Save our Wealth, Cycle to Your Health! A Bicycle Trip to Target 1.5º Centigrade

1.5º centigrade — to maintain the average temperature rise within the limits of 1.5º above the pre-industrial era temperature is the target world nations agreed upon at the Paris summit in 2015.

- J. PRASANT

Two nations that lead in this direction through individual mobility choices of their citizens are the Netherlands and Denmark in terms of percentage of urban trips, whereas China and Japan lead in terms of total trips. It is said to be a smart urban policy for developing countries like India and China, where much of the infrastructure is yet to be developed, to build cities for cycling that would lead to cleaner air and safer streets (The Institute for Transportation and Development Policy, New York).

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