This case study presents the assessment of the criticality of Saint Lucia’s major transportation assets (airports and seaports) and their potential vulnerabilities to climate variability and change.
By 2050, about 70% of the world’s population will live, commute and work in urban areas. Between now and then, cities and suburbs will undergo significant transformations to create sustainable living conditions for their residents. Mobility and energy are the twin pillars of these transformations, and both will require radical adaptation to meet demographic and economic growth without increasing congestion and pollution. Cities will require mobility and energy solutions that are sustainable, affordable, secure and inclusive, and integrated with customer-centric infrastructure and services. Thus, the convergence of energy and mobility is critical.
These are exciting times in which new technologies allow people to rethink the way they live in a more sustainable and efficient manner. Smart mobility. Smart water. Smart grid. Smart integration. These are the foundations of tomorrow’s cities, which are being realized today.
This Transport and Environment Reporting Mechanism (TERM) 2017 report Aviation and Shipping - Impacts on Europe's Environment reflects key similarities, opportunities and challenges between two transport modes important to the functioning of Europe's mobility system — international aviation and shipping.
Every year, the Green Economy Coalition publishes the Green Economy Barometer, an analysis of the state of the global movement towards a fair, sustainable future. The Barometer tracks the transition, both celebrating the successes, and calling attention to challenges yet to be overcome. It contains key stats, facts, and highlights from the year 2017, and it casts an eye ahead to what the next twelve months have in store.
The Green Economy Barometer 2017 argues that the light on the global green economy horizon has brightened this year: markets are booming; new narratives are emerging; investment is flowing. Tipping points in energy, transport, and global leadership may well be arriving. But that same story looks different from the ground: young people need jobs; biodiversity is in crisis; and rural economies are being left behind.
This report, Port Industry Survey on Climate Change Impacts and Adaptation , relates the key findings of the survey, together with some additional information about climate trends and climate-related impacts on seaports.
The paper International Trade Governance and Sustainable Transport: The Expansion of Electric Vehicles has been conceived as an exploratory scoping exercise intended to identify and better understand trade-related issues and knowledge gaps, including how various types of trade measures and policies affect the electric vehicle industry and its value chains.