SUSTAINABLE TRANSPORT EVENTS AT COP23

Please see events details below. Should you wish to have more information regarding a specific event, you can reach out to the relevant contact person listed in the tables below. If you are interested in organizing a transport event, please contact Mark Major.

Week 1 – Nov 4 to 12

November 4th, 2017
Time Title of the Event Organizers & Co-organizers Type of the Event Venue Contact Person
TBC Train to Bonn Deutsche Bahn Off-site Event Berlin Central Station Milena Oschmann: [email protected]
09:00 – 19:00 Climate Action and Human Wellbeing at the Crossroads:

Historical Transformation or Backlash?

IIASA, DIE Off-site Event German Development Instiute (DIE), Bonn Okka Lou Mathis: OkkaLou.Mathis @ die-gdi.de
TBC Introduction of implementation progress in Morocco following agreements of COP22 Mobilise Your City Official Side Event French Pavilion, Bonn Zone
TBC Introduction of 12 key messages on urban mobility Mobilise Your City Official Side Event EU Pavilion, Bonn Zone
November 7th, 2017
Time Title of the Event Organizers & Co-organizers Type of the Event Venue Contact Person
18:00 – 19:00 Live Streamed Daily Talk Show on Transport and Climate Change PPMC Talk Show DHL Post Tower (next to COP23 venue), Platz der Deutschen Post, Bonn Mark Major: [email protected]
November 8th, 2017
Time Title of the Event Organizers & Co-organizers Type of the Event Venue Contact Person
11:30 – 13:00 China’s Green Low-Carbon Transport and Regional Logistics China Academy of Transport Science and Zhejiang Province, GIZ, UNDP Official Side Event China Pavilion, Bonn Zone
13:30 – 14:30 National Perspective on Germany’s Climate Policy to Ensure a Largely Greenhouse Gas Neutral Transport Sector by 2050 BMVI Official Side Event German Pavilion, Bonn Zone
15:00 – 16:00 Decarbonisation of Aviation UBA Official Side Event German Pavilion, Bonn Zone
14:30 – 16:00 Low Carbon Transport: G20 on Track? Agora, GIZ, BMUB Official Side Event German Pavilion, Bonn Zone Eichhorst Urda [email protected]
17:00 – 18:15 Sustainable Mobility Mohammed VI Foundation for Environmental Protection, PPMC, Growing Markets Official Side Event Moroccan Pavilion, Bonn Zone
18:00 – 19:00 Live Streamed Daily Talk Show on Transport and Climate Change PPMC Talk Show DHL Post Tower (next to COP23 venue), Platz der Deutschen Post, Bonn Mar Major, [email protected]
November 9th, 2017
Time Title of the Event Organizers & Co-organizers Type of the Event Venue Contact Person
09:00 – 16:00 3rd SuM4All Consortium Meeting SuM4All, WorldBank, UNDESA Off-site Event BMZ Nancy L. Vandycke: [email protected]
09:30 – 16:00 Excursion: Experience Climate Friendly Mobility in Cologne GIZ, UITP Off-site Event Cologne, KVB Meeting Point: GIZ Daniel Bongardt: [email protected]
13:30 – 15:30 Mitigation and Adaptation in Aviation Official Side Event Turkey Pavilion, Bonn Zone
15:00 – 16:30 What is Excellence in Climate Adaptation? Global Centre of Excellence on Climate Adaptation Official Side Event Meeting Room 10 (220 Theatre), Bonn Zone
18:00 – 19:00 Live Streamed Daily Talk Show on Transport and Climate Change PPMC Talk Show DHL Post Tower (next to COP23 venue), Platz der Deutschen Post, Bonn Mark Major: [email protected]
18:30 – 20:00 Bridging the Gap: How to Strengthen Urban-Rural Linkages for Resilient City Regions The German Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) Official Side Event German Pavilion, Bonn Zone
