Sustainable Transport Events at COP24

The 24th Conference of Parties (COP24) is held in Katowice (Poland) from 2nd to 14th December 2018. Various events at COP and off-site will discuss transport and climate change and work towards more ambitious transport climate actions.

If you are interested in organizing a transport event, please contact Mark Major: mark.major@slocatpartnership.org. Contact Nikola Medimorec (nikola.medimorec@slocatpartnership.org) if you want to add any transport event to the overview below.

Monday – December 3rd:

• 14:30 – 16:00 Clean Air Challenge: transport and heating solutions for better air quality by EIT InnoEnergy 

Tuesday – December 4th:

• 10:30 – 12:00 Electrification of mobility: a one-off opportunity for EU industry towards carbon neutrality by 2050 by EIT InnoEnergy and Eurelectric
• 11:30 – 13:00 High Level Electromobility Summit by COP Presidency

Wednesday – December 5th:

• 13:30 – 15:30 From the skies or the sea: How can regulation align international transport with the Paris goals by NewClimate Institute, European Commission (Climate Action) and Transport & Environment
• 14:00 – 16:00 How top down and bottom up regulation of international transport can deliver the Paris Agreement by Transport & Environment and New Climate Institute
• 18:30 – 20:00 Innovative climate technologies and sustainable maritime transport for a climate resilient industry by UN

Thursday – December 6th:

• 9:00 – 18:00 Transport Day 2018 by CIVITAS, City of Katowice, PPMC
• 18:00 – 22:00 Clean Mobility Reception by CIVITAS, City of Katowice, PPMC

Friday – December 7th:

• 10:00 – 11:15 Smart and Green Transport for Sufficient Society by Eco-Mo Foundation
• 15:00 – 18:00 Global Climate Action event – Transport by UNFCCC / Transport Content Group
• 15:00 – 16:30 Transnational Transportation Policy Collaboration in North America & Europe by Georgetown University and Université de Montréal (UdeM)
• 16:45 – 18:15 Contributions of international transport to global climate mitigation by Oeko Institute and Transport & Environment
• 18:30 – 20:00 Policy Pathways for Decarbonising Transport by ITF, UITP and UIC

Saturday – December 8th:

• 9:00 – 10:00 Transport NDC´s and Transport Action in the Islamic Development Bank´s region by SLoCaT and IsDB
• 10:00 – 12:30 Site Visit to Alstom Manufacturing Facility by Alstom
• 10:30 – 12:00 EUROCLIMA+ in action: Promoting sustainable urban mobility together with local actors in Latin America by European Commission – DEVCO G2 and European Commission (International Cooperation and Development)
• 17:30 – 19:00 Verkehrswende: Mobility transition in our cities by Transformative Urban Mobility Initiative (TUMI)

Monday – December 10th:

• 16:30 – 18:00 Roundtable Oceans and Transport by UNFCCC / Transport and Oceans Content Groups

Thursday – December 13th:

• 10:30 – 12:00 Decarbonisation of EU Transport – long term strategy by Transport & Environment, Oeko Institute, UN and Wuppertal Institute
• 16:45 – 18:15 Technological Transfer in Transport Sector for Pacific Clean Transport implementation by Pacific Islands Development Forum (PIDF)

Friday – December 14th:

• 13:15 – 14:45 Ghana’s Premier Emission Reduction Agenda: Cocoa Forest REDD+ Programme and Electric Bus Project by HATOF Foundation and Ghana

Find out a detailed list of sustainable transport eventsduring the two weeks of COP24 in Katowice with information on focal points and venues : http://www.ppmc-transport.org/sustainable-transport-events-at-cop24/