Paris mayor: Time for change in urban lifestyle

"In the world's large cities, it's time to change the way we travel, consume and generate our energy," Mayor Bertrand Delanoe told colleagues and officials from 70 countries gathered at a meeting on climate change in Copenhagen (Michael von Bülow)

Paris Mayor Bertrand Delanoe on Tuesday urged big cities to help stop global warming by acting to change the lifestyle of urban dwellers."In the world's large cities, it's time to change the way we travel, consume and generate our energy," Delanoe told 700 mayors, local officials, and other delegates from 70 countries gathered at a three-day meeting on climate change in Copenhagen, the city that hosts the UN climate conference (COP15) in December.
Delanoe welcomed several cities' efforts already under way, noting that in the Danish capital a third of the citizens get around on bikes and another third use public transport only.He also praised San Francisco for its bio-fuel program that uses recycled cooking oil, and Melbourne's rapidly developing green rail network.