18:30—20:00 Building upon traditional culture, Pacific Islands take the lead in Sustainable sea transportation Palau, Overseas Environmental Cooperation Center, Japan (OECC) Official Side Event Bonn Zone
November 10th, 2017
Time Title of the Event Organizers & Co-organizers Type of the Event Venue Contact Person
09:00 – 15:45 From Ambition to Action: Decarbonising Transport in Germany and Abroad GIZ Off-site Event GIZ (Mäanderbau), Kantine, Bonn Daniel Bongardt: [email protected]
11:30 – 13:00 Shared Mobility for Climate Mitigation: Innovation and Big Data International Transport Forum, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (ITF) Institute for Transportation and Development Policy (ITDP) Official Side Event Room 4, Bonn Zone Ramon Cruz: [email protected]
15:00 – 16:30 Mitigating transport emissions through EcoMobility and EcoLogistics Ecomobility Alliance Other Event Cities & Regions Pavillion – Bonn Zone, COP23 Andrea Garcia and Itzel Obregon: [email protected]
16:00 – 17:30 Climate action and transport financing: convergence and transformation IsDB, SLoCaT Off-site Event German Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), Dahlmannstrasse 4
16:45 – 18:15 A Bright Future: The Value of Electricity for a Decarbonised Economy and Transport Sector EURELECTRIC, International Association of Public Transport (UITP), International Union of Railways (UIC) Official Side Event Bonn Zone Nick Craven: [email protected]
18:00 – 19:00 Live Streamed Daily Talk Show on Transport and Climate Change PPMC Talk Show DHL Post Tower (next to COP23 venue), Platz der Deutschen Post, Bonn Mark Major: [email protected]
19:00-22:00 Clean Mobility Reception PPMC Off-site Event DHL Post Tower (next to COP23 venue), Platz der Deutschen Post, Bonn Talya Enriquez Romano: [email protected]
TBC The Initial IMO strategy to reduce GHG from shipping: getting the best possible outcome at MEPC 72 – Panel Discussion European Comission Official Side Event EU pavillion
November 11th, 2017
Time Title of the Event Organizers & Co-organizers Type of the Event Venue Contact Person
09:00 – 10:30 Joint Conference on Transport, Energy, Human Settlement UNFCCC Press Conference COP23 Media Centre Mark Major: [email protected]
10:00 – 16:45 Thematic Day on Transport PPMC and Transport Content Group(ITF, PPMC, UITP, UIC) MP-GCA Event Bonn Zone Mark Major: [email protected]
15:00 – 16:30 Accelerating change in the transportation and mobility ecosystem Ademe Official Side-Event French Pavilion, Bonn Zone
16:45 – 18:15 The Role of Sustainable Mobility in a Changing Climate UN DESA and World Bank (on behalf of the SuM4All Consortium) Other Event Bonn Zone Nancy L. Vandycke: [email protected]
17:00 – 18:00 Scaling Up Action on Transport and Climate Change: Establishment of a Transport Decarbonisation Alliance (TDA) PPMC, French Transport Ministry Official Side Event French Pavilion, Bonn Zone
November 12th, 2017
Time Title of the Event Organizers & Co-organizers Type of the Event Venue Contact Person
10:00 – 11:15 Electric Vehicles Global Leaders’ Forum WWF Official Side Event WWF #PandaHub Pavilion, Bonn Zone James Beard: [email protected]
10:00 – 17:45 Climate Summit of Local and Regional Leaders ICLEI Official Side Event Cities & Regions Pavilion, Bonn Zone
11:30 – 12:45 Aviation & Shipping: Supporting the Goals of the Paris Agreement? WWF Official Side Event WWF #PandaHub Pavilion, Bonn Zone James Beard: [email protected]

