In January 2012, Secretary General (SG) Ban Ki-moon announced that the post-2015 framework for sustainable development would be an important priority in the Action Agenda for his second term. Transport was listed as one of six building blocks for sustainable development.

Building on the Rio+20 momentum for Sustainable Transport SLoCaT partnership members will have  informal discussions how to ensure that the SLoCaT partnership can continue to go on to inspire the sustainable transport community and help shape sustainable development in the years to come.

In the context of the urbanisation and motorisation in China there is a need for huge investment in creation, operation and maintenance of transport infrastructure as well transport services. This is a joint challenge for the national and local governments.

ADB will hold its third Transport Forum this November 2012 focusing on the theme "Inclusive and Sustainable Transport." Featuring the world's leading transport experts, key developing member country officials and ADB transport staff, the forum will provide the opportunity to discuss and debate the most critical issues facing transport today in the Asia Pacific region.  

On November 12th 2012, NREL and REEEP teamed up to give a dedicated Linked Open Data workshop in Washington DC.  The 26 attendees at Linked Open Data for Clean Energyincluded the Climate Institute, the Inter-American Development Bank, the U.S. Department of Energy, the Global Green Growth Institute and several departments from the World Bank.

Voluntary commitments are driving innovations in low carbon transport with $175B pledged for sustainable transport by the 8 largest MDBs at Rio+20. How will these commitments by MDBs, NGOs, and others link to NAMAs and national/city action? How will MRV build and mainstream progress?

How the integration of sustainable modes (rail, metro, bus, non-motorized) enables a low-carbon mobility system. The event will give practical examples of combined mobility systems worldwide, and their climate mitigation potential.

Speakers: UIC - International Union of Railways and UITP - International Association of Public Transport

This first Transport and Climate Change Expert day is welcome at COP 18, Doha. It allows Parties and other interested experts to discuss transport-related climate change issues in greater detail than at the official side events which are limited to 90 minutes. The programme will frame the problem, share the latest thinking especially in Transport NAMAs (t-NAMAs), policy and technological developments and outline possible opportunities for transport within the present negotiations. It will also propose key messages that will require further support from Parties.

This event will provide an update on current actions in Africa to develop sustainable transport systems and reduce emissions from the transport sector. Co organised by Bridging the Gap partners and UN-Habitat. Speakers from Africa will address opportunities for technology transfer, T-NAMAs and CDM.

Speakers: TBD; UN HABITAT, GIZ, TRL, representatives from Ethiopia, Nigeria, Tanzania, Benin and South Africa.

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The Better Air Quality conference (BAQ) will be held in Hong Kong from 5 to 7 December 2012. The BAQ 2012 on  "Growing Cities, Healthy Cities" is reflecting on the challenge of creating livable cities with blue skies and a low carbon footprint in the face of increasing urbanization, and ensuring that people’s health is no longer affected by poor air quality. The BAQ conference is the flagship event of CAI-Asia. This biennial event brings leading experts, policy and decision makers together to network, learn and share experiences on air quality management.

The 5th Annual Urban Mobility Conference cum Exhibition will be held from December 5th to 8th at the Manekshaw Centre at Dhaula Kuan Delhi. The event is sponsored by the Ministry of Urban Development, Government of India to disseminate up to date information on urban transport to City and State Government officials. Local and international experts are invited to present case studies on various topics of current interest. Industry participates in the exhibition. The theme this year is 'Smart Mobility' with sub-themes (two parallel sessions) as follow: