[sustran] FW: [cai-asia] Mobility newsletter

[Barter, Paul]

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From: Arndt at wbcsd.org [mailto:Arndt at wbcsd.org] 
Sent: Friday, 2 April 2004 10:27 PM
To: Clean Air Initiative -- Asia
Subject: [cai-asia] Mobility newsletter



Dear friends, 

I would like to invite you to subscribe to the WBCSD Sustainable
Mobility Newsletter. 

Leading up to the release of the "Mobility 2030" final report in summer
2004, this newsletter offers direct insight into the project while
keeping a close eye on international news and events. It is published
1-2 times/month. 

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- PROJECT UPDATE: Fast forward: mobility in 2030 
- Individuals can help achieve Kyoto Protocol target
- Carmakers Pull Plug On Electric Vehicles
- We're on the road again 
- Emission Impossible 
- Hydrogen Fuel Could Increase Greenhouse Emissions, Report Warns
- China Faces Tough Choices as Auto Era Approaches
- EIA Projects 9.3% Increase in AFV Population this Year
- Aviation Policy 'Will Have Huge Global Warming Impact' 
- Corporate America can't ignore global warming, Gore says
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PROJECT UPDATE: Fast forward: mobility in 2030 
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Geneva, 1 April 2004 - The most ambitious sector project ever undertaken
by the WBCSD is about to unveil a vision of the future, answering one of
sustainable development's most urgent questions: how can the world's
swelling population continue to get from A to B?
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http://www.wbcsd.org/includes/getTarget.asp?type=DocDet&id=4842
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Individuals can help achieve Kyoto Protocol target 
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The Daily Yomiuri, 30 March 2004 - People should help the nation meet
targets for reductions in greenhouse gas emissions by ensuring they make
the most efficient use of their cars.
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http://www.wbcsd.org/includes/getTarget.asp?type=DocDet&id=4820


Carmakers Pull Plug On Electric Vehicles 
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The New York Times, 28 March 2004 - Five to 10 years ago, when the
future seemed to belong to electric cars -- and California clean-air
rules forced reluctant automakers to offer them -- a small but
enthusiastic group of optimists and environmentalists signed on as
pioneers. While a few bought electrics outright, most signed leases that
obliged them to return the vehicles after a few years.
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http://www.wbcsd.org/includes/getTarget.asp?type=DocDet&id=4762


We're on the road again 
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The National Business Review, 26 March 2004 - After 14 years as Transit
NZ chief executive, Robin Dunlop has become Secretary of Transport. He
offers his perspective on the key issues for New Zealand roading.
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http://www.wbcsd.org/includes/getTarget.asp?type=DocDet&id=4737


Emission Impossible 
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The Age, 25 March 2004 - Cars that emit nothing but water and heat are
on the agenda. But in the meantime car makers are rushing to make
transport more environmentally friendly.
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http://www.wbcsd.org/includes/getTarget.asp?type=DocDet&id=4707


Hydrogen Fuel Could Increase Greenhouse Emissions, Report Warns 
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International Oil Daily, 24 March 2004 - Using hydrogen as a road
transport fuel will increase Europe's greenhouse gas emissions rather
than cut them, according to new collaborative research by the
Brussels-based association of European oil companies, Concawe, and its
automotive industry counterpart, Eucar.
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http://www.wbcsd.org/includes/getTarget.asp?type=DocDet&id=4711


China Faces Tough Choices as Auto Era Approaches 
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Asia Pulse, 18 March 2004 - An "auto era" to China means diminishing
land resources, worsening environmental pollution, energy shortages and
terrible traffic congestion, which China has to face and solve.
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http://www.wbcsd.org/includes/getTarget.asp?type=DocDet&id=4634


EIA Projects 9.3% Increase in AFV Population this Year 
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Global Refining & Fuels Report, 17 March 2004 - Nearly 10% more
alternative fuel vehicles (AFVs) will be on America's roads by the end
of this year versus last year, the U.S. Energy Information
Administration (EIA) now predicts. About 547,904 AFVs will be on the
nation's roads by the end of 2004, a 9.3% increase from the 2003 total
of 510,805, EIA said.
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http://www.wbcsd.org/includes/getTarget.asp?type=DocDet&id=4632


Aviation Policy 'Will Have Huge Global Warming Impact' 
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Press Association, 15 March 2004 - Government aviation policy will have
a "massive" impact on global warming over the next 30 years, an all
party group of MPs warns today.
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http://www.wbcsd.org/includes/getTarget.asp?type=DocDet&id=4431


Corporate America can't ignore global warming, Gore says 
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Associated Press, 12 March 2004 - Detroit automakers and other American
companies must stop ignoring the mounting scientific evidence of global
warming or else the United States will become an economic laggard and
the environment will deteriorate beyond repair, former Vice President Al
Gore told students at one of the nation's top business schools.
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http://www.wbcsd.org/includes/getTarget.asp?type=DocDet&id=4393


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