2007Apr2: A Mexico City regulation mandates that government officials bike to work at least once a month. The program is called Corridors of Unmotorised Movement. Pedal your City, was proposed by Mayor Marcelo Ebrard in 2005. The program’s goal is to reduce traffic, pollution, and disease (BBC, 2007).
Reference: BBC. 2007. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/6519601.stm
Connection to the 2007 IPCC Report on Climate Change Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability, “The Brundtland Commission definition of sustainable development is used in this Assessment: “development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs” (IPCC, 2007). Climate Change 2007. Summary For Policymakers. Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Working Group II Report. Corresponding chapter title: 20.7. http://www.ipcc.ch/publications_and_data/publications_and_data_reports.htm#1
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