UC Davis Professor Daniel Sperling Wins Prestigious Blue Planet Prize
Transportation and Fuels Expert Lauded for Bringing Science to Policy
19 June 2013
News and Blogs
GIZ organized “NAMAs in the Transport Sector – Experiences and perspectives” Side Event in Bonn
June 13, 2013/Bonn, Germany
GIZ organized a Side Event on “NAMAs in the Transport Sector” at the UN Climate Change Conference in Bonn. Around 70 representatives from various countries and organizations attended this event on the evening of 5 June 2013.
13 June 2013
UNFCCC Releases SBSTA Documents for Bonn Session
The UNFCCC Secretariat has released a series of documents that will be discussed by the Subsidiary Body on Scientific and technical Advice (SBSTA) at its 38th session, taking place in Bonn, Germany. The documents relate to methodological issues related to the Kyoto Protocol, the new market-based mechanism, emissions from international transport, the UNFCCC reporting guidelines, high-carbon reservoirs, and a framework for various approaches.
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6 June 2013
UNICEF and UNDP call for road safety in Post-2015 Development Agenda
04.06.2013-Shanghai, China
In The Long Short Walk video, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) Executive Director Anthony Lake and United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Deputy Development Policy Director Magdy Martínez-Solimán call for road safety to be included in the Post-2015 development agenda.
4 June 2013
HLP Panel Report on Post 2015 Development Agenda Fails to Provide Transformative Guidance for Sustainable Transport
Initial review on how sustainable transport is integrated in: A New Global Partnership: Eradicate Poverty and Transform Economies through Sustainable Development
The overarching vision of the outcome document of the High Level Panel of Eminent Persons (HLP) on the post-2015 development framework reads: “Our vision and our responsibility are to end extreme poverty
31 May 2013
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Colombian Transit-Oriented Development NAMA gains high-level support
With support from the Office of the President and key ministries, the Colombian TOD NAMA is poised to transform Colombian cities by focusing urban development around transit stations, blending low-income and market-rate housing with commercial uses to create neighborhoods where people can safely walk, live, work, shop and play. The NAMA will link national funding for low-income housing and urban mass transit, cut GHG emissions, bolster the economy and create a 21st century model of urban development.
14 May 2013
Brazil celebrates pedestrian safety for Global Road Safety Week
Pedestrians in mid-town Manhattan, New York City. By moriza.
8 May 2013
Safe Roads for All: a post-2015 agenda for health and development
St. Petersburg, Russia- 7 May 2013
The Commission for Global Road Safety marked the start of United Nations Global Road Safety Week by launching the Make Roads Safe Report at the High Level Policy Forum in St. Petersburg, Russia. The Russian Federation has been playing a leading role in advancing global action on road safety and was instrumental in the adoption of United Nations Decade of Action for Road Safety 2011-2020.
7 May 2013
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