Transport Sector and Climate Change - Online Debate launched by the International Transport Forum
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The International Transport
Forum has launched its second online debate on “The Transport Sector and
Climate Change” in preparation for its upcoming Forum, to be held in
Leipzig on 28-30 May.
“The transport sector is
responsible for a significant and growing share of greenhouse gas
emissions and most indications are that transport activity and emissions
will double or more in the next 30 years”, said Jack Short, Secretary
General of the International Transport Forum in Paris on Monday, at the
launch of their second online debate. “On the other hand”, explained
Short “political objectives have set global emission reductions of the
order of 50% by the middle of the century. The stark conclusion is that
we do not have the policies in place or planned that can stabilise, let
alone reduce transport emissions.”
The Forum web debate has been
launched to encourage public input to the discussions in Leipzig. Input
from the online debate and the best questions and comments will be
brought to the attention of delegates and Ministers at the
Forum.
The Forum’s new debate “The
Transport Sector and Climate Change” has been created with the purpose
of stimulating suggestions, discussion and opinion from both experts and
others. Questions open for debate concern aims and objectives that
Ministers should have for the transport sector, the role of technology
in reducing transport CO2
emissions, how
best technology can be introduced and what transport policy measures
Ministers should support so as to make a real
difference.
With the theme “Transport and
Energy: The Challenge of Climate Change”, the Forum will be held in
Leipzig on 28-30 May 2008 and will gather Transport Ministers from
upward of 50 countries together with industry leaders and top
researchers.
To
participate in the debate and for more information on the above Forum
and how to attend see www.internationaltransportforum.org
For more information, please
contact:
Director of
Communications
Michael ZIRPEL
Tel. +(33-1) 45 24 95 96
email:
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Postal
address:
2 rue
André Pascal
F-75775 Paris Cedex 16
Fax +(33-1) 45 24 13 22/97
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