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Juli 30, 2010.
We are proud to present an initiative from Green Mobility in regards to promote urban sustainable mobility in cities and companies, the European Green Mobility Tour 2010.
Green Mobility, member of SLoCaT Partnership, is a consultancy specialized in developing mechanisms for a more sustainable mobility in companies and governments.
Efficient Means of transport are fundamental to the effective functioning of cities and one of the criteria for economic prosperity and welfare of its inhabitants. At the same time, the economic benefits of the transportation sector are often accompanied by negative side effects such as congestion, social exclusion, accidents, air pollution, noise pollution and inefficient energy consumption.
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Juli 25, 2010.
The World Bank has published a working paper titled “Urban Transport and CO2 emissions: Some evidence from Chinese cities” that seeks to establish a baseline for carbon dioxide transport-related emissions in China. The paper shows that growth in carbon emissions in transport have so far outpaced the carbon dioxide emission reduction achieved by vehicle efficiency and fuel performance improvements. The study also found that the level of urban transport-related carbon dioxide emissions varies significantly not only among cities of different levels of per capita income, but also among cities of similar income level. This implies that in addition to the motorization level that is generally associated with per capita income, other policy factors such as priority to public transport and restriction on private cars are also significant determinants of carbon dioxide emissions.
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Juli 20, 2010.
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) is providing Georgia $300 million in loans for an urban transport overhaul which will ease chronic traffic congestion, improve the environment, and boost growth and jobs in its cities.
The ADB’s Board of Directors today approved a multitranche financing facility which will help fund part of the government’s huge urban investment program, earmarked at $1.1 billion between now and 2020.
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Juli 16, 2010.
The ADB is the first multilateral development bank to estimate the carbon footprint of its transport sector assistance, which this report identifies as 792 million tons for the projects supported by ADB between 2000-2009, about equal to the annual land transport emissions of Thailand. With the report, ADB breaks new ground in identifying various ways to measure how much its transport sector activities contribute to climate change as a function of the nature and cost of the infrastructure it invests in and the amount of mobility that infrastructure provides for passengers and freight. The report shows that local pollution reduction and CO2 reduction are correlated. Three-fourths of ADB’s transport sector investments in the past decade have been in building expressways and the report finds these substantially increase CO2 emissions.
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