“Transport for Under Two Degrees: The Way Forward?” at Sustainable Development Impact Summit 2020

Joining the perspectives of the international, national, and local level, the discussion shall unite politics and industry leaders to jointly examine and explain the necessary steps to create the mobility sector of the future, on how to achieve decarbonisation of the sector and orchestrate international efforts for a global transport system transformation. This event will moreover provide a first glimpse into the new foresight study “Transport for under two degrees: the way forward” commissioned by the German Federal Foreign Office and implemented by the Deutsche Gesellschaft für internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH, Agora Verkehrswende, and the World Economic Forum, which will be published in October.  

Agenda

14:00 – 14:05 Welcoming remarks

Ambassador Hinrich Thoelken, Director for International Climate and Energy Policy and Digital Transformation, Federal Foreign Office, German

14:05 – 14:20 Setting the scene

• „The role of international cooperation for a global transformation of transport”, Achim Steiner, Administrator, United Nations Development Programme
• „Transport for under two degrees: The way forward – a preview”: Christian Hochfeld, Executive Director, Agora Verkehrswende
• „Future of Transport – role of public-private collaboration“ Young-Tae Kim, Secretary General, ITF
• “Beijing practise on sustainable urban mobility” Jifu Guo, Director, Beijing Transport Institute

14:20 – 14:45 Discussion

chaired by Mike Enskat, Head of Energy – Water - Mobility, Deutsche Gesellschaft für internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH