International Transport Forum 28-30 May 2008, Leipzig, Germany

Manfred Breithaupt, GTZ's Senior Transport Advisor, presented at the International Transport Forum, this year under the title "Transport and Energy - the Challenges of Climate Change" in a workshop session on "Transport CO2 Emissions in Emerging Economies". Climate change and growing energy consumption are the subject of increasing political attention worldwide. For transport, finding the right balance between facilitating access and exchanges and reducing transport emissions and dependence on oil is perhaps the greatest challenge that the sector has faced. Many Transport Ministers of the Forum's Member Countries took part at the meeting, and there were respresentatives from 53 countries. The meeting was also addressed by the German Chancellor, Dr. Angela Merkel.

On details, also presentations will be uploaded, please see the conference page, http://www.internationaltransportforum.org/.

The presentation of Manfred Breithaupt can be downloaded from here 5.58 Mb. (unregistered users click here )

The address by Yvo de Boer, Executive Secretary, United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, can be downloaded from here and the Press Release of the event can be downloaded from here .

 

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