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A paradigm shift to low carbon transport and how to finance it

  1. Welcome and introductions
  2. Effective strategies for sustainable urban transport
    Christian Schlosser, Ph.D. UN-Habitat, Human Settlements Financing Division
  3. Urban transport overview - From Johannesburg to New York - what progress?
    Dario Hildago, World Resources Institute EMBARQ
  4. World wide examples from the public transport sector & the presentation of the upcoming African Report on Sustainable Urban Transport
    Heather Allen UITP, International Association of Public Transport
  5. A new approach to financing sustainable transport - hurdles and wins
    Holger Dalkmann Transport Research Laboratory, UK
  6. Round table debate with policy makers

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Getting Transport on Track: Global Challenges and Initiatives on Technology Innovation Solutions and Capacity Development

The event will present the main trends and divers of the global transport development and their impacts and challenges to resolve the problems. Three presentations dealing with the global transport demand, technology solutions and selected successful local transport projects. will be followed by a roundtable discussion. The discussion will focus on strategies, experiences and good practices in mastering the challenges arising from growing transport. 

  1. Welcome by Jürgen Becker - German Vice Environmental Minister  
  2. Global Development of Transport: Consequences for Environmental Policy
    Stefan Kritzinger, Deputy Managing Director (ProgTrans)
    Results from a Fact Finding Study: Development of Energy Demand and CO2 Emissions of the Transport Sector.  
  3. Technological Solutions: Electrical Propulsion
    Dr. Thomas Becker, Vice President Governmental Affairs (The BMW Group)
    State of the Art of New Technology, Hydrogen, Battery Powered or Hybrid. Efficiency Gains and Problems of Producing and Distributing Electrical Power.  
  4. Sustainable Urban Transport in Developing Countries - Examples from Indonesia and South Africa
    Daniel Bongardt, Transport Policy Advisor (German Technical Cooperation - GTZ)
    Report on GTZ's work and possibilities for transferring good practice. 
  5. Roundtable 

    Facilitator: Prof. Dr. W. Rothengatter, University of Karlsruhe

    Dr. Andreas Kopp, Lead Transport Economist of the World Bank Group

    Prof. Ali Huzayyin, Faculty of Engineering, Cairo University

    Jinhua Zhao, China Planning Network from the MIT

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