6 May 2025

Climate Finance and Economic Mechanisms: Two Essential Yet Mismatched Pieces of the Sustainable Transport Puzzle

New article published in Green Mobility Magazine We’re pleased to announce that our latest article, “Climate Finance and Economic Mechanisms: Two Essential Yet Mismatched Pieces of the Sustainable Transport Puzzle”, has just been published in Green Mobility Magazine. The message …

6 May 2025

Transport and Climate: Are We on Track for 1.5°C?

Our latest article is now featured in the SDG Knowledge Hub We’re proud to share that our latest article, “Will National Climate Plans Put Transport on Track for 1.5°C?”, is now published on the SDG Knowledge Hub of the International …

5 May 2025

Accelerating Climate Action in Transport: Insights from the “Raising Ambition for Transport in NDCs” Workshop

Transport plays a pivotal role in driving global prosperity, contributing significantly to economic growth and employment. In 2021, it generated USD 6.8 trillion of the global GDP, employing nearly 193 million people worldwide. However, the sector is also the second-largest …

11 April 2025

Towards the United Nations Decade of Sustainable Transport: Reflections from a Multi-Stakeholder Workshop

Last week, a mix of participants from diverse professional backgrounds, geographies and transport development contexts gathered at the premises of the UK Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) in London to reflect on priorities and actions to transform transport systems …

9 April 2025

Bridging the Climate Finance Gap for Sustainable Transport: The Crucial Role of the “Baku to Belém Roadmap”

As the global community urgently seeks pathways to mitigate climate change, the “Baku to Belém Roadmap to 1.3 Trillion” aims to scale up climate finance for developing countries and emerges as a critical initiative to accelerate the shift towards sustainable, …

27 March 2025

Accelerating Ambition: Strengthening Transport Actions and Commitments in the Next Round of NDCs

 As countries prepare the next round of Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) in 2025, there’s a vital opportunity to enhance climate action in the transport sector. Our Five-Point Plan for Transport in New NDCs offers guidance designed to help policymakers set …

14 March 2025

Call for Applications SLOCAT-VREF Young Leaders in Sustainable Transport Programme

SLOCAT and the Volvo Research and Educational Foundations (VREF) are accepting applications for the fifth cohort of the SLOCAT-VREF Young Leaders in Sustainable Transport programme until 4 April 2025. Established in 2019 by VREF and SLOCAT, the Young Leaders in …

11 March 2025

Transport Decarbonisation Index: How It Supports LMICs in Achieving Sustainability, evidences from our new scientific article.

SLOCAT, UEMI, Lew Fulton, Jacob Teter and Pierpaolo Cazolla have published a scientific article introducing the Transport Decarbonisation Index (TDI) to the academic community. The TDI is a tool designed to help low and middle-income countries (LMICs) transition to sustainable …

5 March 2025

From Madrid to Delhi, making public transport cheaper improves lives

By Gavin Thomson, Senior Campaign Strategist on Transport & Mobility at Greenpeace International Around the world, Greenpeace campaigns to bring down the cost of public transport, to let people travel further more sustainably. When we make public transport more affordable, …

16 December 2024

Reflections on 28 years of advocacy on air quality and sustainable transport

By Cornie Huizenga, Former Executive Director of Clean Air Asia, Secretary General of SLOCAT Partnership, Co-team leader of Asian Transport Outlook (ATO) and EST Expert Keynote delivered at the occasion of the High-Level 16th Regional Environmentally Sustainable Transport (EST) Forum in …