voluntary commitments on sustainable transport

Voluntary Commitments on Sustainable Transport

Tyrrell DuncanDirector, East Asia Transport Division, concurrently Practice Leader (Transport)Asian Development Bank

Side Event: Sustainable Transport Contribution to Rio+20 and its Implementation16 June 2012

Voluntary Commitments: A major feature of Rio+20

•Rio+20 is about implementation•All participants being encouraged to make

voluntary commitments to deliver concrete results for sustainable development“I look forward to new commitments and initiatives on critical challenges -- from job creation and social protection, to energy, transportation and food security.”

– Ban Ki-moon, Secretary General, United Nations

Overview of Voluntary Commitments on sustainable transport• Coordinated by

SLoCaT Partnership, includes development banks, international organizations, NGOs, etc.

• 15 VCs to be submitted

• Global, regional, national and urban level

• Covers all world regions, with emphasis on the south

Sustainable transport

Road safety

Fuel economy and fuel

standards

Non-motorized transport

Urban transport

Green freight

Public transport

Sustainable Transport Commitments – Envisaged impact:

Solutions for Sustainable Transport

Avoid Shift Improve

Avoid or Reduce the need to

travel

Shift to more efficient

transport modes

Improve fuel and vehicle

technologies

Coverage of all key building blocks for sustainable transport

Financing Policies

Capacity Knowledge

Sustainable

Transport

Voluntary Commitments on Financing

Financing Policies

Capacity Knowledge

Sustainable

Transport

Financing•Commitment by 8 Multilateral Development

Banks (AfDB, ADB, CAF, EBRD, EIB, IDB, IsDB, and WB)

•Significant level of financial support over the next 10 years, from MDBs but also others to help develop sustainable transport and leverage domestic and private sector financing

•Annual reporting on sustainable transport related lending in coordination with SLoCaT

Voluntary Commitments on Policies

Financing Policies

Capacity Knowledge

Sustainable

Transport

Policies• Intergovernmental EST policy

forums in Asia, Africa and Latin America led by UNCRD with inputs from several other SLoCaT members

• Promote global standards on e.g. fuel economy and fuel quality

• Public transport and rail sector goals and objectives

• Policy concepts on financing arrangements, road safety and urban planning

Voluntary Commitments on Institutions and Capacity Building

Financing

Policies

Capacity

Knowledge

Sustainable Transport

Capacity development

•Development and implementation of training: general sustainable transport, specialized areas such as cycling, road safety

•Hands-on work with cities to strengthen their capacities to develop policies and projects and successfully implement these

Voluntary Commitments on Knowledge/Expertise

Financing

Policies

Capacity

Knowledge

Sustainable Transport

Knowledge

•Create new knowledge •Development of tools and

guidelines to facilitate scaling up of sustainable transport projects and practices: BRT, Cycling, Freight, Road Safety

•Improve access to information

Resources to activate and implement VCs

FinancialHuman

(skills and expertise)

OrganizationalNetworks

Key issues to keep in mind• Will the Voluntary Commitments be delivered as

promised? How can we monitor our progress?• How to ensure synergy between the individual

Voluntary Commitments?• How can we support the delivery of a potential

SDG in transport, e.g. “Universal Access to Clean Safe and Affordable Transport”?

• How to link the implementation of transport Voluntary Commitments to other transport initiatives, including a possible Secretary General’s panel on sustainable transport?

Concluding Message for Rio+20•The sustainable transport community is

ready to contribute to the success of Rio+20

•Voluntary Commitments collectively cover:▫All types of transport▫All building blocks▫All world regions

•Transport is ready to be part of the solution!

•www.slocat.net/rio20-vc

Thank you for your attentionTyrrell Duncantduncan@adb.org