The Spanish Minister of Environment José Fiscal, the mayor of Huelva (Spain) Gabriel Cruz, and the president of the Provincial Council of Huelva Ignacio Caraballo, presented the objectives of the International Congress on Climate Change at an event for the European press. The congress is set to take place from 10 - 12 May in Huelva.

During the presentation, Mr. Fiscal explained that the congress began to take shape after the Paris Summit of 2015, in which 195 states signed a binding agreement to advance in the fight against climate change. The objectives of the congress are to emphasise that climate change has economic and social consequences in addition to environmental ones, to share knowledge on climate change, and to reinforce to citizens that responsibility for climate change belongs to everyone.

His Majesty King Felipe VI of Spain has accepted the honorary presidency of the International Congress. The event will have 20 sessions, 60 speakers, 30 exhibitors and is expected to host around 500 attendees.

For more information, click here.Image copyright: Image (SOCC Huelva 2017) more   21 April 2017 CIVITAS SUMPs-Up launches call for mobility planning authoritiesThe CIVITAS SUMPs-Up project has launched a call for applications for its Innovation Pilot Pool (IPP), a select group of transport and urban planning practitioners who will develop tools and services to help SUMP development in European cities. IPP participants will receive SUMPS-Up funding and participate in learning activities known as SUMP Learning Programmes (SLPs) to test and apply SUMP approaches, tools and methodologies under real conditions.

CIVITAS SUMPs-Up is an EU-funded project with a focus on helping cities develop Sustainable Urban Mobility Plans (SUMPs) - strategic long-term planning documents that integrate all transport modes and balance environmental, social and economic factors. The project assists mobility planning authorities, especially in countries where there are few SUMPs, to overcome the barriers that stop or make it difficult for them to implement the plans.

The current call for applications seeks to fill 40 slots in the Expert Group, who will participate for six months, and 10 slots in the Leadership Group, who will participate for three years. The remaining 50 slots in the IPP scheme will be selected via similar calls for applications opening in 2018 and 2019.

For more information and to submit an application, visit ipp.sumps-up.euImage copyright: The Old and the New (Flickr) by "Dave Collier", licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0 more

» Publication Date: 24/04/2017

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