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Decent Jobs for Sustainable Transport

by Philip Turner, Head of Sustainable Development, International Association of Public Transport (UITP) Photo by Farai Shawn Matiashe. Retrieved from africanarguments.org Public transport, in combination with active and micro mobility,

7 April 2023

Finance on Track: Accelerating Decarbonisation of Rail

by Lucie Anderton, Head of Sustainability and Joo Hyun Ha, Senior Sustainability Advisor, International Union of Railways (UIC) Photo from A. Davey on www.Railway-Technology.com Financing rail projects will play a

5 April 2023

The role of data in electrifying informal transport

by Louise Ribet, Global Partnerships Lead, WhereIsMyTransport Over the past year, the electrification of transport has captured the political zeitgeist. Governments across the world are announcing ambitious e-mobility targets for

30 August 2022

Engaging informal transport operators key to accelerating decarbonisation

by Geofrey Ndhogezi aka Lubyanza, a boda rider in Kampala, Uganda In the Global South, where informal transport dominates cities and streets, simply following global trends and swapping gas guzzling

12 August 2022

Towards clean, green popular transport

by Dr. Jacqueline M. Klopp, Research Scholar/Co-Director, Center for Sustainable Urban Development Photo from Fakoyede Seun (2020) Currently, the world’s transportation systems rely on burning fossil fuels, contributing to alarming

5 July 2022

Collaboration is a delicate yet crucial enabler of freight decarbonization

by Eszter Tóth-Weedon, Director Sustainable Freight Buyers Alliance, led by Smart Freight Centre Nobody wants to reinvent the wheel and it is likely that everyone prefers to learn from the

27 June 2022

The best second-generation NDCs on Transport

The NDCs Hall of Fame by SLOCAT concludes with awards to the best NDCs in terms of transport ambition and action. The NDCs of Colombia, Guinea, Seychelles and Sri Lanka

15 June 2022

Building transport systems that protect health and climate

by Alison Doig (Director, Health and Climate Network) and Karl Peet (Senior Adviser, SLOCAT Partnership) Photo from Colombia Cycling The World Health Organisation (WHO) convenes health ministries from around the

24 May 2022

Joining efforts to transform mobility through partnerships and collaborations

by Carolina Chantrill, Asociación Sustentar Asociación Sustentar started as a group of classmates and friends who shared political science as a major and were concerned about the climate change crisis.

21 April 2022

Sustainable transport in African cities: Challenges and opportunities through the 15-minute city planning approach

by Nikola Medimorec with inputs by Bianca Ryseck, Cabrel Tokam, Fatoumata Diallo, Richard Unuigboje and Robert Ambunda Achieving a safe, efficient, low carbon, and affordable mobility and transport system can

10 March 2022