This session on promoting sustainable transport, organized by the UN Human Settlements Programme (UN-HABITAT) and the Partnership on Sustainable Low Carbon Transport (SLoCaT), is part of the Sixth World Urban Forum. This session will provide an opportunity to discuss voluntary commitments announced at the UN Conference on Sustainable Development (UNCSD, or Rio+20) on sustainable transport related to financing, policy, knowledge management and capacity development. The session also will consider setting targets to measure sustainable urban transport and coordinating efforts and information sharing among UN agencies engaged in sustainable transport.
date: 4 September 2012 venue: World Urban Forum location: Napoli, Italy contact: Debashish Bhattacharjee phone: 254-20-7625288; 7623668 e-mail: Debashish.Bhattacharjee@unhabitat.org www: http://www.slocat.net/event/668