Intelligent transport systems

This Technology Transfer Advances Bhutan's

• Nationally Determined Contribution to promote a low carbon transport system by use of appropriate intelligent transport systems and improved mass transit. 

Context

This technical assistance advances

• Bhutan's Nationally Determined Contribution and its strategy for promotion of low carbon transport systems. 
• Transport development and management goals of the Department of Transport as envisaged in the Bhutan Transport 2040: Integrated Strategic Vision and the 11th Five Year Plan of the Department.
• Sustainable Development Goals:
  • 9: Industry, innovation and infrastructure 
  • 11: Sustainable cities and communities

CTCN Network Member, Quercus Group, organised a webinar on "Sustainable cities – the Copenhagen Story: Copenhagen 2025 Climate Plan, Copenhagen Climate Adaptation Plan – and Clusters as a tool for climate adaptation". 

COPENHAGEN, DENMARK November 4, 2016 – Press release

2016 CTCN Progress Report launched. Developing country trends in climate technology transfer needs presented.

In year 3 of its operations, the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change’s (UNFCCC) Climate Technology Centre and Network (CTCN) reports that demand for technology transfer in support of achieving countries' national commitments is growing rapidly. 

The Climate Technology Centre is seeking proposals for the technologies for the design of a regional strategic plan for the coastal management and adaptation to climate change in the province of Buenos Aires.

The Global Environment Centre Foundation (GEC) is an entity that supports the UNEP’s International Environmental Technology Centre (IETC), based in Japan. GEC is dedicated to the transfer of environmentally sound technologies, in both developing countries and countries with economies in transition. The foundation aims to contribute to Japan’s international efforts on the environment, sharing project collaborations as well as promoting Japan’s rich conservation knowledge and experience in developing nations.

With a history going back 150 years, the RINA Group is a global corporation that provides engineering and consultancy services, as well as testing, inspection and certification.

Manual for practitioners working with mitigation actions.

Articles and case studies about NAMAs written by several international research organizations.

In the absence of specific guidelines from the UNFCCC on how to develop NAMAs, implementing organizations, donors, and host countries have been formulating NAMAs in a trial-and-error basis. By extracting lessons from these experiences, the previous version of this guidebook introduced basic elements of NAMAs and also different approaches for NAMA-related decisions.

The electric buses from Volvo are loading at the terminal and are always driving fully electric. They also recycle electricity when braking. The buses have to load six minutes to run a good half hour.