 The
United Nations Centre for Regional Development (UNCRD), the ASEAN Working
Group on Environmentally Sustainable Cities (AWGESC), the Ministry of
the Environment - Government of Japan, and the Institute for Global Environmental
Strategies (IGES) jointly organised the Asian Mayors' Policy Dialogue
for the Promotion of Environmentally Sustainable Transport (EST) in Cities on
23-24 April 2007, in Kyoto, Japan.
In the dialogue, city mayors attending from 14 Asian countries (Japan, 7 ASEAN
countries, China, Korea, Mongolia, India, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka) have shared
best practices and lessons learned, and discussed further promotion of EST on
urban transportation in Asia. Through the discussion, the declaration of volition
for achieving EST; "Kyoto Declaration" was
adopted. Ministry of the Environment will continue to endeavor to pursue fruition
of EST in Asian region on the basis of accomplishment. |
| Date & Time |
23 - 24 April 2007
9:00-17:30 (23rd) / 8:30-17:00 (24th)< |
| Venue |
Kyoto International Conference
Center (Kyoto, Japan) |
| Organisers |
| [Organisers] |
| |
United Nations Centre for Regional Development
(UNCRD)
ASEAN Working Group on Environmentally Sustainable Cities (AWGESC)
Ministry of the Environment, Government of Japan
Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES) |
| [Co-organisers] |
| |
Asian Development Bank (ADB)
Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, and Transport, Government of Japan
ICLEI Local Governments for Sustainability |
| [Supporters] |
| |
Kyoto Committee for the 40th Annual Meeting
of the Asian Development Bank |
|
| Language |
English / Japanese (with simultaneous
interpretation) |
| Participants |
List of Participants 34KB |
| Documents |
For
documents and presentation materials, please click here |
| Press Release |
Press Release by the Ministry
of the Environment, Japan [ English / Japanese ] updated
on 26 Apr. 2007 |
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