Climate and Transport

Organizer/s:
Co-organized by the GTZ-Sustainable Urban Transport Project (SUTP), the Clean Air Initiative for Asian Cities (CAI-Asia) Center, UITP (the International Association of Public Transport) and the Transport Research Laboratory (TRL).

Objectives:
• Create greater awareness of climate-related phenomenon and their linkages with urban transport policies and projects.
• Develop comprehension of characteristics, impacts and possible solutions to current transport and climate problems.
• Increase awareness among key stakeholders on how issues of urban transport policy and projects can improve climate impacts in the developing world.
• Present Funding Mechanism for Carbon reduction within the context of sustainable urban transport

Schedule and Venue
11 November 2008, Imperial Queen’s Park (full day)
Room: Benjasiri 1

Participants: The event is open to a maximum of 35 participants.

Contact/s:

Manfred Breithaupt
Deutsche Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit (GTZ) GmbH
(German Technical Cooperation)
Transport and Mobility
Division 44 - Environment and Infrastructure
P.O. Box 5180
65726 Eschborn
Tel. + 49 6196 79-1357
Email: manfred.breithaupt@gtz.de

And

Holger Dalkmann
Centre for Sustainability (C4S) at
Transport Research Laboratory
Crowthorne House, Nine Mile Ride,
Wokingham, Berkshire, RG40 3GA, UK
Tel: +44 (0)1344 77 0279
Email: hdalkmann@trl.co.uk