 

WEEK 2 – NOV 13TH TO NOV 17TH

November 13th, 2017
Time Title of the Event Organizers & Co-organizers Type of the Event Venue Contact Person
08:55 – 17:00 (Transport: 11:45 – 13:15) UNEP’s 8th Annual Sustainable Innovation Forum 2017 UNEP Off-site Event DHL
10:00 – 11:15 Decarbonized urban transport and job implications WWF, PPMC Official Side Event WWF #PandaHub Pavilion, Bonn Zone Carina Borgström-Hansson: [email protected]
11:30 -13:00 UNFCCC in partnership with the Financial Times: The Future of Mobility and an exclusive keynote interview with Christiana Figueres UNFCCC Media events room (Bonn Zone
12:15 -13:45 High Level Plenary on Energy, Transport – Cities Nexus SustainableEnergy4All, PPMC MP-GCA High Level Event Meeting Room 6, Bonn Zone Callum Grieve: [email protected] ;Mark Major: [email protected]
15:00 – 16:30 The “Urban Energy – Transport nexus: cities as drivers of transformative action towards a low carbon future” PPMC, ITF, UIC, UITP MP-GCA High Level Round Table Meeting Room 1, Bonn Zone Mark Major: [email protected]
14:00 – 17:00 Mayors Forum on Urban Mobility The German Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) , the German Technical Cooperation (GIZ) and ICLEI Registration-only Side Event German Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), Dahlmannstrasse 4 Armin Wagner: [email protected]
18:00 – 19:00 Live Streamed Daily Talk Show on Transport and Climate Change PPMC Talk Show DHL Post Tower (next to COP23 venue), Platz der Deutschen Post, Bonn Mark Major: [email protected]
09:00 – 20:00 Ambition 1.5oC: Global Shipping’s Action Plan Smart Green Shipping Alliance, The International Windship Association (IWSA) Off-site Event MS RheinFantasie, Bonn Diane Gilpin:[email protected]
18:30 – 20:00 Financing Paris and the SDGs through Fuel Subsidy Reform and Taxation: Country Best Practice Finland, University of Eastern Finland (UEF), Denmark, Climate Parliament Official Side Event Room 8, Bonn Zone
November 14th, 2017
Time Title of the Event Organizers & Co-organizers Type of the Event Venue Contact Person
10:00 – 11:30 Paving the Way for Zero-Emission Vehicles with Infrastructure ZEV Alliance, BMUB Official Side Event United Kingdom Pavilion, Bonn Zone
10:00 – 13:00 Franco-German Side-Event on Sustainable Urban Development BMUB & MTES Official Side Event French Pavillon Markus Delfs:[email protected]
13:20-14:20 Tackling Maritime GHG Emissions: linking ocean states’ large domestic and regional transport needs, leadership at the IMO and the role of carbon pricing for technology change and support for developing economies CPLC and Fiji Government Official Side Event Fiji Pavillon
14:15 – 15:45 Rural Transformation: Climate Resilient and Low Emission Food System Global Resilience Partnership, Partnership on Sustainable, Low and Carbon Transport (SLoCAT), Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), Research for Community Access Partnership (ReCAP), World Bank, and International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA). MP-GCA High Level Round Table Meeting Room 3, Bonn Zone Malia Talakai: [email protected]; Alice Yiu:[email protected]
14:30 – 16:00 Taking Climate Action to the Streets – Transforming Urban Mobility GIZ, BMZ, BMUB, UBA Official Side Event German Pavillon Ulrich Kindermann: [email protected]
15:00 – 16:00 Launch of Global Centre of Excellence on Climate Adaptation Global Centre of Excellence on Climate Adaptation Official Side Event Room 2309, 23rd floor of Langer Eugen (the high rise building on the UN Campus, Bula Zone) [email protected]
16:00 – 17:30 The Need for Sustainable Urban Mobility Doppelmayr Off-site Event Kameha Grand, Bonn Carmen Hobitsch: [email protected]
17:00-19:00 NRW Climate Lounge: Climate Protection in Transport: More Than Just E-Mobility State of NRW, Wuppertal Institute, Energy Agency NRW Off-site Event DHL Carmen Hobitsch: [email protected]
18:00 – 19:00 Live Streamed Daily Talk Show on Transport and Climate Change PPMC Talk Show DHL Post Tower (next to COP23 venue), Platz der Deutschen Post, Bonn Mark Major: [email protected]
November 15th, 2017
Time Title of the Event Organizers & Co-organizers Type of the Event Venue Contact Person
09:30 – 17:30 A transport turnaround – made in Aachen Energy Agency NRW Off-site Event Aachen, meeting point: Coach Station Joseph-Beuys-Allee Sabine Michelatsch M.A. :[email protected]
13:15 – 15:45 Is the energy world more or less sustainable and how do leaders respond to the Trilemma challenge? World Energy Council (WEC), Estonia Official Side Event Bonn Zone
13:20 – 14:20 Climate Resilient Transport in Small Island Developing States World Bank Official Side Event Fiji Pavilion Maria Cordeiro: [email protected]
13:30 – 15:00 The Kaohsiung Strategies for the Future of Urban Mobility and the EcoMobility World Festival 2017 Ecomobility Alliance Other Event Cities & Regions Pavillion – Bonn Zone, COP23 Andrea Garcia and Itzel Obregon: [email protected]
14:00 – 19:00 TUMI Partner Meeting GIZ Off-site Event
14:00 – 15:00 Transport, Renewables, and Climate IRENA TBC IRENA Pavillion, Bonn Zone, COP23 Nicholas Wagner: [email protected]
15:00-16:30 Ambition 1.5oC: Global Shipping’s Action Plan Press Conference The Blue Green Events Company, Mantour Consultancy and Smart Green Shipping Alliance Press Conference Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Building and Nuclear Safety Catherine Austin: [email protected]
15:00 – 16:30 Shipping can no longer free-ride in global decarbonisation efforts European Federation for Transport and Environment (T&E) European Climate Foundation (ECF) Official Side Event Bonn Zone Elina Baltatzi:[email protected]
18:00 – 19:00 Live Streamed Daily Talk Show on Transport and Climate Change PPMC Talk Show DHL Post Tower (next to COP23 venue), Platz der Deutschen Post, Bonn Mark Major: [email protected]
November 16th, 2017
Time Title of the Event Organizers & Co-organizers Type of the Event Venue Contact Person
18:00 – 19:00 Live Streamed Daily Talk Show on Transport and Climate Change PPMC Talk Show DHL Post Tower (next to COP23 venue), Platz der Deutschen Post, Bonn Mark Major: [email protected]