We were pleased to host today, along with ICCT India and FIA Foundation the 𝗥𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱𝘁𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗼𝗻 "𝗙𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗦𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗠𝗼𝗯𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆: 𝗔𝗱𝘃𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 #𝗚𝟮𝟬𝗔𝗴𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗮 𝗼𝗻 𝗜𝗻𝗻𝗼𝘃𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗔𝗺𝗯𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗜𝗻 𝗜𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗮 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗹𝗱𝘄𝗶𝗱𝗲. The Roundtable was held in the Jacaranda Hall, Habitat Centre, New Delhi from 10 am to 2pm. Sarika Panda Bhatt She/Her, and Amit Bhatt gave the welcome speech. They gave an overview of safe and sustainable mobility, with a focus on urban emissions from India’s perspective. Amitabh Kant, G20 Sherpa, Government of India, spoke of advancing India’s G20 agenda on Sustainable Mobility. He spoke on the next steps on financing for sustainable urban development, and the need to focus on the importance and role of sustainable mobility in this context. Avi Silverman, FIA Foundation, spoke on financing sustainable mobility as a global development priority. Making connections with innovative approaches globally, including Brazil as well as ideating on next steps, taking the agenda on financing for safe and sustainable mobility to the G20. David Shelton, Asian Development Bank, spoke on the needs and availability of financing for transport infrastructure, with emphasis on outcomes for projects that have been financed. Jaishree Jindel , World Bank, spoke on the shift happening in financing transport projects - looking carefully at carbon footprint, integrating NMT, road safety and access for all. Professor geetam tiwari , IIT Delhi, talked about local and state resources that are available for road safety and sustainable mobility. SK Lohia, Former Joint Secretary, and Madhav Pai, WRI India, talked about modal shifts to public transportation. Anumita Roychowdhury, Centre for Science and Environment, New Delhi, talked about the challenges of the massive scaling up of public transportation. Sunil Bhatnagar, IPLTech Electric Private Limited, talked about the need for government incentives for pure electric trucks. Dr. Jagnoor Jagnoor, Codirector WHO chaired a session on road safety as a sustainable development priority. Speakers for this session were: 1. Vivek Chandran , Shakti Sustainable Energy Foundation 2. Kalpana Viswanath , Safetipin 3. AS Rai, ADGP Traffic Punjab 4. Abhijit Lokre, The Urban Lab Foundation 5. Nidhi Madan, Beyond Built The topics covered by the panel on road safety as a sustainable development priority were: Creating inclusive infrastructure for a safe city, public awareness and road safety, and engaging the private sector for improving safety. Not just the "Whys" of sustainable financing, but the "Hows". Thanks to Nagarro for your continued support in making our cities safer & sustainable.
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