Transport a Black Spot for Global Warming – UN

Transport is the worst offender for releasing greenhouse gases into the atmosphere and governments must do more to cut emissions from cars and trucks, the UN’s climate change chief said on Wednesday.

“It’s a big problem,” Richard Kinley, the officer-in-charge of the UN Climate Secretariat in Bonn, told Reuters. He was speaking at a 163-nation, May 15-26 conference on ways to combat global warming.

“The growth … is really quite worrisome,” he said. “Clearly much more concerted action is necessary.” Transport accounts for about a fifth of all greenhouse gas emissions, mainly carbon dioxide from fuel burnt on the roads by vehicles.

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