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Analysis and Policy Recommendations from the United Nations Secretary-General’s High-Level Advisory Group on Sustainable Transport 50<br />
Alain Flausch<br />
Secretary-General<br />
International Association of<br />
Public Transport<br />
Brussels, Belgium<br />
Alain Flausch was selected Secretary General of UITP<br />
in 2011. He was the Association’s President from 2009<br />
to 2011 and member of different UITP Committees and<br />
Commission from 2004 to 2009. From 2000 to 2011, he<br />
was CEO of STIB, Brussels’ public transport operator,<br />
transforming the culture of the organization. He was<br />
recently awarded Professor Honoris causa of the National<br />
Research University in Moscow.<br />
SUSTAINABLE TRANSPORT SHOWCASE:<br />
Declaration on Climate Leadership<br />
Legal name<br />
International Association of<br />
Public Transport<br />
Sector<br />
Public Transport<br />
Headquarter location Brussels, Belgium<br />
Founding year 1885<br />
Number of members 1,400<br />
Website<br />
www.uitp.org<br />
As a passionate champion of sustainable urban mobility,<br />
the International Association of Public Transport (UITP)<br />
is internationally recognised for its work in advancing<br />
the development of this critical policy agenda. UITP has<br />
a long history to its name, and is the only worldwide<br />
network to bring together all public transport<br />
stakeholders and all sustainable transport modes.<br />
UITP has 1,400 member companies giving access to<br />
over 16,000 contacts from 96 countries. UITP’s members<br />
are public transport authorities and operators, policy<br />
decision makers, research institutes and the public<br />
transport supply and service industry.<br />
UITP’s Declaration on Climate Leadership demonstrates<br />
the public transport sector’s commitment to tackling<br />
climate change and advancing the global sustainable<br />
development agenda. Launched at the UN Climate<br />
Summit in September 2014 and as part of the Action<br />
Agenda at COP21 (2015), the Declaration affirms the sector’s<br />
goal to double the market share of public transport by<br />
2025. In doing so, it allows to cater for ever-increasing<br />
demand for urban mobility and ensure that the sector<br />
moves in the direction of the Paris Agreement.<br />
The Declaration is supported by over 350 pledges<br />
to climate action from over 110 members of the<br />
international public transport community in 80 global<br />
cities. Actions are aimed at giving a greater role to<br />
public transport in mobility helping to decrease<br />
regional, municipal and corporate carbon footprints. The<br />
Declaration is also a commitment to provide technical<br />
support and capacity building to governments at all<br />
levels through lessons learned from delivering action on<br />
the ground in support of implementing national climate<br />
and sustainable development strategies and evidence<br />
that public transport interventions produce impact.