COP 26 and Cycling
Sixty-four cycling organizations have sent a list of suggestions to boost cycling levels in a letter to the Conference of the Parties which is a global United Nations summit about climate change. COP26 is attended by countries that signed the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) - a treaty agreed to in 1994. Some of suggestions, (thanks to TreeHugger.com) include:
- Promoting cycling in all its forms,
- Recognising cycling as a climate solution, establishing a clear link between how an increase in bicycle trips and a decrease in private car trips reduce CO₂ emissions
- Creating and financing national cycling strategies
- Collecting data on cycling
- Investing in high-quality cycling infrastructure and in incentives for communities historically marginalised from cycling
- Providing other incentives for people and businesses to switch to bicycles for more of their daily trips
- Decreasing our reliance on the private car by increasing multi-modal options and
- Committing to and tracking a global target of higher cycling levels.
