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RGU Professor to present sustainable urban policy findings at Houston’s World Energy Cities Academic Partnership conference
Professor Richard Laing, from Robert Gordon University (RGU) represented Aberdeen on Monday, April 30th, 2012 in Houston, Texas for a two day conference - The World Energy Cities Partnership (WECP).
Professor Richard Laing (Robert-Gordon University Aberdeen), Professor Oluf Langhelle (University of Stavanger), Professor Joe Pratt (University of Houston), Professor Gunnar Nerheim (University of Stavanger)
CARE-North Final Conference – “Carbon Responsible Transport – The Challenge”
Thank you to all those who helped make
the CARE-North Final Conference such a highly interactive and interesting event!
PDFs of the conference presentations can be found in the Programme section. Please click on [presentation] to view and/or download them.
The CARE-North Final Conference focused on “Carbon responsible Transport”. Organised by the city of Bremen in collaboration with ICLEI-Local Governments for Sustainability from 20-21 March 2012, the conference looked at the evolving role of low carbon transport solutions such as bicycle, walking and collective transportation, and addressed the importance of behavior change and limiting road space as key element to meet the Co2 reduction targets.
Practitioners and researchers alike benefitted from engaging discussions. The wealth of ideas and suggestions channelled into the panel discussion where the CARE-North Message to Rio+20 was released and commented upon.
Please click on the following link to download the
Final Participants List.
Prof. Jeff Kenworthy comparing transport in cities worldwide.
The CARE-North Final Conference took place on the 20-21 March in Bremen and focused on:
• Urban transport and CO2 emissions from a global perspective
• RIO+20 and the EU 20-20-20 energy targets
• Alternative fuels, propulsion and electric cars
• New mobility trends for sustainability: car-sharing, walking and cycling enhancements
• Efficiency and affordability of public transport services
and much more…!
Download the Full Programme description in pdf!
Download the speakers' presentations at: www.care-north.eu/care-north-final-conference/programme/wednesday-21-march/wednesday-21-march
Download the CARE-North Message to RIO+20 and share your comments with us, by writing to carenorth.2012@iclei.org
CARE-North Project in Malmo saves money and helps the environment
Cars talking to the driver helps employees of the City of Malmö to maintain the speed limit, thereby saving the environment. The result of the project shows fuel savings of 17%.
Bremen Pedelec Project Conference - Final Meeting (German)
Die Projekt-Abschluss-Präsentation „Pedelec – Testfahren mit Rückenwind“ findet im Focke-Museum in Bremen statt. Am 11. Januar 2012 werden die Ergebnisse des Bremer Projekts vorgestellt.
English short text:
On 11th January there will be the final conference of one CARE-North project part called „Pedelec – Testfahren mit Rückenwind“ in the Bremen "Focke Muserum".
For more information please contact the CARE-North team in Bremen: care-north@umwelt.bremen.de .
Getting Transport to Work – Businesses and Corporate Social Responsibility Conference
A partnership meeting was held in September (19-21) 2011 - organized by the CARE-North partner METRO.
conference.
Electric Mobility and Public Transport
The current discussion about electric mobility mostly covers individual car ownage and usage.
Electric driven trains and trams do exist for more than 100 years in Germany.
The goal of the German master plan electric mobility is to have at least one million electric driven vehicles on the streets by 2020. Neighboring EU countries also invest in electric mobility, as well this is an important aspect of the CARE-North partner exchange on expericence.
This movie (only available in German, sorry!) shows how already by today the implementation of intelligent, integrated transport schemes, it is possible to reduce congestion, air pollution and used space for traffic - by providing smart travel solutions to existing public transport offers, eg. Car-sharing.
As Bremen is a showcase for Car-Sharing (see also www.care-north.eu/event/second-workshop-in-shanghai-sustainable-urban-transportexpo2010#node-110 for more information on Bremen Car-Sharing presentation on Shanghai EXPO2010 last year), Michael Glotz-Richter was interviewed for this short movie as well!
Enjoy!
Movie by VDV, www.mobi-wissen.de/begriff/elektromobilitat
