Delivering Sustainable Transport: Keeping the Flame from Rio+20 Alive

On 22 May 2014, Asian Development Bank and the Partnership on Sustainable, Low Carbon Transport (SLoCaT) will organize a side event during the Annual Summit of the International Transport Forum on in Leipzig, Germany. The event titled “Delivering Sustainable Transport: Keeping the Flame from Rio+20 Alive” will present six initiatives on low carbon transport being developed for the Climate Summit convened by U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon for September 2014.  

The six transport initiatives are covered under four high-impact areas: 

• Transport, International Union of Railways Initiative, International Association of Public Transport (UITP) Declaration on Climate Leadership,  Urban Electronic Mobility Vehicles Initiative;
• Cities, Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) ‘Global BRT Alliance’; 
• Energy Efficiency, Global Fuel Economy Initiative; 
• Short-Lived Climate Pollutants, Green Freight Global Plan of Action.  

Please see the Transport Initiative 2-pager, for more information on the transport sector at Climate Summit.  

The joint ADB-SLoCaT session will also report on progress on commitments made at Rio+20 on sustainable transport, including the pledge of $175 billion for more sustainable transport in developing countries by eight Multilateral Development Banks. 

Speakers at the Event:

• Cornie Huizenga; Secretary General, Partnership on Sustainable, Low Carbon Transport
• Cristiano Façanha, International Council on Clean Transportation
• Andre Dzikus; Coordinator Urban Basic Services Branch, United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-HABITAT) 
• Alain Flausch; Secretary General, International Association of Public Transport (UITP)
• Jean-Pierre Loubinoux; Director General, International Union of Railways (UIC)
• Sophie Punte, Executive Director, Smart Freight Centre
• Tyrrell Duncan; Director, EATC concurrently Practice Leader (Transport), East Asia Department, Asian Development Bank 

For more information on the event please contact Cornie Huizenga at cornie.huizenga[at]slocatpartnership.org or Ko Sakamoto at ksakamoto[at]adb.org