The COP30 Plan to Accelerate Solutions (PAS) has been released, outlining a global effort to scale up public transport, rail and active mobility as essential pathways for reducing emissions and improving urban resilience. The Plan builds on the Avoid & Shift 2030 Breakthrough and supports countries in strengthening the transport components of their NDCs ahead of the second Global Stocktake.
PATH is contributing to this work through the ‘Scaling up public and sustainable transport in cities (Avoid & Shift Breakthrough)’ group, alongside Walk21 Foundation, the UN Environment Programme, the European Cyclists’ Federation and the FIA Foundation. Together, the group works to accelerate “avoid” and “shift” solutions that prioritise walking, cycling, rail and public transport.
Below are five Actions that form part of the PAS:
Action 1: Advance the Avoid & Shift Breakthrough
Partner with selected cities and countries, identified through NDC3.0 reviews, to accelerate Avoid and Shift strategies. The program will promote NDC best practices and provide targeted capacity building support based on mode-specific NDC templates and guidelines.
Action 3: Enable Sustainable Transport Investments
Develop technical report translating Article 6.2 and 6.4 standards into actionable guidance for governments, financial institutions, and sustainable transport organisations, helping enhance access to climate finance, de-risk transport investments, and improve the bankability of rail, public transport, and active mobility.
Action 4: Strengthen Public & Political Support
Global awareness raising to promote health, wellbeing, and cost-saving benefits of walking and integrating with public transport.
Action 5: Support NDC Ambition
Support regional commissions to develop transport NDC templates (based on mode-specific NDC guidance), enabling technical assistance and capacity-building for countries to scale up rail, public transport and active mobility solutions in transport NDCs in order to advance Avoid Shift pathways.
Action 6: Foster Global Peer Learning
Showcase innovations, foster knowledge exchange, partnerships and strengthen collaboration among national and local governments, development partners, and industry.
These coordinated actions aim to accelerate the shift towards cleaner, healthier and more resilient transport systems—while supporting governments and cities to raise ambition on walking, cycling and sustainable public transport.
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Full PAS document: https://climateaction.unfccc.int/assets/documents/4_.pdf
Support walking and cycling in national climate plans
Sign the global letter calling on governments to put walking and cycling at the heart of COP30 commitments:
https://pathforwalkingcycling.com/cop30/
