Transport and Energy The Challenge of Climate Change
PHOTOS     WEBCASTS
Friday, 30 May 2008
Forum Highlights
Key Messages
Research Findings
Press Release  -  German version Secretary General of the International Transport Forum calls for Low-Carbon Transport System
Thursday, 29 May 2008
Ministerial-Industry Panels
Keynote Addresses
Rajendra Pachauri, Chairman, UN IPCC Yvo de Boer, Executive Secretary, UN FCCC
Panel 1:   Prospects for an Energy-efficient, Low Carbon Future for Transport
Angela Merkel       Speech in German      English Translation
Reducing transport's dependence on oil and CO2 emissions, improving energy efficiency - these goals are the topics for the 1st International Transport Forum in Leipzig, Germany. In order to find global answers to global questions, German Chancellor, Angela Merkel, discussed the challenges of climate change for the transport sector with more than 50 Ministers of transport and high-ranking representatives from politics, industry and research.
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Panel 2:   Introducing Energy-efficient Transport Technologies
Panel 3:   Implementing Integrated Policies and Planning Summaries of Panels
Awards Ceremony Prizes to companies for their mobility management plans and young researchers for innovative policy research on potential reduction of transport-related greenhouse gas emissions. Prize Winners
Wednesday, 28 May 2008
Research, Industry and Stakeholders' Day
Opening Press Release
Opening of the Forum and Exhibition
Jack Short, ITF Secretary General and Burkhard Jung, Lord Mayor of the City of Leipzig at the opening of the Exhibition
Ecodriving - VVCR Stand	Deutsche Bahn Stand
Deutsche Bahn Stand	Ford Fuel Cell Car
Workshops
Advances in Energy-efficient Transport Technologies Changing Behaviour in Passenger Transport
Reducing CO2 Emissions in Goods Transport Transport CO2 Emissions in Emerging Economies
Strategies for Reducing CO2 Emissions in the Transportation Sector Board of Academic Advisers to the Federal Ministry of Transport, Building and Urban Affairs
Conclusions of the Workshops            Conclusions Slides
Publications
Transport Outlook 2008: Focusing on CO2 Emissions from Road Vehicles Discussion Paper 2008-13 Oil Dependence: Is Transport Running Out of Affordable Fuel? Round Table 139 Biofuels: Linking Support to Performance Round Table 138 The Cost and Effectiveness of Policies to Reduce Vehicle Emissions Discussion Paper 2008-09 Key Transport Statistics 2007 The most recent figures on selected transport variables in the Forum countries. Trends in the Transport Sector 1970-2006 The most up-to-date statistics on transport markets in the Forum countries.