Not exact matches
See http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fTEXT%2bIM-PRESS%2b20111205IPR33211%2b0%2bDOC%2bXML%2bV0%2f%2fEN&language=EN Following that vote, the man responsible for steering the legislation through Parliament, motorcycling Dutch MEP and IMCO Rapporteur Wim van de Camp,
said that «These vehicles will increase
urban mobility, use less
space, waste less energy and have a reduced level of emissions» adding that «riding a motorbike has now become
greener and safer.»
«The roofscapes of our cities are the last
urban frontier — from 15 percent to 35 percent of the total land area — and the
green roof industry can turn these wasted
spaces into a force for cleaner air, cleaner water, energy savings, cooling, beauty and recreation,» he
says.
«The dream is to be a carbon - neutral city with
green thoroughfares and compact dynamic public
spaces with
urban forest parks,»
said Miladee Azur, DRRM Officer, Legazpi City.
«Winds of Change came from what we saw as a growing climate threat to our
urban parks and
green space,»
said Karun Koernig at the United Nation's high - level event on climate change today.
In Seattle, University of Washington
urban forestry professor Kath Wolf
said that desire to be near trees and open,
green spaces may be part of our genetic makeup — dating back to the thousands of years humans spent their time as hunters and gatherers.