Global Climate Action Summit (GCAS) Affiliate Event

How Cities Transform from Dirty Traffic towards Sustainable Mobility Systems

The transport sector causes heavy air pollution and high greenhouse gas emissions which lead to health issues and speed climate change. Transforming today’s dirty traffic towards a sustainable mobility system is one of the significant challenges for cities. Innovative solutions and ambitious scenarios have to be established to achieve cleaner air for their citizens and to contribute to reducing CO2 emissions. How can the transport sector be shifted from fossil fuels to a low emission system? How can cities improve infrastructure to support this shift? Which role do different technologies play in this transformation? What will the future mobility system look like, and how can it be established?

At this panel discussion, policymakers and researchers will showcase successful approaches and share innovative strategies to creating a transformation towards a cleaner and low carbon mobility system within cities.

Speakers:

Winfried Hermann, Minister of Transport for the state of Baden-Württemberg, Germany

Eloise Gomez Reyes, California State Representative, California Assembly

Janea A. Scott, Commissioner, California Energy Commission

Daniel Sperling, Professor of Civil Engineering and Environmental Science and Policy, and Founding Director of the Institute of Transportation Studies at the University of California, Davis

Moderator:

Nora Löhle, Program Director for Energy & Environment, Heinrich Böll Foundation

4:00 - 5:00 pm: Panel discussion
followed by a reception

Livestream: https://us.boell.org/GCAS-2018-Affiliate-Events

Affiliate Event of Global Climate Action Summit

Organizer: Heinrich Böll Foundation North America

Collaboration Partner: Goethe-Institut San Francisco

For further information please contact Nora Loehle, Program Director for Energy & Environment: nora.loehle@us.boell.org

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