AFP and NDR

Berlin. Felix Creutzig, head of working group land use infrastructure and transport explains to the news agency AFP, why transportation could have a significant potential to greenhouse gas emission reducation. “Urban development and transport together generate a crucial key to meet ambitious climate protection goals”, he said. He referred to outcomes of the latest IPCC report which found that emissions in city traffic could be reduced on a global scale up to 50 percent by 2050.

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Creutzig, who also is one of the lead authors of working group III for the IPCC’s fifth assessment report, in an interview with NDR Info emphasized: “There are promising developments, for example that cities become more and more climate friendly.” The ratio of coal in global energy use, however, was too high from a climate protection point of view.

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In a story be Swedish radio Sveriges Radio Creutzig furthermore clarified how important the switch from cars to electric bikes and public transportation in cities would be for a successful climate policy.

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