COP 26 and Cycling

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.