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Online symposiumWalking and Cycling: Effective Actions Essential to Reaching the Climate Goals
The symposium will be an occasion to:
- Hear from high-level policy and decision makers who are leading the way on active travel.
- Learn about effective walking and cycling actions by PATH partners and supporters that are helping to reach the climate goals.
- Brief PATH partners and supporters on activities and upcoming reports
- Prepare PATH’s engagement for COP 28.
Missed the event? Don’t worry, you can watch the VOD to re-live the inaugural PATH Symposium.
Programme
14:00 – 14:05 | Welcome and introduction
by Sheila Watson, Deputy Director, FIA Foundation
14:05 – 14:20 | Keynote speech
Jorge Delgado, Secretary of State for Urban Mobility, Government of Portugal
14:20 – 15:05 | Panel: Walking and cycling in the climate discussions, Global, regional, and local on the path to COP: Championing the cause
This session will discuss how we can ensure walking and cycling play a greater role in climate mitigation.
Moderator: Sheila Watson, FIA Foundation
- Asif Nawaz Shah, Specialist, International Partnerships, COP28 – UAE
- Carly Gilbert-Patrick, Team Leader for Active Mobility, Digitalisation & Mode Integration, United Nations Environment Program
- Heather Thompson, CEO, Institute for Transportation & Development Policy
- Maria Vassilakou, Chair, Walk21 Europe
- Jaime Ortiz Marino, 50 years of Cicolvia and Camino Via initiative
15:05 – 15:30 | Short re-cap of PATH activities in 2023 to date and a preview of upcoming PATH outputs and activities
- Global analysis of national walking and cycling policies, Analysis of walking and cycling content in Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) and a template NDC (Jim Walker, Founder, Walk21)
- Plans for PATH COP28 campaign and activities and how PATH partners and supporters can contribute (Jill Warren, CEO, European Cyclists’ Federation)
15:30 – 15:40 | Break
15:40 – 16:25 | News from the PATH Community
Short presentations by a selection of PATH partners and supporters on current initiatives that advance walking and/or cycling to help reach the climate goals and deliver health benefits
- Dutch Cycling Embassy, Shelley Bontje
- Capacity building plan to train and deploy 10,000 active mobility experts worldwide, with a focus on the Global South
- 30 Días en Bici (30 Days of Biking), Carlos Rodriguez
- Open source tool to promote cycling for daily mobility in Spain and Latin America
- Bike Walk Greenville, John McBurney
- Advocating for safe biking and walking using the big data analytics platform Streetlight Data Insights
- JoyRiders Britain CIC, Mariam Draaijer
- Ride! Project helping disadvantaged communities to get into cycling
- Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI), Aneela McKenna
- Ensuring the UCI Cycling World Championships event brings cycling to new audiences and promotes sustainability
- Walkability Institute (Instituto Caminhabilidade), Leticia Sabino
- Initiative to map and recognise the best walkability projects realised by public agencies in Brazilian cities
- World Bicycle Relief, Alisha Myers
- Accelerating access to healthcare via bicycles in the Global South
- Zambia Road Safety Trust, Chilekwa O’Brien
- Reimagining city streets for pedestrian and cyclist friendly Zambia
16:25 – 16:30 | Summing up closing remarks
by Sheila Watson
