Workshop: “Creating a national programme on sustainable urban transport in Peru”

Peruvian cities often lack explicit national policies for sustainable urban transport and initiatives are often unable to finance themselves. In an effort to establish a new agenda for the construction and operation of an efficient public transport system, the public transport sector has therefore collaborated with the TRANSfer project. Outcomes from this partnership are envisaged to inspire a national programme on sustainable urban transport as a support tool for local governments.  Continue reading →

2nd Meeting of the International Expert Group on Promoting Climate Finance for Sustainable Transport (Lima, 6th Dec 2014)

The second meeting of the International Expert Group on Promoting Climate Finance for Sustainable Transport aimed at reviewing activities carried out under the auspices of the Expert Group since the inaugural meeting in Manila, Philippines in September 2014 (see here for more information) and discussing next steps for the Expert Group in 2015. Continue reading →

GIZ TRANSfer at COP 20

The GIZ TRANSfer project was involved in numerous events during COP20. Find here an overview of events, summary reports and meetings. Continue reading →

Kick-off event in Manila: First International Expert Meeting in Promoting Climate Finance for Sustainable Transport

As a pre-event to ADB Transport Forum in Manila, Philippines, the interdisciplinary Expert Group on Promoting Climate Finance for Sustainable Transport held its first formal meeting.

Learn more about the interdisciplinary Expert Group, download the final report of the meeting, presentations and next steps.

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Training on Quantifying Urban Transport GHG Emissions

How to quantify urban transport GHG emissions is the leading question of the upcoming training of the TRANSfer project in Leipzig from 18-19 May 2014. As the transport sector is one of the main GHG emitters in cities, urban transport planners and decision makers might have an interest in building mitigation strategies and quantify these. Particularly the co-benefits, such as economic prosperity, better air quality, road safety and livability are reasons for more sustainable transport. Continue reading →

GHG Quantification in Land Transport: MRV in the Light of Minimizing the Emission Gap

GHG Quantification in Land Transport: MRV in the Light of Minimizing the Emission Gap 

Official side event of BtG in SB40 entitled “GHG quantification in land transport: MRV in the light of minimizing the emission gap” will be held on Sunday, 15 June 2014 (13:15-14:45).

Find here more information on the event.

Leading experts will discuss on how transport can contribute to mitigation, what is the role of MRV, key challenges of MRV of transport measures, how to link transport MRV to national MRV systems, and how to use MRV to contribute to minimizing emission gaps.

The “Bridging the Gap Initiative” is a multi-stakeholder initiative formed in 2009 to encourage international recognition that land transport should play a more prominent role in adrressing climate change in the Post-2012 agreement.

For more information of “Bridging the Gap Initiative” please refer to: www.transport2020.org