their research in advancing bold solutions to improve transport quality in cities. The scholarship was established in 2012 to celebrate the vision and bold challenges to conventional wisdom that EMBARQ founder and recognized researcher Lee Schipper contributed to the field of sustainable transport and energy efficiency.
The transport sector represents a major share in global emissions but has been largely neglected by the carbon markets.
Climate Focus makes a strong case for the allocation of climate finance to promote the use of bicycles for urban transport. An increasing number of municipalities in developing counties are recognizing the opportunity that cycling offers to reduce greenhouse gas emissions while also improving the quality of life in cities. Climate finance can support municipalities in emerging economies develop bike-friendly infrastructure and promote cycling.
On June 28th, Bridging the Gap released a newly updated publication “NAMA Submissions to the UNFCCC: An Overview from a transport perspective”reviewing the Nationally Appropriate Mitigation Actions (NAMA) intentions communicated to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) from a land transport perspective.
On June 20, 2013, the 44th meeting of the Global Environment Facility (GEF)’s Governing Council approved a $369.82 million Work Program, consisting of 48 project concepts and two programmatic approaches. The Work Program includes a World Bank sustainable transport project in Russian Federation titled “National Urban Transport Improvement Project.” For the project, the GEF finances 9.1 million USD grant with co-finance of 270 million USD.
Many of the proposals for post-2015 goals and targets appear ambitious, but what would it take to achieve them? This ODI paper assesses what is needed to achieve goals for universal and sustainable access to infrastructure, specifically water, energy and transport.
BERLIN, GERMANY (20 June, 2013)—The implementation of the Voluntary Commitments on Sustainable Transport launched at the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development, or Rio+20, one year ago today, is well on track concluded the report “Creating Universal Access to Safe, Clean and Affordable Transport”, presented today at the Berlin High Level Dialogue on Implementing Rio+20 Decisions on Sustainable Cities and Transport.
GIZ organized a Side Event on “NAMAs in the Transport Sector” at the UN Climate Change Conference in Bonn. Around 70 representatives from various countries and organizations attended this event on the evening of 5 June 2013.