As one of the most sustainable, inclusive, safe, and healthy forms of mobility, cycling received a major boost today with the adoption of the first-ever Pan-European Master Plan for Cycling Promotion at the Fifth High-Level Meeting on Transport, Health and Environment (THE PEP).
Today, European countries adopted the Vienna Declaration to spur the transformation towards clean, safe, healthy and inclusive transport and mobility, with a strong focus on promoting cycling across the pan-European region.
The Vienna Declaration was signed at the end of the Fifth High-level Meeting on Transport, Health and Environment. The virtual meeting, hosted by the Federal Government of Austria, brought together 46 ministers and state secretaries and representatives of 41 countries in the pan-European region.
Established in April 2018, the United Nations Road Safety Fund (UNRSF) aims to help low- and middle-income countries put in place effective national road safety systems in order to (a) substantially curb the number of fatalities and injuries from road crashes, and (b) reduce economic losses resulting from these crashes... Read more >
29 April
Join LIVE our special #KAPTalks with Jean Todt, UN Secretary-General's Special Envoy on Road Safety for a lecture on "Safe and sustainable mobility: on the road to the SDGs". All information you may find here.
12 April
Happy 3rd anniversary to the @UN_RSF
Learn about our accomplishments and our ambitions for saving lives on the road.
Watch our video!
14 January 2021
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18 December 2020
The third edition of the UNRSF Newsletter is out. Enjoy reading!
27 November 2020
We welcome and thank our new donor, the Kingdom of Bahrain, for its generous donation of USD 250.000 to support the UNRSF. We are stronger together as we enter a new decade of Action for Road Safety!
30 October 2020
Welcome to our new donor - Spanish TV Nuez Audiovisual Productions!
11 September 2020
22 May 2020
Welcome to Essilor and the Republic of Mauritius, our two new donors!
21 May 2020
Established in April 2018, the United Nations Road Safety Fund (UNRSF) aims to help low- and middle-income countries put in place effective national road safety systems in order to (a) substantially curb the number of fatalities and injuries from road crashes, and (b) reduce economic losses resulting from these crashes... Read more >
29 April
Join LIVE our special #KAPTalks with Jean Todt, UN Secretary-General's Special Envoy on Road Safety for a lecture on "Safe and sustainable mobility: on the road to the SDGs". All information you may find here.
12 April
Happy 3rd anniversary to the @UN_RSF Learn about our accomplishments and our ambitions for saving lives on the road.
Watch our video!
14 January 2021
Do you want to join a dynamic community of donors, collaborate in innovative and ethical investing while increasing your visibility?
-˃ Please see your benefits of becoming a fund donor
18 December 2020
The third edition of the UNRSF Newsletter is out. Enjoy reading!
27 November 2020
We welcome and thank our new donor, the Kingdom of Bahrain, for its generous donation of USD 250.000 to support the UNRSF. We are stronger together as we enter a new decade of Action for Road Safety!
30 October 2020
Welcome to our new donor - Spanish TV Nuez Audiovisual Productions!
11 September 2020
22 May 2020
Welcome to Essilor and the Republic of Mauritius, our two new donors!
21 May 2020
Speed kills. A child hit by a car at 30 km/h (20 mph) can survive.
Mobility is a primary enabler of our economic and social life. However, despite its many benefits, the costs of mobility to societies around the world remain unacceptably high. These include greenhouse gas emissions (transport accounts for some 24% of global CO2 emissions, three quarters of which is from road vehicles), pollution, and the road crashes that alone claim 1.4 million lives annually, or some 3,800 fatalities every single day.
Decarbonizing transport and mobility remains a critical policy challenge, for which we must seize the recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic as a unique opportunity to accelerate progress. Decarbonization is one example of an issue where transport, health, and environment all meet – an intersection which has been the focus of two decades of multilateral negotiation and cooperation under the Transport, Health and Environment Pan-European Programme (THE PEP).
More robust monitoring and measuring systems are required to meet the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), according to a UNECE report on Measuring and Monitoring progress towards SDGs that uses a “nexus” approach to chart a course for more “joined up”
Recognizing the vital importance of mobility and connectivity for sustainable economic development and taking stock of key challenges, UNECE has consolidated its work in this cross-cutting area to help countries leverage its tools to steer recovery efforts towards the Sustainable Development Goals.
The use of material resources, fuelled by economic and population growth, urbanisation and societal changes, has increased more than ten times since 1900 and is set to double again by 2030. The annual global extraction of materials has increased from 27 to 92 billion tonnes since 1970, while the world's population more than doubled, and global CO2 emissions rose by about 90 per cent.