SLoCaT members at the 2014 Annual Meeting agreed unanimously that the time has come to formalize the status of the organization SLoCaT was initially set up as a time limited partnership, which was to dissolve in December 2012 unle
Human society has a lot riding on the transport sector. Safe, efficient, and sustainable transport not only has the potential to enhance or degrade the public spaces, health, and economic dynamism of where the majority of humanity lives – in cities – it also has a significant impact on our planet.
A summary of the proceedings from the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP 19) in Warsaw, Poland, and progress on the post 2015 sustainable development agenda and their significance for land transport
Authors: Allen H., Huizenga C., Millard K., Rahman M. S.
A recent WRI Working Paper, The Trillion Dollar Question: Tracking Public and Private Investment in Transport aims to estimate the global share of public and private capital investment in the transport sector. The study finds that the global annual figure is between US$1.4 and US$2.1 trillion each year. Private investment accounts for roughly 58% of the total and comprising the majority of spending in high-income countries.
In order to take advantage of new and existing climate finance resources and leverage them properly for the transport sector, developing countries can take steps to increase their “readiness” for funding. EMBARQ, the transport and urban development program at WRI, undertook a research effort on behalf of Bridging the Gap initiative to essential issues to address in order to successfully plan for, access, and operationalize transport climate finance.