tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10939281.post1554504361486263669..comments2024-03-17T08:16:42.227+01:00Comments on World Streets: The Politics of Transport in Cities: COP15: Getting transport into the climate agenda SLoCaT: Partnership on Sustainable Low Carbon TransportUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10939281.post-1411175472582120582009-12-07T11:27:44.775+01:002009-12-07T11:27:44.775+01:00Nobody said this was easy ... so it is too easily ...Nobody said this was easy ... so it is too easily distracted ...<br /><br />In other words perhaps, the problem is a system we call "the economy" (as if it exists ... much like "the environment") but which we then assume or believe is effective .. yet it doesn't have the capacity (at present) to take full account of (i) the costs of inaction (often future costs ignored) Michael Yeates, Brisbane Australianoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10939281.post-44552397182908002392009-12-04T12:22:25.220+01:002009-12-04T12:22:25.220+01:00AS one of the creators of this agenda, let me prom...AS one of the creators of this agenda, let me promote it by pointing out that the basic paradigm STARTS with sustainable transportation and reaps CO2 savings as a co-benefit. <br /><br />The greatest problem for the COP is that there are few key transport system stakeholders there at any time. <br /><br />That, in my humble opinion, may be a reason NOT to put transport into the climate agenda. Lee Schipper, Berkeley CAnoreply@blogger.com