Full Power Ahead! How to Stimulate a Global Decarbonisation of Mobility
Time: 9:30 AM - 10:45 AM (Europe/Berlin)
Location: Federal Foreign Office, Berlin, Conference Hall “Willy Brandt”
In order to achieve the targets of the Paris climate agreement, ambitious action is needed globally to reduce emissions from the transport sector. At the same time, transport demand is expected to rise steadily in view of continuous urbanisation and motorisation. A global mobility transformation is necessary and the international community needs to provide the necessary framework conditions.
Language(s): Englisch
Organised by:
GIZ, Agora Verkehrswende, World Economic Forum
Objective
In order to achieve the targets of the Paris climate agreement, ambitious action is needed globally to reduce emissions from the transport sector. At the same time, transport demand is expected to rise steadily in view of continuous urbanisation and motorisation. A global mobility transformation is necessary and the international community needs to provide the necessary framework conditions. To produce these solutions for international politics and diplomacy, the Federal Foreign Office has commissioned the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH jointly with Agora Verkehrswende and the World Economic Forum to carry out: T4<2° - Transport for a below two degrees future - The Global Foresight Project on Transforming Mobility by mid-century You are kindly invited to join us for our project launch at the margins of the Berlin Energy Transition Dialogue 2019.
Speakers
Rolando Castro Córdoba – Vice Minister of Energy, Costa Rica
Smt. Archana Agrawal – Joint Secretary, Ministry of Power, India (tbc)
Yoshioka Tatsuya – Founder and Director, Peace Boat Ecoship
Michaela Spaeth – Director for Energy and Climate Policies, German Federal Foreign Office
Dr. Günter Hörmandinger – Deputy Executive Director, Agora Verkehrswende
Vera Scholz – Director of Division Climate Change, Environment, Infrastructure, GIZ
Please register by Friday, 5 April 2019 by replying to this email to t42@giz.de. Due to limited capacities in the venue, registration will be on a first come – first serve basis. Please allow enough time to access the conference facilities, as we expect queues. Please note that you will need to bring a government issued photo ID and pass through an airport-style security check.
