Smart urban planning and mass transit could curb climate change

Resource effeciency, pooled transportation efforts, denser living, these are the practices that lower our carbon footprint and thus are most likely to help stem the increase of climate change.
 
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Now the world's leading scientists are suggesting that those same cities in harm's way could help drive solutions to climate change.
 
A draft report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change says smart choices in urban planning and investment in public transport could help significantly lower greenhouse gas emissions, especially in developing countries.
 
 
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