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Urban Electric Mobility Initiative |
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The Action Platform: Urban Electric Mobility Initiative (UEMI) was initiated by UN-Habitat and the SOLUTIONS project and launched at the UN Climate Summit in September 2014 in New York. The UEMI aims to contribute significantly to the overall goal of limiting the increase in global mean temperature to two degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels by decreasing urban CO2 emissions globally. As one of the Action Areas of the UN Climate Summit the UEMI aims to boost the share of electric vehicles in individual mobility (2-3 wheelers and light duty vehicles) and integrate electric mobility into a wider concept of sustainable urban transport that achieves a 30 percent reduction of greenhouse gas emissions in urban areas by 2030:
UN-Habitat Action Platform UN-Habitat Communique Mobility |
Sustainable energy and mobility can make positive contributions to a number of policy objectives, nationally and locally. In particular in cities there is a great potential to create synergies between for example safety, air quality, productivity, access and climate change mitigation. A UEMI resource centre will provide opportunities for direct collaboration on projects focusing on sustainable urban mobility and the role emobility can play in it. The UEMI will pool expertise, facilitate exchange and initiate implementation oriented actions. UN-Habitat, the Wuppertal Institute and the Climate Action Implementation Facility jointly host the resource centre for the Urban Electric Mobility Initiative, aiming to bridge the gap between urban energy and transport and boosting sustainable transport and urban emobility.
UEMI Position Paper on Opportunities and Priorities for Electric Mobility
Electric mobility in all forms has the potential to make an important contribution a low-carbon development pathway for transport. To ensure e-mobility solutions are properly integrated in a wider sustainable development concept, the Urban Electric Mobility Initiative (UEMI) aims to assist cities in developing and implementing packages of policies in infrastructure. The UEMI position paper explores some of the opportunities and priorities for urban electric mobility as part of an integrated sustainable urban mobility concept.
Electric mobility in all forms has the potential to make an important contribution a low-carbon development pathway for transport. To ensure e-mobility solutions are properly integrated in a wider sustainable development concept, the Urban Electric Mobility Initiative (UEMI) aims to assist cities in developing and implementing packages of policies in infrastructure. The UEMI position paper explores some of the opportunities and priorities for urban electric mobility as part of an integrated sustainable urban mobility concept.
