Timeline

SuM4All members-only meeting to reflect, brainstorm, and map out the action plan for 2021, while acknowledging the centrality of COP26 to shape its work program.

High level technical session on new resilientinclusive GRA tool and demonstrate its value for client countries. Ranked among the best sessions—with the highest number of participants for a technical session on day two, and over 18,500 Twitter impressions.

Launch event of the GRA in Action Series report “Sustainable Mobility: Policy Making for Data Sharing”. Not more data but better data sharing between public and private sources can help countries achieve sustainable mobility. A webinar, Policy Making for Data Sharing: A European Perspective, followed on March 16.

Launched “Sustainable Electric Mobility: Building Blocks and Policy Recommendations”. The paper analyzes the main barriers to electric mobility development, identifies essential building blocks for successful policies in the field of electric mobility, and provides policy recommendations for international, national, and local public policy stakeholders. The paper is published in English and Spanish.

Movin’On Summit 2021: SuM4All participated in a high-level panel discussion on “Shifting Behaviors — Transportation Scenarios for a Post-Pandemic World” and led a working session entitled “Driving sustainable mobility in the Global South through the private sector: A case for South Africa” with representatives from the private sector on the South Africa pilot. The session examined ways to support the expansion of public transport.

Launched the “Digital Toolkit for Energy and Mobility” paper in the GRA in Action Series. The toolkit presents best practices to achieve energy efficiency in transport and addresses the nexus between transport and energy.

The 11th SuM4All Consortium Meeting: The meeting sought feedback on SuM4all’s contribution to COP26, with the discussion paper, “Equitable Transition toward Decarbonization in the Global South”.

“Sustainable Mobility Requires a New Policy Approach Today”. The partnership in conjunction with the World Bank’s Open Learning Campus drew more than 600 participants from over 140 countries to join a blended interactive learning course on a new approach to transport policy.

SuM4All hosted a session at the United Nations Sustainable Transport Conference to consult with countries in the Global South on the draft discussion paper produced for COP26.

SuM4All released at COP26 the discussion paper, “Electromobility in the Global South: An Equitable Transition toward Road Passenger Transport Decarbonization,” which seeks to rebalance the debate on electromobility by taking the perspective of the least developed countries in the Global South.