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Decarbonizing Transport

14 September 2016
Learn about the Decarbonising Transport project and how it can help decisionmakers in both government and industry plan for carbon-free mobility. This presentation features the Decarbonising Transport model that supports dialogue and comes with a collaborative selection of measures.

Electric Mobility: Status, Success Stories, and Prospects

14 September 2016
A multi-government policy forum launched in 2010 with International Energy Agency as the coordinator, the Electric Vehicles Initiative is dedicated to accelerating the introduction and adoption of electric vehicles worldwide. Strong policy support is crucial for the uptake of electric vehicles on a…

The Korea Transport Institute

14 September 2016
Sustainable transport is safe, accessible, affordable, and environment friendly. To reduce road congestion and accidents, air pollution emissions, and health problems, there is a need to improve transport efficiency and shift to sustainable transport modes.

Measuring Transport-Related Sustainable Development Goals and Indicators

14 September 2016
Learn the importance of data digging to conduct better transport planning. Data is important because it aids in decision making and the analysis derived from it is crucial for dealing with empirical issues.

Sustainable Mobility for All Towards Implementation

14 September 2016
The World Bank Group facilitates Sustainable Mobility for All through its four objectives of universal access, efficiency, safety, and green. The aim is to achieve improved lives and livelihoods of billions of people across the world—their health, environment, and quality of life—and stabilize…

Developing Sustainable Solutions for Urban Transport

14 September 2016
Development of a city is path dependent as choices are limited by past urban development efforts. As urbanization is far from over in many emerging countries, the key is to plan urban development in advance. It is also critical to work on both the whole transport system and urban planning at the…

Scaled-up Sustainable Transport in Support of the Paris Agreement on Climate Change and the 2030 Agenda on Sustainable Development

13 September 2016
Learn about the opportunities and responsibilities presented to the transport sector by existing global processes on sustainable development and climate change. This presentation discusses the key global processes targeted by the Partnership on Sustainable, Low Carbon Transport in 2016. It also…

Reducing Air Pollution and Promoting Health through Sustainable Transport

13 September 2016
The World Health Organization’s work on air pollution, sustainable transport, and health rests on these five pillars: (i) improve evidence on health risks; (ii) strengthen health system monitoring, reporting, and assessment capacity; (iii) optimize health co-benefits from sustainable transport; (iv…

Resilience and Sustainability for Asia and the World

12 September 2016
This presentation provides a brief snapshot of Asia’s economic growth forecast from Asian Development Bank (ADB)’s Emerging Asia project in 1997. It introduces a new trajectory to achieving sustainable development from 2016 to 2050. Strategic issues that ADB should consider in sustainable…

Good Governance: A Foundation to Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals

12 September 2016
This presentation discusses why governance is an important foundation to the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), and shares the outcomes of the study on the topic. It also discusses which governance issues should be considered in helping Asian Development Bank’s developing…