Acknowledgements
The report should be cited as:
SLOCAT (2025), Transport, Climate and Sustainability Global Status Report – 4th edition, https://gsr4.slocat.net
Data access and licensing
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The development of this report was led by Maruxa Cardama, Genevivie Akunda, Angel Cortez, Akshay Jamdade, Nikola Medimorec and Alice Yiu from the SLOCAT secretariat.
Our warm thanks to the many SLOCAT partners and experts from the wider transport community who have shaped this report. A significant share of the research for this report was conducted on a voluntary basis.
Financial supporters
This edition has been made possible thanks to financial support from the Drive Electric Campaign, the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ), supported by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action (BMWK) through its International Climate Initiative (IKI), the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), the Kühne Climate Center (KCC), and the Volvo Research and Education Foundations (VREF).
Advisors
Chief Advisor
Holger Dalkmann (Sustain2030)
Advisory team (alphabetical by affiliation’s full name)
Anne Chaussavoine (Agence Française de Développement), Carolina Chantrill (Asociación Sustentar), Andrea San Gil Leon (Global Partnership on Informal Transport), Urda Eichhorst (GIZ / NDC Transport Initiative for Asia), Philip Amaral (European Cyclists’ Federation), Olivia Wessendorff (Independent Consultant), Maisarah Abdul Kadir (International Renewable Energy Agency – IRENA), John Pritchard (International Transport Forum), Juman Kubba (International Transport Workers’ Federation), Nicolas Cruz (MobiliseYourCity Partnership), Tsu Jui Cheng (National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan), José Holguin-Veras (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute), Jad Baba (REN21), Bronwen Thornton (Walk21 / Partnership for Active Travel and Health), Alok Jain (Trans Consult), Wei-Shiuen Ng (United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific), Benjamin Welle (World Resources Institute).
Contributing authors by section
*The list of contributing authors may still subject to changes.
Regional Overviews: Trends and Policy Developments
3.1. Africa Regional Overview
Lead Authors: Genevivie Akunda, SLOCAT Secretariat and Malindi Msoni, Zambia Institute for Policy Analysis and Research
3.2. Asia Regional Overview
Lead Author: Teodora Serafimova, SLOCAT Secretariat
Contributors: Avantika Arjuna, Vijay Saini and Sai Siddhartha Nandamuri, Asia LEDS Partnership; Sudhir Gota and Alvin Mejia, Asian Transport Observatory
3.3. Europe Regional Overview
Lead Author: Teodora Serafimova, SLOCAT Secretariat
3.4. Latin America and the Caribbean Regional Overview
Lead Author: Candela Echevarria Alcuaz (Asociación Sustentar)
Contibutors: Maria Eugenia, Rivas Amiassorho (Inter American Development Bank); Arturo Steinvorth (Fundación Centro para la Sostenibilidad Urbana)
3.5. North America Regional Overview
Lead Author: Nikola Medimorec, SLOCAT Secretariat
Contributor: Todd Litmann, Victoria Transport Policy Institute
3.6. Oceania Regional Overview
Lead Author: Teodora Serafimova, SLOCAT Secretariat
Peer Reviewers
The SLOCAT Secretariat extends appreciation to the peer reviewers who contribute their time and expertise from April to July 2025 to strengthen the quality and integrity of the GSR 4th Edition.
The full list of peer reviewers will be available in August.