[sustran] Re: A broader debate on Transport and Climate Change for Asia

[sudhir gota]

Dear all,

Please find the link for the attached details for the below mail.

I hope people would be interested in joining the movement.

http://www.cleanairnet.org/caiasia/1412/article-72725.html

Regards
Sudhir

2008/5/29 Bert Fabian <bert.fabian at cai-asia.org>:

> Apologies for cross-posting...
> ___
>
> Dear All,
>
> The transport sector is expected to be one of the fastest growing sectors
> in terms of CO2 emissions in Asia. Over the past few months CAI-Asia has had
> discussions with ADB and a range of other stakeholders on how to develop a
> more broad based discussion on Climate and Transport in Asia.  This has
> resulted in the attached note which suggests that to advance the transport
> debate and action on the ground it is important to deal with carbon in
> transport in an integrated manner. Current available experience indicates
> that any effective strategy to reduce CO2 emissions from the transport
> sector in Asia will need to be an integrated strategy with multiple
> objectives whereby CO2 emission reduction is one of the objectives. Other
> important objectives include: air quality, congestion, road safety, fuel
>  security, fuel prices and general quality of urban life.
>
> It is suggested to focus on three main areas
>
>  1. Measurement of carbon
>  2. Interventions
>  3. Process
>
> The "process" part of the document suggests to make use of three events in
> 2008 to structure the debate on Climate and Transport in Asia:
>
>   * The ADB Transport forum in Manila in the week of  9 September
>   * The Better Air Quality (BAQ) 2008 workshop in Bangkok from 12-14
> November
>   * COP 14 in Poznan, Poland  1-12 December
>
> After these three events a decision is to be taken on how to continue and
> possibly institutionalize the debate.
>
> The attached note proposes the implementation of a number of think-pieces
> to advance the discussion. The choice of the topics of the think pieces has
> not been finalized. We welcome suggestions for alternative topics. We also
> welcome statements of interest from persons or organizations who would like
> to involved in composing the think pieces. It is expected that about 2-3
> weeks will be available for drafting these short pieces (10-15 pages) and
> authors should be available to participate in at least 2 of the the 3 key
> events (Transport Forum, BAQ and COP).  If interested send your cv and short
> statement of interest indicating which think piece you are interested in to
> bert.fabian at cai-asia.org and cornie.huizenga at cai.asia.org.
>
> In discussing this note please send your comments to this newsgroup or to
> Bert and me directly.
>
> Looking forward to hear from you.
>
> Cornie
>
> --
> Cornie Huizenga
> Executive Director
> CAI-Asia Center
> www://cleanairnet.org/caiasia
> cornie.huizenga at cai-asia.org
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Sudhir Gota
Transport Specialist
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