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University of Michigan SMART Initiative launches MobiPrize for sustainable transport awards

Shanghai- 20 May, 2014

University of Michigan SMART initiative, supported by Rockefeller Foundation launched the MobiPrize and is calling for applicaticants. The MobiPrize is an award honoring entrepreneurial ventures that are changing the world–helping to improve the quality of life and revitalize the environment and economy of communities and regions through sustainable transportation (New Mobility).

20 May 2014

City of Milan wins prestigious transport award

Paris/Leipzig – May 20, 2014

The Municipality of Milan in Italy is the winner of the 2014 Transport Achievement Award for its ‘Area C’ urban road pricing scheme.

The Transport Achievement Award is awarded annually by the International Transport Forum at the OECD, an intergovernmental organisation for the transport sector with 54 member countries.

19 May 2014

Financing Sustainable, Low Carbon Transport – an uncompleted, but critical, agenda to realize sustainable development

Financing Sustainable, Low Carbon Transport – an uncompleted, but critical, agenda to realize sustainable development by Cornie Huizenga, Thursday, May 15

15 May 2014

UN-DESA Calls for Papers for a Special Issue on Sustainable Transport

Natural Resources Forum, a United Nations Sustainable Development Journal, issued by the Division for Sustainable Development of the United Nations, calls for papers for a special issue on Sustainable Transport, to be published in 2015.

Articles submitted for this special issue should be scientifically sound and relevant to global, national o

15 May 2014

Transport is ascending in climate action at the Abu Dhabi Ascent

Abu Dhabi, May 5, 2014

5 May 2014

SLoCaT Partnership emphasizes the need to mainstream sustainable transport in the proposed Post-2015 development agenda

Shanghai-May 1st 2014

1 May 2014

UN road safety debate hears call for post-2015 action

Global action to combat a growing worldwide epidemic road deaths and injuries must become part of the UN’s new priorities for global development, the UN General Assembly was told on 10 April as it passed a new Resolution to address the crisis.

21 April 2014

Key Transport Conclusions IPCC 5th Assessment Report WG3

The newly published 5th Assessment Report of the IPPCC confirms that the importance and potential of mitigation action by the transport sector to reduce dangerous climate change. The Transport Section Mitigation Pathways of the Summary for Policy Makers highlight the following 5 key conclusions:

13 April 2014

Ukrainian cities on their way to sustainable mobility

Ukrainian cities on their way to sustainable mobility – Cooperation is everything

12 April 2014

ECF presents World Cycling Alliance to global community at WUF 7

The World Cycling Aliance (WCA) is an European Cyclists’ Federation initiative to build a global network of non-governmental organizations with a substantial interest in promoting cycling.

10 April 2014

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