The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has released the final list of climate change experts who will prepare the Fifth Assessment Report (AR5) to be published between 2013 and 2014. The list includes Coordinating Lead Authors, Lead Authors and Review Editors.
Monthly Archive for Juni, 2010
Ten of the world’s leading architects show how integrating urban planning with transport can enable cities to thrive, while also combating climate change and managing population growth, in a global exhibition that kicks off in New York on June 24, 2010. Our Cities Ourselves: The Future of Transportation in Urban Life showcases the transformative potential of designing streets and cities around the needs of people rather than around the needs of private cars. Our Cities Ourselves illustrates how the dream of a sustainable, equitable and livable urban future can be realized when transport is a core foundation. Read on...
Subsidizing fossil fuels seriously undermines ongoing efforts to deal with climate change – subsidies distort energy prices, encourage wasteful consumption, increase global greenhouse gas emissions and impede investment in renewable energy sources. Such subsidies particularly affect transportation investments and choices. But in September 2009, Pittsburgh, G-20 leaders committed to phasing out and rationalizing their inefficient fossil-fuel subsidies that lead to wasteful consumption. On 26-27 June, 2010, leaders are set to meet again for the first time since making that commitment. The Global Subsidies Initiative of the International Institute for Sustainable Development has issued a policy brief summarizing what G-20 countries have done so far, and what else needs to be done to deliver on that commitment, including 3 recommended actions G-20 leaders should take in Toronto
On 9th of June Asian Development Bank and Inter-American Development Bank hosted a side event on Sustainable Low Carbon Transport at the UN Climate Change Conference in Bonn.
On June 8th, the Partnership for Sustainable Low Carbon Transport launched the “SLoCaT Bonn Liaison Office” in Bonn during a reception. The Liaison Office will support networking of the partnership in Europe and the UN City of Bonn. It’s a first step towards increasing activities of the partnership that are mainly carried out by the “Conveners’ Office” in New York.
Read on...On 24 May about 20 of the SLoCaT members met in Manila for the first SLoCaT annual meeting. See below for the agenda and presentations made.
MORNING SESSION
- Report by the Chair on SLoCaT activities September 2009 – May 2010
- SloCaT Governance, membership engagement and obligations
- SLoCaT work program 2010 – 2011
AFTERNOON SESSION
- Post 2012 climate governance , Bridging the Gap initiative
- Post 2012 climate instruments for transport sector (CITS) project
- Global Cycling Coalition, Interface for Cycling Expertise
- Freight and Walking, CAI-Asia Center
ADB has established the Sustainable Transport Initiative (STI) to align its transport operations with Strategy 2020 and provide technical and other resources to build a portfolio of enhanced lending and technical assistance to support sustainable transport. The STI-OP was presented at the second ADB Transport Forum from 25-27 May which was attended by about 400 representatives from developing country governments, NGOs, development organizations and the private sector. Please see the key messages which were presented in the closing session of the Transport Forum.
