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China, India Urged to Avoid Obsession with Cars

An alarm was sounded by Nobel Peace Prize winner and UN climate panel head at Boao Forum, according to Reuters:

China and other big developing countries such as India need to take steps to avoid being over-reliant on private cars, the head of the Nobel Peace Prize-winning U.N. climate panel said.

Rajendra Pachauri, head of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), told Reuters that investing in improving railways and urban public transportation was one way countries such as China could balance the need for fighting climate change with that for economic growth.

“This excessive and growing reliance on private vehicular transport is certainly something that doesn’t suit large, populous countries like China and India,” Pachauri said.

Origin: Jason Subler, Reuters

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