Call for Applications for SLOCAT-VREF Young Leaders in Sustainable Transport programme
The SLOCAT Partnership on Sustainable, Low Carbon Transport and the Volvo Research and Educational Foundations (VREF) are accepting applications for the third round of the SLOCAT-VREF Young Leaders in Sustainable Transport programme. The SLOCAT-VREF Young Leaders in Sustainable Transport programme …
Request for Proposals – Short-term consultancy on reform fossil fuel subsidies and scale up renewables in transport
The transport and energy sectors are interlinked. To decarbonise economies, the transport and energy sectors need to align their strategies. A planned 6-8 page issues brief (paired with 6-8 country typology factsheets) will investigate how these sectors can collaborate more …
WCTRS Workshop on Decarbonizing the Transport Sector through Innovative Technologies
World Conference on Transport Research Society (WCTRS) Special Interest Group (SIG) F2 on Transport, Climate Change and Clean Air Virtual Workshop: Decarbonizing the Transport Sector through Innovative Technologies 20 September 2021 13:00 – 16:30 CEST Global transport volumes have been …
Equitable Transport | Public transport for all: Towards an inclusive and low carbon transition
by Suzanne Spooner, Project Manager and Knowledge Manager, AFD The French Development Agency undertook to make its activity be 100% consistent with the Paris Agreement, which involves financing projects promoting a long-term low-carbon transition – and excluding projects that support …
Moving Forward Series: Opening streets for people
by Seble Samuel, SLOCAT-VREF Young Leader in Sustainable Transport The LEDS GP Transport Working Group is publishing a series of five papers co-authored by young people from around the world on sustainable recovery for the transport sector: Leveraging insights from …
Moving Forward Series: Job Creation Through Green Transport
by Cyprine Odada, SLOCAT-VREF Young Leader in Sustainable Transport The LEDS GP Transport Working Group is publishing a series of papers co-authored by young people from around the world on sustainable recovery for the transport sector: Leveraging insights from COVID-19 …
An Urgent Call for Radical Transport Climate Action to Accelerate Implementation of Sustainable
Development Goal 13
by Emily Hosek and Alice Yiu, SLOCAT Partnership The transport sector has an immense impact on our planet’s climate, and as the fastest-growing source of global emissions, the decisions that we make today about how we move people and goods …
Moving Forward Series: Sustainable Freight Transport in the Aftermath of the Pandemic
by Agnivesh Pani, SLOCAT-VREF Young Leader in Sustainable Transport The LEDS GP Transport Working Group is publishing a series of papers co-authored by young people from around the world on sustainable recovery for the transport sector: Leveraging insights from COVID-19 …
Green Transport I Costa Rican Municipalities cycling towards a green mobility transformation – The Case of Montes de Oca and Curridabat
In recent decades, the use of private vehicles has grown dramatically in the Greater Metropolitan Area of Costa Rica (GAM). Currently, more than a third of daily trips are made by car or motorcycle, and this is projected to expand, …
Resilient Transport I Managing climate risks in the road sector
by Aage Jorgensen, Program Manager, Nordic Development Fund Heavy rains caused a landslide that took away the road, Rwanda 2021. Photo credit: FinnOC Roads are a key asset for Africa. They connect villages to economic centres, people to hospitals, children …