[sustran] News from Manila... - Bellagio Declaration on Transportation and Climate Change and Prof Madhav Badami - Brownbag

[Sudhir]

1.       ADB Signs Declaration Calling on Transport Sector to Curb Emissions
-  See http://www.adb.org/Media/Articles/2009/12901-asian-climates-changes/


2.    Prof Madhav Badami was in Manila to talk on pedestrian accessibility –
Access his presentation @
http://www.cleanairnet.org/caiasia/1412/article-73426.html and a Blog on his
presentation @
http://cai-asia.blogspot.com/2009/05/use-light-colored-clothes-at-night-you.html


ADB Press release on curbing emissions-

MANILA, PHILIPPINES - Without immediate action, the transport sectors of
developing countries will account for the overwhelming share of increased
carbon dioxide emissions by 2030, according to a new declaration signed by
the Asian Development Bank (ADB).

While developed countries are still responsible for the largest share of
greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from the transport sector, emissions from
developing countries – particularly in Asia – are growing rapidly.
Transport-related carbon dioxide emissions are expected to increase 57% from
2005 to 2030, with transport sectors in developing countries expected to
contribute about 80% of this increase.

Most GHG emissions in the transport sector and virtually all the expected
growth in emissions come from private cars and trucks.

The *Bellagio Declaration on Transportation and Climate Change* outlines how
the transport sectors in developing countries can reduce future GHG
emissions. The declaration is the result of a three-day conference in
Bellagio, Italy, attended by climate change and transportation experts. The
declaration calls on governments and the transport industry to embrace a
range of key principles.

These include reducing the need for travel through better integration of
land use and transport; more effective use of carbon finance mechanisms to
fund sustainable transport policies; and recognition of the benefits of
low-carbon transport in reducing the local air pollution, noise, congestion
and road accidents that define many urban areas.

“The Bellagio Meeting will greatly help ADB to develop its Sustainable
Transport Initiative, which aims to help Asian countries change their
transport investment patterns and secure a low-carbon, sustainable transport
future,” said WooChong Um, Director of ADB's Energy, Transport and Water
Division.

The 12-16 May Bellagio meeting, organized by ADB and the Clean Air
Institute, and supported by the Rockefeller Foundation, also helped build
consensus on how transport sector policies must be reflected in the upcoming
United Nations Climate Change discussions in Copenhagen in December.







-- 
Sudhir Gota
Transport Specialist
CAI-Asia Center
Unit 3510, 35th Floor, Robinsons-Equitable Tower,
ADB Avenue, Ortigas Center, Pasig City
Metro Manila, Philippines 1605
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http://www.cleanairnet.org/caiasia
Skype : sudhirgota
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