Workshop in Campinas demonstrates solutions to tackle urban mobility challenges

During a workshop organized on January 27, experts discussed sustainable mobility solutions for the city of Campinas.  The event marks the end of the Sustainable Mobility Project (SMP 2.0) in Campinas. Led by the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD), SMP 2.0 developed a multimodal mobility roadmap for access to safe, reliable, comfortable and […]

Innovative City-Business Collaboration: Indore, India – Collaboration as a driver for sustainable mobility

This study describes the Sustainable Mobility 2.0 multi-stakeholder approach as carried out in Indore (India) to develop a holistic sustainable mobility plan that addresses the mobility issues prioritized by the city. Indore is one of the 6 showcase cities having collaborated with SMP2.0. This study is part of ICLEI-WBCSD joint report “Innovative city-business collaboration – Emerging good practice to enhance sustainable […]

SMP2.0 Sustainable Mobility Indicators – 2nd Edition

WBCSD-SMP2.0 collaborated with 6 pilot cities Bangkok (Thailand), Campinas (Brazil), Chengdu (China), Hamburg (Germany), Indore (India) and Lisbon (Portugal) to test the validity and practicality of the original indicator set. That exercise led to some methodology refinements, enabled to propose typical data sources and possible approximations to the methodologies (part VII). It also led to […]

Financing Mechanisms for Sustainable Mobility-SMP2.0

This summary report on financing mechanisms for Sustainable Mobility Project 2.0 (SMP2.0) is designed to complement the SMP2.0 Solutions Toolbox by providing thought leadership on financing mechanisms that cities may leverage to implement their sustainable mobility plans. The report summarizes potential financing mechanisms that may be implemented to fund city-driven solutions and provides valuable information, […]

Sustainable Mobility Indicators – SMP2.0

The city of Lisbon hosted a meeting that brought together the six cities working with the WBCSD in the development of the Sustainable Mobility Project (SMP2.0). The cities involved in the SMP2.0 are Bangkok, Campinas, Chengdu, Hamburg, Indore and Lisbon. The meeting started with a tour of Lisbon to experience the various aspects of the […]

Bangalore EEB Laboratory, 3-5 March 2015

Geneva, 27 February 2015 – The World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) and its local partners are hosting a deep-dive workshop to support the development and implementation of ambitious, practical strategies for reducing building energy consumption in the Bangalore market. To achieve that goal, various stakeholders in Bangalore’s commercial building sector will convene to diagnose and tackle key barriers to […]

Mobility of the Future

The city of Hamburg and the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) will work together to develop solutions to achieve a cleaner, safer and better connected mobility in Hamburg. Hamburg, Geneva, Stuttgart, 5 December  2014:  On December 5, 2014, Andreas Rieckhof, Hamburg’s Secretary of State for Economy, Transport and Innovation, and Michael Fahy, Director of the […]

Mobility for Development (Full report)

Today’s mobility systems in rapidly developing cities are not sustainable and the situation is deteriorating, although opportunities are increasing and are an important driver of economic development, concludes the WBCSD’s Mobility for Development final report. 2009, 100 pages View Report

Mobility for Development (Executive summary)

The WBCSD studied the state of mobility in four rapidly growing cities in the developing world – Bangalore, Dar es Salaam, Sao Paulo and Shanghai. Its final report concludes that although mobility opportunities are increasing and are an important driver of economic development in all cities, overall mobility systems are not sustainable and for poorer […]

Mobility for Development: Facts and trends briefing

This briefing provides an overview of key issues and data related to the challenge of developing sustainable mobility solutions to enable economic development and social progress.  2007, 20 pages View Briefing

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