Open letter to COP26 asks world leaders not to overlook transport emissions quick fix – Cycle Industry News
Mark Sutton3 November, 2021
An open letter co-signed by 80 global cycling associations has called on COP26 delegates not to gloss past cycling’s role as a transport form and one that stands to offer far greater emissions reductions than a widely lobbied for switch to electric cars.
COP26 has underwhelmed those in the cycling world with journalists on the inside of the Glasgow event highlighting that, in transport terms, the conference’s focus is squarely pitched at keeping the status quo of private car ownership; albeit with the combustion engine removed.
