Partnering for Action

Global Alliances and Opportunities for Decarbonising Transport

Every two years, decision-makers, experts, and practitioners from across the globe come together to do something simple but essential: exchange knowledge, build trust, and strengthen the partnerships that make sustainable transport possible. That is what the Transport and Climate Change Week has been doing since 2017 — and the 9th edition, taking place online from 5 to 9 October 2026, continues that work under the theme “Partnering for Action: Global Alliances and Opportunities for Decarbonising Transport“.

The conference has played a key role in building confidence in the feasibility of transitioning to net zero emissions in the transport sector, particularly across countries in the Global South. Participation has grown significantly over the years, reaching up to 1,500 participants in online editions and more than 200 partners in in-person editions, reflecting both the urgency of transport decarbonisation and the value of a trusted space for collaboration.

A week of action, evidence, and alliance-building

With 22 projects and 10 external organisations already engaged, the 2026 programme is structured around five days of focused conversation:

• Building Sustainable Alliances: Monday’s high-level conversation on how cooperation is adapting to a more agile global context.
• Implementing Partnerships for Action: Tuesday’s evidence-based practices from partner countries on building alliances during implementation.
• Mobilising Innovation: Wednesday’s symposium analysing the tension between energy transition and fuel costs.
• Scaling Impact through Cooperation: Thursday’s session with countries and external partners integrating action and vision.
• Looking a Decade Ahead: Friday’s high-level panel on opportunities and challenges for sustainable transport over the next ten years.

Art as an alliance: open call for artists

This year, for the first time, Transport and Climate Change Week opens its stage beyond data and policy. Making the most of its virtual format, the conference is creating a dedicated digital exhibition space for artists from around the world.

Transport shapes how we move, how we meet, and how we live. It connects communities and divides them, carrying opportunity and inequality in equal measure. Art does what data alone cannot: it makes the human experience of transport visible — the daily commute, the road not taken, the city that was never built for you.

We welcome all forms of art that can be shared in a digital format — photography, film, painting, poetry, music, writing, performance, and beyond. If your work speaks to transport, mobility, climate, or the human experience of movement, it belongs here.

• Submission deadline: 18 September 2026
• Send your work to: transportweek@giz.de with subject line Digital_Exhibition_YourName_Surname
• Notification by: 25 September 2026

For more information and details, visit our Digital Exhibition page.

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The Mobilize Net-Zero project is implemented by the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH and is funded through the International Climate Initiative (IKI) of the German Federal Ministry for the Environment, Climate Action, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (BMUKN).