On 12 December 2017, the One Planet Summit, convened by the United Nations and the World Bank, at the initiative of the French Government, brought together over 60 world leaders in Paris to underscore how financial flows are shifting billions and trillions towards a low-carbon future that will benefit peoples and livelihoods.
The summit concluded that decarbonisation of all modes of transport by 2050, in line with the well below 2 Degree Target set by the 2015 Paris Agreement on Climate Change is possible but will require action now to enable a comprehensive transformation of this key sector in the decades to come.
The Transport Decarbonisation Alliance (TDA) was established at COP23 in November 2017 by the Netherlands, Costa Rica, Portugal and France together with Michelin, Alstom and Itaipu Binacional. In December, President Macron fully included TDA in One Planet Summit in Commitment 7. Zero pollution transport by 2050 is one of the 12 commitments, outcomes of the works pursued during the day. The summit concluded that decarbonisation of all modes of transport by 2050, in line with the well below 2 Degree Target set by the 2015 Paris Agreement on Climate Change is possible but will require action now to enable a comprehensive transformation of this key sector in the decades to come.
In March 2018, President Macron announced his plans for the second edition of One Planet Summit, which will take place in New York in September 2018 in the margins of the UN General Assembly. The progress made on each of the 12 commitments made will be reviewed during this session. It will also be another opportunity to push investors and countries worldwide to make firm new commitments in the fight against global climate change.
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