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15 May 2025

First Global Carbon Pricing Scheme Approved for Shipping

International Maritime Organization sets binding emissions targets and introduces credit-based compliance

The International Maritime Organisation (IMO) has approved the first global carbon price mechanism for shipping, marking a major step toward climate neutrality. The Net-Zero Framework includes binding fuel standards, emissions pricing, and a credit...

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24 April 2025

SV Juren AE Demonstration Voyage Marks Milestone in Sustainable Sea Transport and Regional Up-Scaling

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17 April 2025

Joining Hands To Drive Freight Decarbonisation

Kick-Off Workshop of the Sino-German Cooperation on Decarbonising Freight Transport (CDFT)

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8 April 2025

Financing the Future of Transport: Unlocking Capital for India’s EV Transition

Unlocking financing is key to accelerating India’s EV transition. The "Financing Dialogue for Decarbonizing Transport" report...
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1 April 2025

Designing a Robust EV Policy for Indian States: Lessons from Maharashtra

The "Mapping Electric Vehicle Policy for Indian States" study provides a strategic framework for state-level EV...
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16 January 2025

Inspiring Change: Practical Solutions for Sustainable Transport in Africa

Africa can lead its transformation by learning from its own success stories. The regional session of...
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22 November 2024

Connecting the Dots Through Urban Mobility?  

Transport and Climate Change Week 2024 showcased opportunities of Multisectoral Urban Mobility – by #ConnectingtheDots worldwide.
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15 May 2024

New Bicycle Development Plan Sets Course for a Pedal-Friendly City in Vietnam

Hue, a city of history and culture, is now making waves as one of Vietnam’s most...
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3 May 2024

The Paths of Sustainable Mobility in Africa Lead to Cape Town

Every day, 1 billion people on the African continent walk to work, school, hospital or home...
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13 December 2023

Advancing E-mobility in Africa

The global transport sector, predominantly driven by fossil fuels, contributes significantly to greenhouse gas emissions—around 30%...
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8 November 2023

Walkway to Sustainable Mobility – Walk21 Conference in Kigali

Celebrating Champions of Walkability Once being called a place of no hope, Rwanda’s capital Kigali has...
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16 October 2023

Africa’s Journey Towards Sustainable Mobility

In an era where the global consensus increasingly gravitates towards cleaner and more sustainable transport solutions,...
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11 October 2023

Safer Routes to School Encourage Use of Sustainable Mobility

Every year, 1.35 million people die in entirely preventable traffic accidents, with children and young adults...
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22 September 2023

Sustainable Mobility with Renewable Energies in Morocco

Transportation plays a pivotal role in shaping societies worldwide, facilitating connections among people, and fostering economic...
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3 August 2023

Transforming Africa’s Transport Sector Through Networking: A Catalyst for Progress

GIZ is currently running a call for a first “Rethinking Transport Lab”, an exciting initiative designed...
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23 June 2023

In Step with Jane’s Walk

Jane’s Walk is an international event which celebrates active mobility and the exploration of urban spaces....
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19 June 2023

Viet Nams First Technical Guideline for Bicycle Infrastructure Design in Urban Areas

In the past, cycling was a primary mode of transport and common throughout cities in Viet...
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9 November 2022

Study tour impressions: Cycling cities – an option for India?

While the benefits of cycling are widely acknowledged, from decreased congestion and improved air quality to...
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25 October 2022

NUMPs guiding living mobility ecosystems in Latin-America

This article is part of our #StoriesofChange where we profile the work of our partner countries...
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6 October 2022

Mobility for All in Guatemala

Traditionally, family roles are highly genderized; therefore, women mostly fulfil household and care activities. This implies...
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4 October 2022

How to Plan on a Metropolitan Scale – the Story of Mexico

In 2018, the Guadalajara Metropolitan Area (AMG) started with an ambitious goal: to improve mobility planning...
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30 August 2022

Cycling Against All Odds in Costa Rica

This article is part of our #StoriesofChange where we profile the work of our partner countries...
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7 June 2022

Leapfrogging to sustainable mobility in Africa

By 2050, Africa is expected to be home to 2.5 billion people – many of whom...
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27 May 2022

Avoid and shift – Achieving various sustainability benefits with active modes and transit

How can mobility develop its full potential to enable people an easy and safe access to...
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27 April 2022

