New York, 4 May 2010—Without adequate access to sustainable transport infrastructure and fundamental change in transport policies, developing countries will be unable to reduce poverty and meet the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). Transport is one of the topics that will be discussed at the Thematic Interactive Discussion of the United Nations’ 18th session of the Commission on Sustainable Development (CSD-18) on May, 4th 2010.
Downloads:
- Press release
- Background paper: The Improvement of Developing Country Transport – Data Collection, Analysis and Dissemination
- Background paper: Policy options for Transport
- Review of progress achieved in implementation of Agenda 21 and the Johannesburg Plan of Implementation: transport
- Statement on behalf of Asian Development Bank and the Partnership on Sustainable Low Carbon Transport James Leather, Asian Development Bank
- Partnership presentation
The 2010 Bridging the Gap Workshop Climate Change and Development in the Transport Sector What do we need to achieve GHG mitigation from land transport? invites participants to have a closer look at tackling climate change in the land transport sector. This will include understanding the root causes for today’s climate challenges in the transport sector, what policies are needed both for short-term measures and long-term sustainable land transport in developing countries, and what role various stakeholders play for this in the process.
Michael Replogle, Global Policy Director and Founder of the Institute for Transportation and Development Policy (ITDP), held a presentation at a thematic seminar about transport at CSD 18 “The Role of International Partnerships in Promoting Sustainable Transport Solutions” and introduced the Partnership on Sustainable Low Carbon Transport (SLoCaT).