Enhancing Collaborative and Ambitious Climate Actions in the Transport Sector

The tremendous growth of motorised transport poses a challenge to sustainable development worldwide. The transport sector produces 23 per cent of global energy-related CO₂ emissions and is the fastest-growing sector in terms of greenhouse gas emissions. Recognising the challenge of rapid urbanisation, motorisation and air pollution, metropolitan areas worldwide seek for solutions for their overloaded transport systems. Innovative and low carbon mobility solutions have the potential to radically transform urban spaces over the coming decades. The cluster session aims to explore the critical role of low carbon mobility in enabling true transformation towards a climate-friendly development path. It will bring together national, regional, and local level stakeholders from the transport sector to discuss the challenges and opportunities in enhancing collaborative transport actions for climate mitigation and adaptation. The session will identify case studies, key enabling factors, and recommendations on how to facilitate collaborative climate action across different levels of stakeholders. It will touch upon issues such as regional transport infrastructure, urban-rural synergies for sustainable transport, national urban transport policies and the inclusion of municipal governments, and multi-stakeholder approaches to low carbon mobility.