At 10:30 this morning in the EU pavilion the initiative hosted its first event in COP15. We were very pleased to see 50 people chose to attend our event over the opening ceremony reflecting the importance of transport in the climate change talks.
We took the opportunity to present a background of urban transport in the EU and developing countries. Key messages included the overlapping issue of implementing avoid-, shift- and improve-strategies and that communication is required to engage action in transport development.
See all presentation from the event here:
- Welcome and introduction to the "Bridging the gap" initiative (Daniel Bongardt, GTZ and Caroline Edant, Veolia Transport)
- The transport challenges in the European Union: scenarios for meeting the European climate targets (Ko Sakamoto, TRL)
- Roadmaps towards low carbon transport in the developing world (Felix Creutzig, Berlin University)
- Practical solutions towards sustainable land transport in a globalised world (Heather Allen, UITP)
- Operator solutions for the challenge of urban sustainable mobility (Caroline Edant, Veolia Transport)
- The need for linking the current land transport challenge to the Copenhagen process: suggestions developed by "Bridging the gap" (Holger Dalkmann, TRL)
