

Environment - Environmentally Sustainable Transport (EST)
Featured Events
- High-Level 14th Regional EST Forum in Asia
18 Oct 2021 - 20 Oct 2021 , Aichi, Japan - Thirteenth Intergovernmental Regional Environmentally Sustainable Transport (EST) Forum in Asia
10 Nov 2020 - 11 Nov 2020 , Virtual Meeting (WebEx) - EST Side Event at COP25, Madrid, Spain (2-13 Dec 2019)
9 Dec 2019 - 9 Dec 2019 , - Twelfth Intergovernmental Regional Environmentally Sustainable Transport (EST) Forum in Asia
28 Oct 2019 - 31 Oct 2019 , Hanoi, Viet Nam - UNCRD Special Session at 15th World Conference on Transport Research (WCTR)
28 May 2019 - 28 May 2019 , Mumbai, India
Latest News
- 20 Dec 2022 - UNCRD- BusWorld Foundation Webinar on Evolving an Electric Bus Ecosystem in Indian Cities, 22 December 2022, 15:30 p.m Indian Time / 19:00 p.m Japan time.
- 14 Dec 2022 - International Symposium on Transforming Mobility for Humanity to commemorate the 50th Anniversary of The Limits to Growth
- 12 May 2022 - UNCRD contribution to Busworld Turkey 2022, 26-28 May 2022, Istanbul, Turkey
Focal point
Environment Unit
Nagono 1-47-1, Nakamura-ku,
Nagoya 450-0001, JAPAN
Email: est@uncrd.or.jp
Environment Unit Staff
Nagono 1-47-1, Nakamura-ku,
Nagoya 450-0001, JAPAN
Email: est@uncrd.or.jp
Environment Unit Staff
Therefore, transport policy decisions made today or in immediate future will have a profound impact on human and environmental security in the coming decades. Social equity and gender priorities are often neglected in overall transport policy, planning, and development. UNCRD is addressing the need for an integrated approach to deal with the range of social, economic, and environmental issues associated with the transport sector.
Since 2004, UNCRD has been promoting EST in close collaboration with the Ministry of the Environment, Government of Japan through Asian EST Initiative.
Definition of EST
While transportation is essential to Asia's socio-economic needs, balancing these needs with the need to protect the environment should be at the heart of the concept of environmentally sustainable transport (EST). Generally, EST is considered as transport that meets the needs of the present without preventing future generations from meeting their needs. Although there is no single, commonly held definition of EST, the concept of EST is centered on the transportation system and transportation activity that meets social, economic and environmental objectives.
Integrated EST Strategy
Integrated EST Strategy consists of 12 thematic area as described below.

Publications
Pre-Feasibility Study to Investigate Potential Mass Transit Options for Bhutan (Final Report)
To see other publications on EST, visit here.