The participants, having met in Nagoya City, Aichi Prefecture, Japan from 1-2 August 2005, for the International Conference on Environment and Transport, drew up and adopted a statement on the establishment of a Regional EST Forum for the promotion of environmentally sustainable transport in Asia. Read full statment here (PDF 40 kb)

Venue
Nagoya Eastern Hills (The EXPO 2005 site), Nagoya Marriott Associa Hotel, Nagoya University and Nagoya International Center

Organized by
Ministry of the Environment, Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport, United Nations Centre for Regional Development, and Environmental Restoration and Conservation Agency

Supported by
Aichi Prefecture, Nagoya City, Nagoya University, Japan Automobile Manufacturers Association, Inc., Japan Association for the 2005 World Exposition, and the Clean Air Initiative for Asian Cities (CAI-Asia)

For more information:
http://www.uncrd.or.jp/env/
http://www.ics-inc.co.jp/e-car/index_e.html

Second Announcement:
http://www.ics-inc.co.jp/e-car/images/second.pdf

Proceedings:
Meeting Report of the First Regional EST Forum
Presentations from the Roundtable Discussions at the Symposium on Environment and Transport

Asian Urbanization, Transport Development and Environmental Sustainability: Is sustainable transport still possible for Asian cities? (Speech) [.doc, 57.3Kb]

Asian Urbanization, Transport Development and Environmental Sustainability: Is sustainable transport still possible for Asian cities? (Paper) [.doc, 410.1Kb]

Asian Urbanization, Transport Development and Environmental Sustainability: Is sustainable transport still possible for Asian cities? (Slides) [.ppt, 174Kb]