Sustainable Transport: What Role in the Global Development and Climate Agenda?

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Retreat: Sustainable Transport and the Post-2015 Development Framework

The Missions of Thailand, Kenya and the Netherlands, in cooperation with United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN-DESA) and the Partnership on Sustainable, Low Carbon Transport (SLoCaT) hosted a retreat on Sustainable Transport and the post-2015 Development Framework on June 10-11 in New York.

Consultation for Decision-Makers on Implementing Sustainable Transport

The Rio+20 outcome document “The Future We Want” recognizes that “transportation and mobility are central to sustainable development.” Rapid urbanization of developing economies has brought urgency to this looming problem of access while least developed areas continue to lack basic access, both of which are exacerbating poverty alleviation efforts.  The key enabling role of transport in advancing sustainable development was further confirmed in the report by the High Level Panel of Eminent Persons on Post-2015 Development Agenda as well as in the ‘Action Agenda for Sustainable Developm

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: 

Vienna Energy Forum: Sustainable Energy for Inclusive Development

The Vienna Energy Forum (VEF) is a biennial, global and multi-stakeholder forum with a mandate of exploring 21st century developmental challenges from the perspective of sustainable energy and providing a platform for debate on practical solutions to these challenges.

United Nations Post-2015 Summit

The United Nations summit for the adoption of the Post-2015 Development Agenda will be held from 25 to 27 September 2015, which is the target date for realizing the SDGs, in New York and convened as a high-level plenary meeting of the General Assembly.