SUM-Türkiye Expands to Three Cities
Seeking low-carbon transport solutions in Antalya, Kocaeli and Sakarya.
The Center for Sustainable Transport in Turkey (SUM-Türkiye), based in Istanbul, has expanded its reach to develop proposals for low-carbon transport in three more cities: Antalya, Kocaeli and Sakarya.
Schipper: Fuel Economy or Fool's Economy?
A lecture by EMBARQ's founder, Lee Schipper, on important trends in the U.S. and other industrialized countries
This talk reports on several recent analyses of important trends in automobile fuel economy and usage as well as other modes of travel. The work reported on was supported by grants from EMBARQ and the Climate and Energy Program of the World Resources Institute. Among recent trends we note are these:
Mexico - MEDEC Study
Envisioning a Low Carbon Future
If Mexico continues with its current pattern of motorization and urban development, the transport sector will produce 410 megatons of carbon dioxide emissions by 2030—almost two and a half times more than current levels.
Mexico's Countdown to Copenhagen
CTS-México will provide input to Fourth National Communication on Climate Change
The Center for Sustainable Transport in Mexico (CTS-México) will contribute its findings about sustainable urban transport and climate change mitigation to Mexico's Fourth National Communication on Climate Change, a detailed account of the country's carbon emissions, removal of greenhouse gases, and other details about the government's efforts to implement the [United
Asian Development Bank Calls on Transport Sector to Curb Emissions
Bellagio Declaration introduces climate change policy framework based on sustainable transport principles
Carbon dioxide emissions from the transport sector are expected to increase 57 percent by 2030, and developing countries will be the biggest contributors, according to a new declaration signed by the Asian Development Bank.
Description
The National Transportation Policy Project (NTPP), a project of the Bipartisan Policy Center (BPC), will release its final report entitled “Performance Driven: A New Vision for U.S. Transportation Policy” on Tuesday, June 9, 2009. NTPP, led by its co-chairs former Mayor of Detroit Dennis Archer; former Congressman Sherwood Boehlert; former Senator Slade Gorton and former Congressman Martin Sabo, will issue its recommendations to Congress and the Administration at the Washington Court Hotel in Washington, D.C.
A panel discussion, beginning at 10:30AM, will focus on the report findings, and will be followed by a question and answer session with audience participation. Participants will include NTPP project members Douglas Holtz-Eakin, President of DHE Consulting, LLC and former Congressional Budget Office Director, and Nancy Kete, Director of EMBARQ - The World Resources Institute Center for Sustainable Transport.
To read the full press release, click here.
CTS-Brasil Concludes National Summit on Transport and Environment
Federal policy recommendations to be submitted by end of July
The National Summit on Transport and Environment gathered 79 members of 56 transport-related organizations on May 28 in Brasilia to develop policy recommendations for the Brazilian National Plan of Climate Change (PNMC), which is up for revision in 2010.
The Center for Sustainable Transport Brazil (CTS-Brasil) will host the 2009 Brazil National Summit on Transport and the Environment, a one-day event gathering about 50 representatives from government, development banks and non-governmental organizations to discuss the barriers and opportunities to reduce carbon emissions from the urban transport sector in Brazil. They will debate the role of government, society and the private sector to develop needed actions.
The main purpose of the event is to prepare policy recommendations for inclusion in the Brazilian National Plan of Climate Change (PNMC), which is up for revision in 2010. In addition, the event will give the British government a clearer view of Brazil's sustainable transport needs.
Climate Change
Getting Warmer
Hot Topic
The earth's surface temperature increased by about 1°F during the twentieth century - and it's only getting warmer. The past decade has seen some of the hottest years on record.
