On June 18th 2013, Sustainable Energy for All, the World Health Organization, and the United Nations Foundation will organize a Side Event on the occasion of the 4th meeting of the open working group on sustainable development goals. The Side Event, The Health Nexus: Sustainable Energy, Transport And Cities – Delivering Health And Integrated Development will feature:
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
It is about transporting people, not about vehicles. By understanding what people need and how they want their cities to look and feel, it translates to happier city-dwellers by pairing transport planning and urban development to deliver a sustainable urban environment.
The UN Habitat 2013 Global Report on Human Settlements (GRHS) focuses on sustainable urban mobility. Planning and Design for Sustainable Urban Mobility puts forward a case for a conceptual leap on the issue of urban mobility. The purpose of ‘transportation’ and ‘mobility’ is to gain access to destinations, activities, services and goods.
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The preparatory meeting of the 2nd Sustainable Transport Forum in Latin America (FTS-LAC) will be organized on October 29-30, 2013 in Santiago de Chile, hosted by United Nations Economic Commission for Latin American Countries.
The Forum of Asian Ministers of Transport will take place between 4-8 November, 2013 at United Nations Conference Centre in Bangkok, Thailand.
The Forum composes of two segments:
Sustainable transport systems - solutions to the challenge of climate change mitigation & adaptation
Top experts will report on progress evaluating sustainable transport impacts on sustainable development considering economic development, health, and the environment. Key policy-makers will discuss the relevance of findings for post-2020 carbon mitigation and global sustainable development goals.
The Urban Mobility India (UMI) Conference and Expo is an annual event with the overarching theme which runs across all the aspects of urban mobility and is organized by the Institute of Urban Transport (India) under the aegis of the Ministry of Urban Development, Government of India. UMI is mandated by the National Urban Transport Policy of the Government of India, 2006 (NUTP). The objective of UMI is to bring together urban transport professionals and officials in the country as well as international experts to enable them to share views and to share their experiences.
The first Africa Transport Policy Forum that will take place in Dakar, Senegal, from December 10 to 11, 2013. The forum is a 2-day learning event that will give participants a unique opportunity to learn about and discuss high-priority transport policy issues in Africa. This event will be open to all interested participants.
Seventh Session of the UN General Assembly Open Working Group (OWG) on Sustainable Development Goals will take place on 6-10 January 2014 at United Nations Headquarters in New York. The seventh session of the OWG will focus on sustainable cities and human settlements, sustainable transport, sustainable consumption and production (including chemicals and waste); and climate change and disaster risk reduction.
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