New IDB publication: Climate Change Risk Management Options for the Transportation Sector
The Inter-American development bank (IDB) has released a publication on climate change covering the Latin America and Carribean (LAC) region on risk management for the transportation sector.
Transport sector sees momentum for action on Transport and Climate in response to UN Secretary-General's call to reshape the world's transport systems.
What can the transport sector do to make COP 21 a success?
UN Secretary-General urges transport ministers to act on climate change
Leipzig- May 27, 2015
Ban Ki-moon: “It is time to reshape the world’s transport systems”
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has urged the world’s transport ministers to accelerate efforts to combat climate change and “find new green solutions”.
Transport Emissions of non-Annex I countries larger than Annex 1 countries in next few years
The latest estimates from the International Energy Agency (IEA) indicate that the transport sector contributed nearly 23% of global CO2 emissions from fuel combustion in 2012. Transport, with an average annual growth rate of 2.0% from 1990-2012, is among the fastest growing sectors of CO2 emissions from fuel combustion.
Habitat 3 PrepCom 2– Opportunities for Sustainable Mobility
By Holger Dalkmann and Alyssa Fischer from WRI Ross Center of Sustainable Cities
ADP Meeting in Geneva Generates Momentum towards Agreement at COP21 but (still) Offers no Clear Perspective for Transport
Shanghai- March 4th, 2015
The Partnership on Sustainable, Low Carbon Transport (SLoCaT) and Bridging the Gap Initiative (BtG) launched a report today summarizing the Ad Hoc Working Group on Durban Platform for Enhanced Action, Session 2-8 which took place from February 8th to 13th in Geneva, Switzerland.
OECD Projects 290% Increase in Freight Transport Emissions by 2050
The International Transport Forum (ITF) of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) has released its 2015 Transport Outlook. According to the report’s projections, carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from freight transport will increase by 290% by 2050.
Emission Scenarios for the Philippines’ Transport Sector: Overview of Existing Studies
Understanding uncertainties and different outcomes for GHG emission scenarios by various studies is important for gaining insight in the transport sector’s role in climate change mitigation. This is useful for example in the context of the Intended Nationally Determined Contributions, that some countries are expected to communicate to the UNFCCC in 2015.
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