Another Record Breaking Year for Renewable Energy: More renewable energy capacity for less money
Transport shows potential for expanded use of renewables
Record power capacity of 161 GW added, for 23% less investment (USD 241.6 billion)
Today, June 7th, REN21 published its Renewables 2017 Global Status Report (GSR), the most comprehensive annual overview of the state of renewable energy.
Out now: Passenger and Freight Transport Volume of the Compendium on GHG Baselines and Monitoring
How to estimate actual or future greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in the transport sector? What are the available methodologies to assess emission reduction potentials in the sector?
The new publication of the Passenger and Freight Transport Volume discusses these issues by offering a comprehensive guide through existing methodologies for GHG quantification of different types of transport mitigation actions.
SLoCaT featured in IISD'S Bonn Climate Change Conference Coverage for Tuesday, May 16th
The Bonn Climate Change Conference continued on Tuesday, 16 May. Throughout the day, informal consultations met to discuss various issues under the 46th sessions of the Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice (SBSTA 46) and Subsidiary Body for Implementation (SBI 46), as well as the third part of the first session on the Ad Hoc Working Group on the Paris Agreement (APA 1-3).
How do we get urban transport to deliver on global climate targets?
To maintain the agreed international schedule, the sector will need to move beyond fossil fuels shortly after 2050 in the world’s most advanced regions, and by 2070 elsewhere.
SLoCaT Analysis of 150 Transport Emission Methodologies and Tools Shows Strong Potential to Measure Carbon Reduction and Other Benefits
Measuring CO2 in transport projects and programs is essential to driving further action on transport and climate change, through quantification of the potential contribution of low carbon transport infrastructure and services in comparison to more carbon-intensive investments. Since it can be difficult to quantify positive impacts from complex transport systems in comparison to fixed energy infrastructure, the sustainable transport sector has traditionally received less attention than other sectors from sources of climate finance.
Pacific leads High Ambition Coalition for Shipping emission reduction
TUESDAY 2 MAY 2017: Marshall Islands and Solomon Islands have submitted a paper to the forthcoming meeting of the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) calling on shipping to show high ambition in tackling climate change causing emissions from shipping, in line with, Pacific Leaders calls for no more than 1.5 degrees warming.
SLoCaT gives policy recommendations to EST Forum on a Follow-Up Agreement to the Bangkok Declaration for 2020
The Partnership on Sustainable, Low Carbon Transport has released a background policy paper for the Intergovernmental 10th Regional Environmentally Sustainable Transport (EST) Forum in Asia, which took place from March 14 to 16, 2017 in Vientiane, Lao PDR.
Vientiane Declaration on Sustainable Rural Transport towards Achieving the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development adopted at 10th EST Forum
17 Mar, 2017
Vientiane, Lao PDR
Adoption of the Vientiane Declaration (from left to right): Mr. Ganesh Raj Joshi (UNCRD), Mr. Cornie Huizenga (SLoCaT Partnership), H.E. Dr. Bounchanh Sinthavong (MPWT Lao PDR), Mr. Peter O’Neil, and Mr. Choudhury Rudra Charan Mohanty.
