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UEMI - Urban Electric Mobility Initiative

The UEMI  is a joint initiative of the SOLUTIONS partners and UN-Habitat, building on international activities in the areas of sustainable urban development, energy, mobility, and focusing on the equal access provision of urban basic services in Latin America, Asia and Africa. It supports the exchange of equal and sustainable urban solutions between cities from Europe, Asia, Latin America and Africa and brings together a wealth of experience and technical knowledge from international organisations, consultants, cities, and experts involved in transport issues and solutions.

Urban Electric Mobility Initiative (UEMI) 

The Urban Electric Mobility Initiative (UEMI) aims to help phase out conventionally fuelled vehicles and increase the share of electric vehicles (2-,3- and 4-wheelers) in the total volume of individual motorized transport in cities to at least 30% by 2030. The UEMI is an active partnership that aims to track international action in the area of electric mobility and aims to initiate local action. The UEMI delivers tools and guidelines, generates synergies between e-mobility programmes and supports local implementation action. ​​

UEMI and UN-Habitat are jointly running a Change Maker capacity building programme, which works towards the implementation of sustainable urban development measures, assessing the opportunities for equal access to urban basic services. This partnership focuses on closing the implementation gap between applied research and policy action to foster sustainable development around the world. UEMI develops implementation-ready concepts bringing together local demand, technical expertise and policy advice with financing institutions.  ​These partnerships focus on closing the implementation gap between applied research and policy action to foster sustainable development around the world. 

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Based on the Memorandum of Understanding with UN-Habitat, the UEMI secretariat works on the development of national action plans for low-carbon urban development and local implementation concepts to deliver on the New Urban Agenda and the Paris Agreement (www.urban-pathways.org). This will support national and local action and international dialogues linked to the UNFCCC and Habitat III processes. To assess the gap between current climate change mitigation actions and efforts required for a 1.5 Degree Stabilisation Pathway national and city-level decarbonisation pathways are being developed by the UEMI in close cooperation with a network of partners from Europe, Asia, Africa and the Americas. ​​

​The SOLUTIONS Network

The UEMI builds on the SOLUTIONS project and brings together a wealth of experience and technical knowledge from international organisations, consultants, cities, and experts involved in transport issues and solutions. 
The overall objective is to make a substantial contribution to the uptake of innovative and green urban mobility solutions across the world, by facilitating dialogue and exchange, promoting successful policy, providing guidance and tailored advice to city officials, and fostering future cooperation on research, development and innovation.  ​

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