C40 Cities Climate Leadership Group
C40 is a network of the world’s megacities committed to addressing climate change. C40 supports cities to collaborate effectively, share knowledge and drive meaningful, measurable and sustainable action on climate change.
Cities are where the future happens first. The C40 Cities Climate Leadership Group connects more than 90 of the world’s greatest cities, representing over 650 million people and one quarter of the global economy.
SLoCaT welcomes Young Tae Kim as ITF Secretary-General
The International Transport Forum at the OECD has a new Secretary-General. Dr. Young Tae Kim, a Korean national, has taken up his position at the organisation’s Paris headquarters on 21 August. SLoCaT is looking forward to working with new Secretary-General. Dr. Young Tae Kim and supporting him in the execution of his future duties.
Kim is the first non-European to lead the world’s only all-modes transport organisation.
PPMC releases updated draft COP23 Planning Note
The Paris Process on Mobility and Climate (PPMC), a joint initiative of the Partnership on Sustainable, Low Carbon Transport (SLoCaT) and Michelin Challenge Bibendum (MCB), has updated its COP 23 Planning Note.
2017 High Level Political Forum: Limited Focus on the Contribution of Transport toward Realizing the SDGs
Sustainable transport services and infrastructure are essential to achieving most, if not all, the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Although sustainable transport is not represented by a standalone SDG in the 2030 Agenda, it is mainstreamed in a direct or indirect manner into several SDGs, especially those related to poverty alleviation; food security; access to health services, clean water, education, and employment; gender equality; energy; infrastructure; cities and human settlements; and climate change.
2017 Voluntary National Reviews: Limited Focus on the Contribution of Transport toward Realizing the Sustainable Development Goals (Interim Results)
The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development is a set of 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) adopted by world leaders in September 2015 and aimed at stimulating actions to shift the world onto a sustainable and resilient path (Figure 1).
Transport related country reporting to global processes on sustainable development: A case study on countries in the Latin America and Caribbean region
An assessment has been developed by the Partnership on Sustainable, Low Carbon Transport (SLoCaT) to evaluate the status of reporting of 18 countries in the Latin America and Caribbean (LAC) region to the six global agreements on sustainable development and climate change.
Suva Declaration
PIDF – Pacific Islands Development Forum
Pacific Islands Development Forum (PIDF) is a space for catalysing, mobilizing and mainstreaming action in support of sustainable development through green/blue economy in Pacific Island Countries. It is an action-oriented platform to identify innovative solutions that will ensure sustainable development and works closely with international institutions to engage state and non-state actors to develop high-impact collaborations on sustainable development and poverty reduction in the Pacific Islands.
New CEM campaign aims for goal of 30% new electric vehicle sales by 2030
June 8, 2017
BEIJING – The Clean Energy Ministerial (CEM) announced new campaign called EV 30@30 to speed up the deployment of electric vehicles and target at least 30 percent new electric vehicle sales by 2030.