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Looking for
information on transport, environment
and health?
Visit
THE PEP Clearing House!
Geneva, 6 December 2005 - A
web-based portal – the
Clearing House on Transport, Health and
Environment has been launched by UNECE
and WHO/Europe as part of their joint
activities under the Transport, Health
and Environment Pan-European Programme
(THE PEP).
Did you
know that: Transport
sector is a major source of CO2 emissions
and energy consumption? Freight and
passenger volumes have more than
doubled during the past 30 years
in Western Europe? Car crashes cause
over 100 000 road deaths per year in
Europe, of which about 65% occur in towns?
Now you can find this and other information
on THE PEP Clearing House!
What is
THE PEP? The
continuous expansion of transport in
the pan-European region
brings with it significant social
and economic benefits, but at the
same time raises concerns about the
environmental and health impacts.
UNECE and WHO/Europe countries adopted
the Transport, Health and Environment
Pan-European Programme (THE PEP)
in 2002 to provide the framework
for sustainable transport development
taking into account environmental
and health concerns.
What is THE PEP Clearing
House? A web portal
designed to facilitate exchange of
information and knowledge across
the transport, environment and health
sectors in the pan-European region.
It aims to address, in particular,
the needs of countries of Eastern
Europe, the Caucasus and Central
Asia (EECCA) and of South-Eastern
Europe (SEE). It serves to collect,
disseminate and exchange information
on sustainable transport policies,
legislation, research and good practices.
Its information content covers more
than 100 topics relevant to the transport,
environment and health sectors, including
as priorities: health and environmental
effects of transport, policy integration,
urban transport and transport demand
management.
The Clearing House has a very practical
organization and intuitive method to
access information on air pollution or noise in urban
area, policies regarding the effects of private
cars or any other topics covered
by THE PEP.
For whom? It is primarily
targeted to policy and decision makers.
It addresses, in particular, the needs
of national and local authorities as
well as transport planners in the design,
communication and implementation of sustainable
transport policies.
By whom? It
is a joint project by UNECE and WHO/Europe,
developed under THE PEP, with input
from n ational experts. Representatives
of diverse institutions can register
with the Clearing House and upload relevant
information. Additional and more sophisticated
services can be added in the future,
such as interactive forums and information
on training programmes.
If you want to find out
more, click now on: http://www.thepep.org/CHWebSite (Available in English, French and Russian)
For more information visit THE PEP
Clearing House website,
read the Clearing House information flyer or
contact Angela Sochirca at [email protected] or
Francesca Racioppi at [email protected].
Ref: ECE/ENV/05/P10