![]() ![]() #TTDC23 brings leaders together to make those shifts happen. We need to accelerate at speed, at scale, and in more places to limit global warming to 1.5°. We are seeing many shifts in the world, but the change is still not fast enough. Among current national climate commitments codified in Nationally Determined Contributions, just over half mention transport at all and less than a third include measures to shift from private vehicles to shared or public transport. In 2020, 72% of transport-related greenhouse gas emissions came from road transport the world is on its way to 1 billion more cars by 2050 and a 60% increase in transport emissions. In terms of decarbonization, transport is behind power and heating in estimates for when greenhouse gas emissions might peak. Yet considering the size of the sector and its continued growth, transport is still lagging behind the pace of change needed to reach climate and development goals. committed $5 billion toward electric school buses last year while India tendered a purchase of 5,000 e-buses across five cities while aiming to procure an astounding 50,000 e-buses by 2030. Ani Dasgupta, President and CEO of World Resources Institute, noted that the U.S. Guangzhe Chen, Vice President for Infrastructure said the World Bank set a record last fiscal year with $8.3 billion in transport sector funding while making a “decisive shift” towards supporting sustainable mobility. During the pandemic, hundreds of cities installed new bike lanes and converted road space to pedestrian areas, many of which are making such changes permanent. The last two years have both set records for number of electric vehicles sold, including e-buses, e-bikes and e-motorcycles. “I see many changes, actually, and it gives me hope that we can really push this conversation forward.” Moving Fast, But Not Fast EnoughĪ common theme across the two days was reconciling the rapid pace of change in transport over the last few years with how far there still is to go. “It really is extraordinary to be back in person – and also to see how the enormous challenges from the past two years have changed how we think about transport,” said Rogier van den Berg, Global Director of WRI Ross Center. More than 900 policymakers, experts and leaders in transport gathered at the World Bank Headquarters to explore how to recover from crisis and accelerate towards green and inclusive mobility.īuilding on increased global engagement facilitated by the switch to virtual during pandemic, more than 1,500 virtual attendees also joined lively sessions that featured city and national leaders, development bank heads and researchers at the annual event co-hosted by WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities and the World Bank Group. Photo: Courtney Babcock/WRIĪfter two years of unprecedented disruption to transport globally and two years of virtual conferences, Transforming Transportation returned to Washington, DC, March 14-15. ![]() WRI President & CEO Ani Dasgupta speaks at Transforming Transportation 2023. ![]()
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