World Sustainable Transport Day
Sustainable transport – with its objectives of universal access, enhanced safety, reduced environmental and climate impact, improved resilience, and greater efficiency – is central to sustainable development. Apart from providing services and infrastructure for the mobility of people and goods, sustainable transport is a cross-cutting accelerator, that can fast-track progress towards other crucial goals such as eradicating poverty in all its dimensions, reducing inequality, empowering women, and combating climate change.
As such, it is vital for achieving the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, and the Paris Climate Change Agreement (UN Sustainable Transport, Sustainable Development Interagency Report 2021).
26 of November, World Sustainable Transport Day
Recognising the pivotal role of safe, affordable, accessible, and sustainable transport systems in fostering economic growth, improving social welfare, and strengthening international cooperation and trade, the United Nations’ General Assembly declared 26 November as World Sustainable Transport Day. The resolution highlights the importance of building integrated, intermodal transport systems supported by resilient, reliable, and sustainable infrastructure. This includes optimising highways, railways, waterways, airways, and ports while reducing resource consumption, greenhouse gas emissions, and other pollutants to achieve a positive environmental and social impact.
World Sustainable Transport Day encourages stakeholders to educate and engage the public on sustainable transport issues through events and initiatives. These efforts aim to enhance intermodal connectivity, promote environmentally friendly transportation, and support the development of socially inclusive and resilient transport infrastructure, advancing global sustainability goals.
World Sustainable Transport Day 2024
Tuesday, 26 November 2024
On this 26 November in which we celebrate the World Sustainable Transport Day, the International Road Federation (IRF) is pleased to share “Decarbonised & Resilient Transport for Resilient Societies and Economies”, a set of key messages and a clear sector commitment emanating from the recently concluded IRF World Congress 2024 hosted in Istanbul.
Connecting to Empower Mobility is IRF mission statement because when we come together and we empower mobility, we empower people and societies.
