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IPCC announces authors for 5th Assessment report
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.
EC holds a workshop on a "Global Transport System in a Low Carbon Society"
The Institution for Transport Policy Studies (ITPS) is currently finalising a backcasting study on how to achieve a Global Transport System in a Low Carbon Society by the year 2050. This is the first of such studies conducted on a global scale, involving key experts from various world regions who have authored regional studies to inform the wider global study. The European Commission hosted a half day'open' workshop, where representatives from the study team discussed the study and its current findings. Holger Dalkmann of TRL presented the results of the European Regional Study, and highlighted the ways in which a drastic reduction of transport greenhouse gases can be achieved, combining both behavioural and technological changes. Ways in which the EU can also support mitigation actions in other parts of the world were also highlighted.
Our Cities Ourselves
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.
Delivering on the G-20 commitment to reform fossil-fuel subsidies: essential outcomes from Toronto
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
Reducing Emissions through Sustainable Transport (REST)
The potential for GHG mitigation in the land transport sector would be increased on an international level if there was a sectoral mechanism for transport. The Bridging the Gap initiative has developed a proposal for such a mechanism that could provide both financial and capacity building support. The proposal, which has been designed to complement existing mechanisms, comprises of both funding and crediting elements to stimulate mitigation activities in the land transport sector. The draft is currently a'living document,' which will evolve to take into account feedback received from international experts. If you would like to comment on this draft then please contact Holger Dalkmann at hdalkmann@trl.co.uk.