First Implementation of SUMP in China

A new Approach in Foshan’s Green Mobility Transition With the aim of strengthening green mobility and...
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9 April 2022

Women on the Move – Connect & Chat

Gender visibility means discussions, conversations, like the network offers, webinars, involving members and making them talk...
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6 April 2022

On the Way to Tracking Transport in Colombian NDC

This article is part of our #StoriesofChange where we profile the work of our partner countries...
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31 March 2022

Women, Transport and Mobility in Latin America

The National Active Mobility Strategy (ENMA) Urban mobility is fundamental in offering quality of life to...
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1 March 2022

Key Outcomes for Increasing Cycling Trips in Guadalajara Metropolitan Area

When we increase cycling trips in a city, we bring improvements not only to people’s health...
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27 January 2022

Series of Technical Peer-to-Peer Exchanges in Latin America concludes.

“It has been very enriching for us to learn about the experiences of other cities and...
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1 October 2021

Actions to move sustainably in Latin America

This article is part of our #StoriesofChange where we profile the work of our partner countries...
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30 August 2021

Cycling Study Will Promote Sustainable Mobility in the Guadalajara Metropolitan Area

This article is part of our #StoriesofChange where we profile the work of our partner countries...
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5 July 2021

Out now! SLOCAT Transport and Climate Change Global Status Report – 2nd edition

Moving the world towards zero transport emissions requires fast and fundamental changes at all scales. Yet...
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21 June 2021

Future Ahoy!

“Abgefahren!”, the award-winning comic on the transport transition by the think tank Agora Verkehrswende and the...
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12 April 2021

Continued Commitment to the Development of Sustainable Urban Transport

Climate change and global warming are challenges in all countries, including Indonesia. One of the main...
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8 February 2021

Report Launch on E-mobility & Low Carbon Passenger Road Transport in India

“Status quo analysis of various segments of Electric mobility and low carbon passenger road transport in...
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8 February 2021

Costa Rica: Montes de Oca Opens First 4km of Cycle Lane

This article is part of our #StoriesofChange where we profile the work of our partner countries...
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1 February 2021

Report Launch on Electric Mobility and Low Carbon Passenger Road Transport in India

With almost 5.9 Million km, India has the second largest road network in the world. It...
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15 December 2020

Towards the Promotion of Urban Cycling in Costa Rica

Cycling infrastructure provides a sustainable mobility alternative and encourages more cyclists in urban spaces. Now this...
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15 June 2020

Walking through the crisis: Sustainable mobility responses to COVID-19

“Public transport is not just mass transit, because mass transit cannot answer all the demands for...
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30 March 2020

Curridabat and Montes de Oca Seek to Become Model Cities for Urban Cycling

San José, Costa Rica, February 12, 2020. With support of the Euroclima+ programme, the Costa Rican...
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7 February 2020

A brushstroke for better mobility in Costa Rica

Green, blue, orange – in November 2019, pedestrians, cyclists and particularly drivers in Costa Rica’s Greater...
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4 October 2019

A Bike Changes Your Life in Every Way

How do women move around in Latin American cities? Lina Esperanza Mendoza bets on the bicycle...
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7 June 2019

Cycling for a Low Carbon Development

Its a fact that the bicycle helps to enforce a more equal social development and that...
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18 March 2019

Where Convenience of People Matters Most

Walking is the most common form of mobility and is generally how all trips start and...
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21 December 2018

Raising Awareness on Mobility Obstacles: Photo Competition in the Philippines

The topic of mobility is ubiquitous in the Philippines, whether it is because of the heavy...
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11 June 2018

Active Transport and Travel Demand Management

Between 2014 and 2016 TRANSfer supported the Colombian Government in the design of a NAMA on...
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15 August 2017

Comprehensive Technical Guidelines for Lima’s Cycling Infrastructure

Even though Lima is described as having good geographic and climatic conditions for cycling, commutes by...
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13 July 2017

Binding Design Standards for Cycling Infrastructure in Lima approved/Municipalidad de Lima aprueba nuevos estándares para ciclo-infraestructura

With the resolution N° 311-2017, the Metropolitan Municipality of Lima, the Peruvian capital city has adopted...
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15 April 2000

Training Materials: Cycling and Non-Motorised Transport

This tool provides a list of training measures on NUMP-related topics by various well-reputed, non-for-profit providers...
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