Partnership on Sustainable, Low Carbon Transport
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Secretary General
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Cornie Huizenga |
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The Partnership on Sustainable, Low Carbon Transport (SLoCaT) is a multi-stakeholder partnership of over 90 organizations seeking to promote the integration of sustainable transport in global policies on sustainable development and climate change. The partnership is focused on land transport in developing countries and includes both motorized and non-motorized freight and passenger transport. Geographically the partnership concentrates on developing countries, initially on Asia, Latin America and Africa.
SLoCaT was established in 2009 to provide a global voice on sustainable transport, guided by the Bellagio Declaration on Sustainable, Low Carbon Transport. The partnership represents UN organizations, multilateral and bilateral development organizations, NGOs and foundations, academe and the business sector.
SLoCaT is a Type II non-legal and non-binding partnership under the United Nations, hosted by the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN-DESA).
SLoCaT's overarching goal is to mobilize global support to promote sustainable, low carbon transport and thereby reduce the growth of GHG emissions generated by land transport in developing countries and maximize the contribution of transport to poverty eradication and sustainable development. The partnership has four specific objectives:
The activities of the SLoCaT Partnership are guided by the SLoCaT Work Program. The Work Program is developed by the SLoCaT Secretariat based on consultations with members of the Partnership. Following review by the SLoCaT Foundation Board, the Work Program is presented for discussion and sign-off at the Annual Meeting of the SLoCaT Partnership in January. The SLoCaT Foundation Board then approves a budget to implement the agreed upon Work Program. In 2015 international agreements are likely to be reached on sustainable development with the adoption of 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and on climate change through a new global agreement on climate change. Both agreements will provide a new impetus for sustainable, low carbon transport. After having realized an internal consensus in the transport and wider development community on the need for more sustainable, low carbon transport and realizing a convergence around the “Avoid-Shift-Improve” as the new paradigm for development of transport infrastructure and services, the emphasis of the SLoCaT Partnership was shifted to bringing the wider development community on-board and promote the rapid scaling up of sustainable, low carbon transport solutions in 2014.
Starting from July 2015, the SLoCaT Partnership has officially started implementing the Work Program for 2015-2016, which was approved by the SLoCaT Board of Directors at the June Board Meeting. In 2015-2016, the SLoCaT Work Program will continue to be composed of five work streams:
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