Pre-Event to COP15: Focus on Transport Sector

Symposium: Towards a Low Carbon Transport System

COPENHAGEN, November 11 - At a climate symposium in Copenhagen on 5 December, transport,
energy and climate experts from Asia, Europe and the US will explore what
must be done in order to contribute to reducing greenhouse gas emissions by
50% by the year 2050. The main focus of the discussions is how to reduce CO2
emissions in the world's transport sector.

"At the symposium we will put forward international policy
recommendations to accomplish the reduction of the transport emissions in
order to move towards a positive future beyond COP15," says Mr. Jiro Hanyu,
Chairman, Institution for Transport Policy Studies, Japan.

Keynote speakers at the symposium include Dr. Rajendra Pachauri,
Chairman of Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC); Dr. Takamitsu
Sawa, Professor at the Graduate School of Policy Science at Japan's
Ritsumeikan University and outspoken climate opinion maker; and Dr. Lewis
Fulton, Senior Transport Energy Specialist, Energy Technology Policy
Division, International Energy Agency, OECD.

The symposium speakers agree that reducing worldwide CO2
emissions from the transport sector is crucial in order to significantly
reduce global greenhouse gas emissions. It is, however, especially difficult
for developing countries to take actions to reduce transport emissions, due
to these countries' needs in pursuing sustainable social and economic
development. Even for developed countries, it is difficult to change the
energy consumption habits of the public.

At the Copenhagen event, global policy recommendations on how to
reach global reduction targets of CO2 emission from the transport sector both
in developed and in developing countries will be discussed.

Agenda and registration: www.stl-symposium.org.

Dr. Rajendra Pachauri, Chairman of Intergovernmental Panel on
Climate Change (IPCC) will participate at the symposium's press conference to
be held on Saturday December 5, 10:00 a.m. at the SAS Royal Hotel, venue
Oxford 11.

The event is organised by the Institution for Transport Policy
Studies and supported by The Nippon Foundation.

Event details:

Date: Saturday, 5 December 2009, starting at 13:30

Venue: "AEgget" conference room, Radisson SAS Royal Hotel,
Hammerichsgade 1, Copenhagen

More Information :

Study of transport system in a low carbon society:

itps.sakura.ne.jp/stlsite/STL-TOP.html

    Media contacts:
    Mr. Jonas Eklund
    STL Symposium
    jonas@stl-symposium.org
    Tel: +46-(0)70-493-96-97

Media contacts: Mr. Jonas Eklund, STL Symposium, jonas at stl-symposium.org, Tel: +46-(0)70-493-96-97; Mr. Koichi Fujisaki, Senior Research Fellow, ITPS, fujisaki at jterc.or.jp, Tel: +81-(0)3-5470-8415; Ms. Yuki Tanaka, Director, International Affairs Office, ITPS, y-tanaka at jterc.or.jp, Tel: +81-(0)3-5470-8420