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Railway Transport
This chapter sets out the recent main trends in railway transport in the ECE region in terms of railway infrastructure and activity. A selection of summary statistics is presented in this introduction and detailed data are available in the tables on the following pages.
2022 Inland Transport Statistics for Europe and North America
This publication (volume LX) presents annual statistics on inland transport (road rail and inland waterways). Data covers Europe Canada and the United States. The 2022 edition provides a series of transport statistics tables for the 56 member States of UNECE. It brings together statistical information on all the modes of transport covered by the Inland Transport Committee (road rail and inland waterways) for all member States of the ECE region. A short summary at the beginning of each chapter provides some key figures on each sector followed by detailed data on each of the statistics sub-categories. The publication is purely statistical in character. Like the previous issues it has been prepared by the Sustainable Transport Division of UNECE with the generous cooperation of national statistical offices. It is issued in accordance with the recommendation of the inland Transport Committee at its first session that the Division should regularly publish the most recent available data on transport for as many countries within the UNECE region as possible.
Inland Waterways
This chapter sets out the main recent trends in inland waterway transport in the ECE region in both inland waterway infrastructure and activity. The introduction focuses on some of the more significant trends in order to provide a snapshot of some key statistics. The remainder of the chapter provides the detailed statistical tables for each of the main parameters available.
Road Transport
The data included in this chapter set out road transport statistics for countries where data is available in the ECE region focusing on road infrastructure vehicle fleet sizes and vehicle activity. A selection of summary statistics is presented in this introduction.
United Nations Resource Management System
The multifaceted requirements of sustainable development depend on optimal and responsible production and use of natural resources. The United Nations Resource Management System (UNRMS) provides the framework for integrated and sustainable management of natural resources to promote good social environmental and economic outcomes in alignment with the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. UNRMS is based on the United Nations Framework Classification of Resources (UNFC) and provides a sustainable transition pathway for producing using and reusing natural resources to become engines of sustainable development.
Smuggling of Migrants in the Sahel
The analysis in this report is based on both quantitative and qualitative sources. The quantitative data come from the ongoing data collection system in West Africa of the Mixed Migration Centre which provides primary data on migration flows by surveying refugees and migrants as well as smugglers and facilitators along frequently used migration routes and in major hubs for migration. The migrant smuggling business is multifaceted even at the individual level. The vast majority of smugglers surveyed reported having multiple responsibilities in the smuggling process with an overall average of four responsibilities each. Many of them also work in multiple countries: almost half of the smugglers surveyed operate in more than one country and one in five do so in four or more countries. Some refugees and migrants are subjected to exploitation and abuse during their migration journey through the Central Sahel whether or not that journey is undertaken with smugglers. However smugglers are less frequently cited as being perpetrators of exploitation and abuse than border officials security forces armed groups and criminal gangs.
Smart Sustainable Cities Profile: Grodno, Belarus
The Smart Sustainable Cities Profile for Grodno Belarus presents the outcomes of the city evaluation against the Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) for Smart Sustainable Cities (SSC) and proposes actions for the city to make progress towards achieving the SDGs. It provides guidance for Grodno city and regional governments for the development review and implementation of urban policies programmes and projects and for building partnerships with a view to reinforcing the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and SDG11 at city level.
Handbook on eTIR Technical Specifications
The purpose of the eTIR technical specifications is to translate the eTIR functional specifications into technical requirements architectures guidelines procedures and detailed descriptions of all messages exchanged between the eTIR international system and the eTIR stakeholders. This publication is relevant for all eTIR stakeholders (customs authorities guarantee chains and holders) which need to interconnect their information systems with the eTIR international system. All aspects of these specifications must be considered as mandatory unless specified otherwise. The scope of this publication is twofold: to define the technical aspects of the TIR international system and to define unambiguously how information is exchanged between the eTIR international system and the eTIR stakeholders.
United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE)
The United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) is one of the five United Nations regional commissions administered by the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC). It was established in 1947 with the mandate to help rebuild post-war Europe develop economic activity and strengthen economic relations among European countries and between Europe and the rest of the world. During the Cold War UNECE served as a unique forum for economic dialogue and cooperation between East and West. Despite the complexity of this period significant achievements were made with consensus reached on numerous harmonization and standardization agreements.
Transport in UNECE
The UNECE Sustainable Transport Division is the secretariat of the Inland Transport Committee (ITC) and the ECOSOC Committee of Experts on the Transport of Dangerous Goods and on the Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labelling of Chemicals. The ITC and its 17 working parties as well as the ECOSOC Committee and its sub-committees are intergovernmental decision-making bodies that work to improve the daily lives of people and businesses around the world in measurable ways and with concrete actions to enhance traffic safety environmental performance energy efficiency and the competitiveness of the transport sector.
One Atmosphere: An Independent Expert Review on Solar Radiation Modification Research and Deployment
We have ‘One Atmosphere’. Everyone is a stakeholder. Since the beginning of the industrial era carbon dioxide (CO2) and other greenhouse gases (GHGs) have been accumulating in the atmosphere due to fossil fuel burning and changes in land use such as deforestation. As a result anthropogenic climate change is now affecting every region across the globe. The consequences of continued GHG emissions will be severe and long-lasting including exceedance of temperature targets; increases in the frequency intensity and persistence of extreme weather and climate events; reductions in sea and land ice snow cover and permafrost; and sea level rise. Through the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and other processes the international community has been working to reduce GHG emissions. However action and current commitments are not yet sufficient to meet the Paris Agreement’s temperature goals. This situation has led to increased interest in understanding whether an operational large-scale Solar Radiation Modification (SRM or sometimes called ‘solar geoengineering’) deployment might be able to help protect humans and the ecosystems upon which humanity depends.