Urban Pathways - Delivering on the New Urban Agenda

Urban Pathways - Supporting Low Carbon Plans for Urban Basic Services in the context of the New Urban Agenda 
​The Urban Pathways project helps delivering on the Paris Agreement and the NDCs in the context of the New Urban Agenda and the Sustainable Development Goals. The project follows a structured approach to boost Low Carbon Plans for urban mobility, energy and waste management services, working on concrete steps towards a maximum impact in cities to global climate change mitigation efforts ​and sustainable and inclusive urban development. 

Project Updates

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Webinar I 8 April 2020 I 15:00 - 16:00 (CET)
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The Urban Pathways Project is involved in several sustainable urban mobility projects in developing countries, which have a great potential in terms of improving air quality and reducing noise in urban areas. Measuring the specific effects of the demonstration activities on these variables will be invaluable in quantifying the impact of the projects’ activities and thus the potential impact that replication and scaling-up of those measures could have at the local and national level, and ultimately at the global scale.

TRA 2020 Rethinking Transport
cancelled
Conference I 27-30 April 2020 I Helsinki
Electrification of road transport is progressing at rapid growth rates. Viable electric mobility technologies and solutions are being introduced and deployed in many transport modes. Electrification is a key measure to reduce total energy use and carbon footprint from the transport sector. 

Urban Change Maker Group - workshop
Workshop I 5 March 2020 I Berlin
The Urban Change Maker programme consists of a wide-raging capacity building programme directed towards decision makers and advisors in local and national authorities and private sector actors. At the core of this programme works a group of professionals who are combining implementation-oriented work with academic studies at different levels. This Urban Change Maker Group facilitates active exchange on innovative, replicable and scalable solutions that can make a positive contribution to urban transformation processes.  

Environmental Protection in Cities
Conference I 5 March 2020 I Berlin
The research project „Urban Environmental Protection International“ is weighting challenges to protect the environment at the urban level in Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa and Indonesia. The Wuppertal Institute conducts this research by order of the German Federal Environment Agency (Umweltbundesamt, UBA).
Webinar I 27 February 2020 I 15:00 - 16:00 (CET)
The Urban Pathways Project is involved in several sustainable urban mobility projects in developing countries, which have a great potential in terms of improving air quality and reducing noise in urban areas. Measuring the specific effects of the demonstration activities on these variables will be invaluable in quantifying the impact of the projects’ activities and thus the potential impact that replication and scaling-up of those measures could have at the local and national level, and ultimately at the global scale.
Webinar I 18 February 2020 & 04 March 2020
Copenhagen, Amsterdam, and New York were not always as attractive as they are today! They have undergone a steady transformation. New York is the most recent to the above list. Changing the streets of New York from the streets filled with yellow taxis to streets filled with umbrellas and outdoor seating is a story worth sharing! Amidst the extensive planning process of designing and implementing public spaces in the city, the communication between city Government and users is often missed out, leading to under-used or dead spaces.

Urban Pathways Publications

Factsheet: Liveable Neighbourhood - activities to regain public space and foster social cohesion 
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A liveable neighbourhood is a neighbourhood in which streets and public spaces invite to stay, sit, roam and play, e.g. on park-like elements or pedestrianized zones, and where walking and cycling is encouraged. Read more
Urbanisation and population growth leads to a massive increase in construction activities for housing, offices, industry and infrastructure Read more
Factsheet: Liveable Neighbourhood. - re-design of existing infrastructure to improve liveability of urban spaces
This factsheet now focuses on those measures that involve bigger capital investments and re-design of existing infrastructure in order to make a neighbourhood more liveable . Read more

​NDC Summaries
Vietnam
GHG emissions for 2010 for Viet Nam had been measured at 246.8 MtCO2e. Projections indicate a rise for 2020 to 474.1 MtCO2e and up to 787.4 Mt CO2e in a business-as-usual (BAU) scenario (base year 2010) till 2030
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Urban pathways Facility

Urban Pathways action tracker

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Action Tracker I Last updated February 2020
The Urban Pathways project will build on linkages in urban energy, mobility and waste management within the Nairobi Integrated Urban Development Master Plan and will develop implantation opportunities in the energy, mobility and waste sectors in Kiambu Country (surrounding Nairobi) to foster integrated policy and planning.  
Action Tracker I Last updated February 2020
​​Urban Pathways is exploring the opportunity for the proposed pilot project to demonstrate e-rickshaws as a viable IPT mode in Kochi which is both financially and environmentally sustainable. The project also aspires to build synergies with upcoming EV-related policies and programmes currently being drafted by State Government authorities