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.
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The International Road Transport Union (IRU) and the UN Global Compact will hold a half-day symposium to discuss the role of road transport in promoting sustainable growth, facilitating regional integration, improving safety and security, and reducing poverty.
Each Alliance City Workshop is centered at one city, bringing other Alliance Cities and Partners to the host city to provide input on a specific project or initiative or challenge in the host city. Expert partners design relevant workshops and provide relevant feedback on the topic, thus this knowledge exchange will also be highly beneficial to other participating cities.
The World Bank, UN-Habitat, UNEP and the Government of Kenya are launching the “Africa Sustainable Transport Forum” to provide a platform for high-level attention and policy dialogue on access to env
“Integrated Conference of Better Air Quality (BAQ) 2014 and Intergovernmental 8th Regional Environmentally Sustainable Transport (EST) Forum in Asia” will be held in Colombo, Sri Lanka on 19-21 November 2014.
This year, the United Nations Conference of Parties (COP) 20 will take place between December 1-12 2014 in Lima, Peru. During the COP, there will be several side events on a range of topics on climate change.
If you have a sustainable, low carbon transport themed unofficial side event at COP 20 which you would like to be included in the below list, please contact Talya Enriquez Romano at talya.enriquezromanoslocatpartnership.org.
Planning Workshop for TRANSPerú, Peru- Wednesday, December 3rd, 2014 (all-day)
The 77th Session of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) Inland Transport Committee will take place on 24-26 February 2015 in Geneva, Switzerland.