SLoCaT News - SLOCAT

17 May 2021

Stuck on the wrong direction

Sergio Avelleda, Director of Urban Mobility, WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities Photo by Mariana Gil/EMBARQ Brazil Brazilian cities have been avoiding an urgent debate: charging car users the cost of public infrastructure and allocating these resources for public transportation. …

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12 May 2021

Green growth, sustainable transportation and e-mobility in Africa

by Alexander Körner, Programme Officer, United Nations Environment Programme Photo by Beautiful News The continent is home to about 1.3 billion people, with the average age being just below 20 years. Compared to Europe or North America, per capita energy …

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05 May 2021

Making change happen with science, economics, business sense and partnership

by Jill Duggan, Executive Director, Environmental Defense Fund Europe Photo by Bo Kim on Unsplash The Covid pandemic has been an appalling tragedy, cutting short the lives of millions around the world and leaving many others experiencing debilitating after effects. …

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08 Mar 2021

Asian Transport Outlook Data to Support Larger and More Sustainable Transport Sector in Asia

ATO is a multiyear program with the potential to serve as primary knowledge base on transport in Asia. (Photo from ADB) MANILA, PHILIPPINES (8 March 2021) — The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has released a first batch of data as part …

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25 Feb 2021

SLOCAT Partnership Annual Meeting 2021

18 February 2021 I Online The SLOCAT Partnership Annual Partnership Meeting 2021 was an important moment to curate trust spaces among our partners to exchange, learn from each other and seek opportunities to collaborate. This year, the meeting took an online …

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22 Jan 2021

Project Assistance Consulting Opportunity – Sustainable, Low Carbon Mobility in Latin America and the Caribbean (Native or Equivalent Spanish speaker)

SLOCAT Partnership SLOCAT is the international multi-stakeholder partnership that enables collaborative knowledge and action for sustainable, low carbon transport and brings the voice of the movement into international climate change and sustainability processes. Today our Partnership includes over 90 actors …

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21 Dec 2020

How can Ethiopian cities bounce back from COVID-19 with active mobility at the forefront?

by Seble Samuel and Iman Abubaker Photo by AP/Mulugeta Ayene Pedestrianised streets, pop-up cycling lanes and non-motorised transport infrastructure have been critical elements of cities’ pandemic recovery strategies. But in Ethiopian cities, where walking and cycling are dominant modes of …

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18 Dec 2020

Peer review of Transport and Climate Change Global Status Report 2020

The peer review process of the 2020 Transport and Climate Change Global Status Report (TCC-GSR) will take place from 18 December 2020 – 15 January 2021. Please access the peer review document on the REN21+ platform. The SLOCAT Partnership on …

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19 Nov 2020

Request for Proposals: Technical assistance to help increase the ridership of Public Transport in Chiang Mai Municipality, Thailand

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11 Nov 2020

Job Vacancy: Research Assistant (Asia) (Russian-speaking)

Description The SLOCAT Partnership Secretariat is seeking a Research Assistant who has a strong interest in gathering data and analysing global policies on transport, sustainable development, and climate change. The Research Assistant will contribute to desk research and data collection …

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