Financing Framework for Sustainable, Low Carbon Transport
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High-Level Dialogue on Sustainable Cities, Transport and Tourism & Global Forum on Human Settlements 2014
High-level Dialogue on Sustainable Cities, Transport and Tourism & Global Forum on Human Settlements 2014 was successfully held on 10-12 Aug. 2014 in the Capital of Colombia, Bogota. This high level international conference that is aimed at implementing Rio+20 Decisions is taking place as the follow-up event and commemorate the second anniversary of what is popularly known as the Rio+20 summit.
Open Consultations with the Secretary General of the Habitat III Conference
The United Nations Conference on Housing and Sustainable Urban Development (Habitat III) will seek renewed political commitment for sustainable urban development, assessing accomplishments to date, addressing poverty and identifying as well as new and emerging urban challenges in a global setting. Thus, the Conference will focus on adjusting, innovating and transcending the Habitat Agenda, while building on relevant international development goals, including those outcomes of major United Nations conferences and summits.
1st International Expert Meeting: Promoting Climate Finance for Sustainable Transport
For detailed information on the discussions of the meeting, please see Report of the Workshop (pdf)
This International Expert Meeting on September 14th will be the first formal meeting of the interdisciplinary Expert Group organized by the TRANSfer project on Transport and Climate Finance.
ADB Transport Forum 2014: Transport in the Asian Century
The ADB Transport Forum is the largest gathering of transport officials and professionals in Asia and the Pacific, with over 400 transport professionals meeting to discuss and share project updates, policies and issues, best practices and new innovations in the area of sustainable transport.
Linking Public Transportation to a New Urban Agenda
Partnership on Sustainable, Low Carbon Transport (SloCaT), International Association for Public Transportation (UITP), Institute for Transportation and Development Policy (ITDP), World Resources Institute/ EMBARQ, and Ford Foundation are holding a side event at the HABITAT III PrepCom on September 17, 2014.
From MDG to SDG: Towards a New Paradigm at Habitat III
Communitas and Penn Institute for Urban Research (Penn IUR) are holding a side event at the 1st PrepCom for Habitat III on September 18, 2014. The event will focus ondiscussing the channels by which a Sustainable Deveopment Goal on Cities & Human Settlements can provide for more sustained, long term approaches and interventions within the framework of the Post 2015 Development Agenda. The themes of the events include the following:
On Track for Clean and Green Transport: High Level Event on Transport and Climate Change
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3rd African Association of Public Transport (UATP) Congress and Exhibition
The third edition of the African Association of Public Transport (UATP) Congress and Exhibition will be held in Johannesburg, South Africa from Sep 30 to Oct 3, 2014. The theme of the congress will be "Growing Africa through an effective public transport system".
INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM “SUSTAINABLE TRANSPORT IN AFRICA”
The symposium is jointly organized by the European Institute for Sustainable Transport and the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung and takes place on October 6th 2014 at the Friedrich Ebert Foundation, Hiroshimastraße 17, Berlin.
International Conference: "Climate Change and Transport"
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) and Fraunhofer Institute for Systems and Innovation Research are pleased to announce the Call for Papers for the international conference “Climate Change and Transport” to be held October 9th and 10th, 2014 at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Karlsruhe, Germany. The deadline for receipt of abstracts is April 18th, 2014. Paper abstracts, giving a concise overview of the topic to be covered and the method of analysis, should be about one page long.