london has decided to impose stricter standards for polluting vehicles. Under the low emission zones (lez) programme coming into effect on February 4, 2008, lorry, bus and other coaches can be

chinese cities will join the growing band of urban centres around the world to observe

Car dependency may now have become a serious problem, but in 1882, when the German car maker Karl Benz took out his rudimentary internal combustion engine for a test drive in the streets of

Delhi's parking crisis plays itself out in residential and commercial areas Delhi has more than 4 million registered vehicles as of now. Nearly 360,000 vehicles were added in 2005-06, estimating

Ashis Nandy, eminent political psychologist and sociologist, on India's urban crisis On the automobile culture Societies that developed cars have also found ways to manage and regulate them.

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My worst fears are coming true; and that has more to do with the politics of climate change than its reality. While concern on global warming reaches a crescendo, the world, instead of finding

Sustainable transport projects in general reduce GHG emissions. Such projects could thus qualify for the CDM and benefit from the sale of GHG offsets. This makes good projects economically
more attractive and reduces barriers towards their successful implementation. The CDM can constitute an important additional

A SURVIVOR'S GUIDE ON WHAT YOU CAN DO TO HELP BRING DOWN CARBON DIOXIDE EMISSIONS AND COMBAT GLOBAL WRMING

1. CHANGE YOUR BULBS Replace incandescent bulbs with compact fluorescent lamps (cfl)

More than 130 cities in northern Italy, including Milan and Verona, banned car traffic for several hours on the last Sunday of February. In Milan, the ban was for two consecutive Sundays.

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