The United Nations Forum on Climate Change Mitigation, Fuel Efficiency and Sustainable Urban Transport was held at the Korea Press Center in Seoul, Republic of Korea, on 16-17 March 2010. The Forum was hosted by the Government of the Republic of Korea through the Ministry of Knowledge Economy (MKE), the Ministry of Land, Transport and Maritime Affairs (MLTM), and Korea Energy Management Corporation (KEMCO), and co-organized by the Korea Energy Economics Institute (KEEI), the Korea Transport Institute (KOTI), and United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN DESA), in collaboration with the United Nations Centre for Regional Development (UNCRD) and the Sustainable Low Carbon Transport Partnership (SLoCAT).

As an integral part of the UN Forum, the Special Event of Asian Mayors for the Signing of the Kyoto Declaration for the Promotion of Environmentally Sustainable Transport (EST) in Cities was jointly organized by UNCRD and the Ministry of the Environment, Government of Japan (MOEJ). These 10 new signatories have brought the total signatories to 44 Asian cities.

Kyoto Declaration (Extended in 2010, 44 cities)
Programme and Presentations are available in UN Forum website (United Nations Sustainable Knowledge Platform - DSD/UNDESA)

Participants

Following 10 city mayors signed the Kyoto Declaration.

1. Ahmedabad (India)


2. Banjarmasin (Indonesia)


3. Chiang Mai (Thailand)


4. Chuncheon (Republic of Korea)


5. Donghae (Republic of Korea)


6. Islamabad (Pakistan)


7. Kandy (Sri Lanka)


8. Penang (Malaysia)


9. Surakarta (Indonesia)


10. Tangerang (Indonesia)

Related Meetings

Asian Mayors' Policy Dialogue for Promotion of EST in Cities

• Special Ceremony for signing Kyoto Declaration (Toyota, 2015) 51 cities, Addendum endorsed by 6 cities


• Special Event of Asian Mayors of the Eighth Regional EST Forum in Asia (Colombo, 2014) 47 cities, Addendum endorsed by 17 cities


• Special Event of Asian Mayors for the Signing of the Kyoto Declaration for the Promotion of EST in Cities in the BAQ2008 Workshop (Bangkok 2008) 34 cities


• Asian Mayors' Policy Dialogue for the Promotion of Environmentally Sustainable Transport (EST) in Cities - Signing of the Kyoto Declaration (Kyoto, 2007) 12 cities

Regional EST Forum in Asia
Eighth Regional EST Forum (2014)
Seventh Regional EST Forum (2013)
Sixth Regional EST Forum (2011)
Fifth Regional EST Forum (2010)
Fourth Regional EST Forum (2009)
Third Regional EST Forum (2008)
Second Regional EST Forum (2006)
First Regional EST Forum (2005)

Regional EST Forum in Latin America
First Regional EST Forum in Latin America