SLOCAT Impact Stories 2023

Empower, Engage, Transform

Thank you for working in partnership with us to accelerate the
just transition to transport for the people and the planet.

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Thought leadership

From turbulence to transformation

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Implementation accelerator

Doubling the share of energy efficient and fossil-free land transport

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Knowledge for action

Transport and the SDGs

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Policy guidelines

Targets and roadmaps for decarbonised, resilient transport

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Knowledge for action

Global Status Report: Transport, Climate and Sustainability

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Transport multilateralism

World Sustainable Transport Day

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Peer learning

Agents of change

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Transport multilateralism

Transport in COP28 outcomes

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More progress

More 2023 milestones

Thank you from SLOCAT’s Leadership

To achieve decarbonised and sustainable pathways, we need drastic reductions in emissions and energy demand, coupled with improved access to integrated land transport systems that do not rely on fossil fuels. This is why, at SLOCAT, we strive to sharpen our impact to put transport on track to deliver on equity, sustainability, and climate goals.

Thanks to your support, one more year, our Partnership has been leveraged to set ambitious global agendas and catalyse progressive thinking and solutions for the urgent transformation of transport and mobility systems worldwide.

Together,
We powered data-driven knowledge and action

The third edition of our flagship Transport, Climate, and Sustainability Global Status Report offered a one-stop shop for the latest available data, trends, targets, and developments on transport demand, emissions, and policies. We didn’t achieve this alone – it was made possible by a community of over 100 world-class experts who generously shared their knowledge and intelligence. The Takeaways for Decision Makers based on GSR findings pinpointed where we need to get and what it takes to do it at the scale and speed required.

We drove change with actionable policies and solutions

With our call to double the share of energy-efficient and fossil-free forms of land transport by 2030, we signalled clear and feasible pathways of action, and aligned the commitment of stakeholders across sectors and geographies to make change happen. We continued our long-dated technical analysis and support towards the Nationally Determined Contributions and the Long-Term Strategies that countries submit in the framework of the Paris Agreement on Climate Change. And as a partner of the NDC Transport Initiative for Asia (NDC-TIA), we provided policy support and peer learning to shift the transport paradigm in the region and decarbonise transport for every person, in every sector.

We strengthened global targets and processes

Alongside our Partners, we deployed political dialogue and negotiations, and delivered technical inputs for the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) – at UN technical expert meetings and the UN High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development, the annual political review; and for the implementation of the Paris Agreement on Climate Change – at the Global Stocktake; the intergovernmental work programmes on mitigation and just transition, and COP28, the biggest climate conference. The decisions made at COP28 crystallise important milestones for transport multilateralism and are noticeably aligned with our political and technical deployment in 2023.

We mobilised world-class experts and agents of change

Ensuring that the expertise and insights from leaders at all levels contribute to shaping good policy and frameworks is one of our key goals. We opened up spaces for engagement at COP28 and the regional climate weeks in Africa, Asia-Pacific, and Latin America & the Caribbean; and continued serving as the official focal point for transport stakeholders’ engagement in the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change. We curated peer learning across geographies, sectors, and areas – with our blog series on investment priorities and on context-effective solutions for Asia-Pacific. We are proud to report that for yet another year, our VREF-SLOCAT programme of Young Leaders in Sustainable Transport selected a batch of brilliant and inspiring young African leaders. And two landmark UN General Assembly resolutions – declaring World Transport Day, and the UN Decade on Sustainable Transport 2026-2036 – referred to SLOCAT when noting the importance of continued cooperation and coordination between the UN and existing partnerships.

Your collaboration and generous support have enabled this collective impact, and we thank you very much.

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Rana Adib

Chair of SLOCAT Board of Directors I Executive Director, REN21

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Maruxa Cardama

SLOCAT Secretary General

Your generos support
enables our work

Thank you to our partners, donors and supporters for enabling our efforts towards
the sustainable, low carbon transport revolution

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