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27 Jun 2013 In News By talya.enriquez

The GEF Council approved a World Bank Sustainable Transport project in Russia

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.

26 Jun 2013 In News By talya.enriquez

ODI proposes Transport SDG: Realise universal access to sustainable transport mobility

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.

25 Jun 2013 In News By SLOCAT

UN Reports GHG Emissions on Journey Towards Climate Neutrality

The UN has launched the fourth edition of Moving Towards a Climate Neutral UN, the annual progress report on the UN’s journey towards climate neutrality, which details the UN’s greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in 2011 and some of the activities undertaken in 2012 to reduce them.

25 Jun 2013 In News By cornie.huizenga

CAF-Development Bank of Latin America to Provide Support to SLoCaT Secretariat

CAF-Development Bank of Latin America -(www.caf.com/en) has confirmed its support to SLoCaT by providing support to the SLoCaT Secretariat with the specific objective to promote the better integration of Latin America in the activities of the SLoCaT Partnership.

20 Jun 2013 In News By talya.enriquez

Rio+20 Voluntary Commitments to Create Universal Access to Safe, Clean and Affordable Transport on Track

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.