Blog List - SLOCAT

28 Sep 2015 In News By SLOCAT

Launch 80 Days Campaign on Climate Action in Transport

2015 is a key year in developing a global agreement on climate change. Ambitious action on transport is essential to successfully implement the agreement to be reached on climate change in Paris, France in December 2015.

28 Sep 2015 In document By SLOCAT

Poverty and sustainable transport: How transport affects poor people with policy implications for poverty reduction – A literature review

17 Sep 2015 In News By Alice Yiu

“UN COP21 climate change conference: rail is a key part of the solution”

At the Rail Forum Europe dinner held in Brussels on the 14^th of September; 80 participants, including MEPs, representatives of the European Commission and Member States and rail stakeholders gathered to discuss railways role in sustainable transport.

16 Sep 2015 In News By Alice Yiu

EU Transport Committee Stresses the Need for Visibility of Transport at COP21

The European Parliament Committee on Transport and Tourism recently sent an opinion to the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety entitled “Towards a new international climate agreement in Paris”.

15 Sep 2015 In News By Alice Yiu

INDCs of Jordan and Ivory Coast Call for Strong Transport Sector Mitigation Actions

In preparation of COP 21, countries have agreed to publicly outline their post-2020 climate action plans, known as their Intended Nationally Determined Contributions (INDCs). Jordan and the Ivory Coast have recently submitted their INDCs and transport relative mitigations are quite substantive.