Publication: Transport at COP21: Part of the Climate Change Solution
Date
2015-12
ISSN
Published
2015-12
Author(s)
Ebinger, Jane
Peltier, Nicolas
Gitay, Habiba
Monsalve, Carolina
Losos, Andrew
Vandycke, Nancy
Abstract
The case for climate action has never
been stronger. Around the world, climate change is putting
at risk the lives of millions of people as well as
threatening many coastal cities and endangering trillion of
dollars of investments in transport infrastructure and
services. The Twenty-First Conference of the Parties (COP21)
to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
(UNFCCC) will bring heads of state and ministers to Paris at
the end of November to reach a global climate agreement with
far-reaching implications for low-carbon and
climate-resilient growth. Transport is playing a greater
role in COP21 than in past UNFCCC conferences as a critical
part of the solution: a sector that can contribute to both
reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and building economy
wide resilience to the impacts of climate change. In view of
the sector’s potential, the heavily debated transport
question is how to sustainably meet the rising global demand
for greater interconnectedness and mobility. The World Bank
and the seven other leading multilateral development banks
have joined forces with the Paris Process for Mobility and
Climate (PPMC) and the rest of the transport community to
call for more action on transport and climate change.
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Citation
“Ebinger, Jane; Peltier, Nicolas; Gitay, Habiba; Monsalve, Carolina; Losos, Andrew; Rogers, John Allen; Vandycke, Nancy. 2015. Transport at COP21: Part of the Climate Change Solution. Connections;No. 28. © World Bank, Washington, DC. http://hdl.handle.net/10986/25008 License: CC BY 3.0 IGO.”