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Linking transport CO2 reduction actions with national decarbonisation pathways
6 December 2019
Which mitigation actions in the transport sector can most effectively support national decarbonisation pathways? Transport is the second-highest emitting sector and contributes 24...
ITF at Russian Transport Week
20 November 2019
ITF Secretary-General Young Tae Kim and Russian Federation's Deputy Minister of Transport Alexey Semenov held bilateral talks during Russian Transport Week 2019 in Moscow on...
Integrated transport for regional development
18 November 2019
Economic growth, environmental sustainability and social inclusion...the goals of a truly integrated transport system which serves regional development were at the heart of ITF...
Driving ITF's engagement beyond transport
14 November 2019
Engaging beyond the transport sector is central to Secretary-General Young Tae Kim's strategic vision for the ITF. Developing relationships in areas including energy, urban...
Argentinian chapter of decarbonisation project kicks-off
14 November 2019
One of the biggest challenges for climate change mitigation is to enable emerging economies to continue lifting people out of poverty while at the same time reducing greenhouse...
Innovation focus of Ireland's ITF Presidency
6 November 2019
Ireland's Taoiseach (Prime Minister) Leo Varadkar and Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport, Shane Ross, welcomed ITF Secretary-General Young Tae Kim and...
Iberdrola joins ITF Corporate Partnership Board
6 November 2019
Global energy group Iberdrola has joined the International Transport Forum’s (ITF) Corporate Partnership Board to work on topics related to sustainability, the decarbonisation of...
Transport Innovations from the Global South
6 November 2019
Poorer countries’ need to organise mobility with limited means has spawned many creative solutions to help citizens to get from A to B or transport goods.Many of these practices...
Briefing for OECD ambassadors
30 October 2019
ITF Secretary-General and ITF staff briefed OECD ambassadors and OECD directors on the work of the International Transport Forum at OECD headquarters in Paris on 30 October. Head...
Two new Corporate Partners for the ITF
24 October 2019
Two new partner companies have joined the ITF’s Corporate Partnership Board during the ITS World Conference in Singapore. ITF Secretary-General Young Tae Kim and Seokwoo Lee, CEO...
IRTAD Group meets in Germany
24 October 2019
The ITF's permanent working group on road safety met in Germany from 22 to 24 October, hosted by member Dekra at their research centre in Klettwitz near Dresden. The agenda kicked...
Kyyti joins ITF Corporate Partnership Board
23 October 2019
The International Transport Forum (ITF) is pleased to announce that Kyyti Group of Finland has joined its Corporate Partnership Board. Kyyti is a leader in integrating transport...
Penta Security joins ITF Corporate Partnership Board
23 October 2019
Penta Security Systems has joined the Corporate Partnership Board of the International Transport Forum (ITF). The major provider of cyber security technology in the Asia-Pacific...
Shaping the future of intelligent transport
21 October 2019
Current transport systems and the policies that guide them must anticipate disruptions that originate outside the sector. Transport systems will benefit from policy frameworks...
Grin joins ITF Corporate Partnership Board
15 October 2019
Grin has joined the Corporate Partnership Board of the International Transport Forum (ITF). As an ITF Corporate Partner, Grin will work with the ITF and the other partner...
Young Tae Kim mission to Azerbaijan and Georgia
14 October 2019
ITF Secretary-General Young Tae Kim together with Azerbaijan's Minister of Transport, Communications and High Technologies, Ramin Guluzade, opened the autumn 2019 Session of the...
Transport at COP25
5 September 2019
In December 2019, the 25th Conference of Parties (COP) to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) will meet in Santiago de Chile. Chile’s ambassador to the OECD,...
Promoting responsible business and human rights in global trade
14 June 2019
The focus of international trade and investment policy has been broadening in recent years beyond a “more is better” approach in favour of placing greater emphasis on the quality...
Is the Public-Private Partnership business booming?
11 June 2019
The need for infrastructure investment has been increasingly at the forefront of any discourse on sustainable development and urban regeneration. Public-Private Partnerships (PPPs...
ITF connectivity work showcased at OSJD
6 June 2019
ITF Secretary-General Young Tae Kim brought insights from ITF's work on connectivity to the Ministerial Conference of the Organisation for Co-operation between Railways (OSJD...
Young Tae Kim meets Singapore Ambassador to France
5 June 2019
ITF Secretary-General Young Tae Kim held a bilateral meeting with Zainal Arif Mantaha, Singapore's Ambassador to France, at the Singapore Embassy in Paris, France (photo) on...
2019 Summit Ministerial Declaration on Transport Connectivity for Regional Integration
23 May 2019
Transport connectivity is a major contributor to economic development, and social inclusion, increasing the potential for growth and prosperity by connecting people to...
SPEA Engineering joins ITF Corporate Partnership Board
23 May 2019
SPEA Engineering has joined the Corporate Partnership Board of the International Transport Forum (ITF) to work with the organisation and other members of the board on projects and...
Tunisia joins the International Transport Forum
23 May 2019
Tunisia has joined the International Transport Forum (ITF) as the organisation’s 60th member. Ministers of transport from the 59 current member states agreed unanimously to admit...
La Tunisie devient membre du Forum International des Transports
23 May 2019
La Tunisie devient le 60 ème pays membre du Forum International des Transports (FIT). Les ministres des Transports des 59 pays membres actuels ont approuvé cette nomination à l’...
Governing transport in the algorithmic age
23 May 2019
Transport policy needs to ready itself for the age of algorithms, and policy makers must become algorithmically literate. This is the key message of a new report by the...
Tunesien tritt Weltverkehrsforum bei
23 May 2019
Tunesien ist neues Mitgliedsland des Weltverkehrsforums der OECD. Die Verkehrsminister der 59 Mitgliedstaaten des International Transport Forum (ITF) stimmten bei ihrem Gipfel in...
Mobilitätsbedarf verdreifacht sich bis 2050 - Disruptionen drohen
22 May 2019
Der Mobilitätsbedarf wird in den kommenden 30 Jahren weltweit dramatisch zunehmen. Zahlreiche “disruptive” Entwicklungen innerhalb und auβerhalb des Verkehrs könnten den Sektor...
Transport demand set to triple, but sector faces potential disruptions
22 May 2019
Global demand for transport will continue to grow dramatically over the next three decades. But potential disruptions from within and without could significantly change the...