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03 Aug 2015 In News By SLOCAT

New Climate Economy Report (2015) Showcases the Role of Transport Sector in Achieving Low Carbon Economic Growth

‘The 2015 New Climate Economy Report’, published by The New Climate Economy, identifies ten key areas of opportunity for stronger climate action which will also bring significant economic benefits. Transport is listed under two of the ten key areas to facilitate a low carbon, sustainable economic growth.

24 Jul 2015 In News By SLOCAT

SLoCaT Summary on the Third International Conference on Financing for Development

The Third International Conference on Financing for Development (FfD3) was held from 13-16 July 2015 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. FfD3 followed on the first international conference on FfD in 2002, which yielded the Monterrey Consensus, and the second international FfD conference in 2008, which produced the Doha Declaration.

24 Jul 2015 In News By SLOCAT

WRI Released Reference Guide for Road Safety in Cities

‘Cities Safer by Design’ is a global reference guide, published by WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities and its EMBARQ sustainable urban mobility initiative, to help cities save lives from traffic fatalities through improved street design and smart urban development. This hands-on guide taps examples fromcities worldwide and includes 34 different design elements to improve safety and quality of life.

22 Jul 2015 In document By Alice Yiu

Transport GHG Emissions Database: Forecasting and Mitigation Studies

This product contains a database of mitigation potential studies to assess opportunities to reduce the future growth in transport emissions relative to business-as-usual (BAU) baselines (as established under the product described previously). These studies include projections of transport sector mitigation potential (supported by specific low-carbon transport mitigation strategies), which are crucially broken down by sub-sector (e.g. road, railways, waterways, aviation) to help to identify areas that require the greatest degree of intervention to meet transport emission targets.

22 Jul 2015 In document By Alice Yiu

Transport GHG Emissions Database: National-level Transport Emissions Factsheets

The Tier I & II country fact sheets are now available for download: