En Route to COP26

Scheduled to mark 12 months before the postponed United Nations Climate Change Conference under UK Presidency, En Route to COP26 was designed to accelerate collective and timely action by engaging transport actors to quickly, efficiently, and fairly realise the low carbon transport transition.

Attracting over 1.000 registrations, En Route to COP26 featured opening and closing sessions, as well as 9 thematic sessions covering topics central to the acceleration of transport decarbonisation such as: national climate and transport strategies; placing transport decarbonisation at the heart of green and equitable economic recovery; re-thinking urban mobility and harnessing opportunities to fast track its delivery; ending internal combustion engines for passenger and freight transport; enabling sustainable maritime transport for Small Island Developing States and maximising the links between transport and health.

With its sessions across different time zones, En Route to COP26 was designed to be relevant and easily accessible to colleagues around the world. At the time of closing this report, #EnRoutetoCOP26 was seen more than 250.000 times on Twitter alone. It has been an honour to host a line up of around 150 speakers and a remarkably engaged audience - a cohort of world-class decision-makers and experts from national and local government, civil society, private sector, academia, philanthropy and multilateral entities; as well as a phenomenal mix of nationalities, generations of professionals, and a great mobilisation of women professionals.

En Route to COP26 was co-created and co-organised by EUROCLIMA+ Programme, Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI), FIA Foundation, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ), Institute for Transportation Development and Policy (ITDP), International Association of Public Transport (UITP), Movin´On, Rocky Mountain Institute, SLOCAT Partnership, Sustainable Mobility for All (SuM4All), Transport Decarbonisation Alliance (TDA), Transport Scotland and World Resources Institute (WRI), in partnership with Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS) and Smart Freight Centre.

En Route to COP26 was also supported by Transformative Urban Mobility Initiative (TUMI) and the MobiliseYourCity Partnership. NDC Transport Initiative for Asia, the Netherlands Enterprise Agency RVO, the Rocky Mountain Institute and World Resources Institute provided financial contributions towards the digital platform to conduct this online format.

Outcome Document

Highlights essential transport decarbonisation messages towards COP26. It also outlines exciting initiatives announced during En Route to COP26 to further enable and accelerate collective action. It provides no-regret recommendations for action by different stakeholders.

Event Report

Features reflections from the co-organisers on the further route to COP26. It outlines exciting initiatives announced during En Route to COP26. It provides an overview of sessions speakers and main outcomes.

Attendee Survey

We also would like to warmly encourage participants to share feedback on their experience in attending En Route to COP26 through this survey. We look forward to reading your insights and putting them at the service of improving the conceptualisation and delivery of future gatherings. Thank you very much in advance for your time and inputs!

Session Information

Please feel free to make En Route to COP26 materials yours - session recordings, tools and presentations - to support your work in the months ahead. And take a moment to enjoy the highlights videos that are becoming available.

Speaker Biographies

S1: Opening plenary

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S2: How can national climate plans enable the transition to sustainable transport?

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S3-A: Rethinking urban mobility and space

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S3-B: Is the end of the internal combustion engine coming for freight?

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S4: Green recovery and transport: what is needed and how to do it?

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S5: Sustainable maritime transport for Small Island Developing States (SIDS)

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S6: Decarbonising freight – a wider perspective of solutions, business experiences and government asks

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S7: Catalysing immediate action in sustainable urban mobility - Do current opportunities help us deliver results sooner than we thought?

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S8: How to make the economics for transport decarbonization work during this global recession?

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S9: Accelerating progress towards zero-carbon vehicles

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S10: Cleaner and fitter - a healthy global transport future

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S11: Closing Session - Delivering the Contribution of Low Carbon Transport to the Socio-Economic Recovery

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