The day after G20 nations reiterated in Toronto their commitment to sustainable and balanced growth worldwide, the International Association of Public Transport (UITP) highlights public transport’s important benefits for local economies.

Sustainable and balanced growth can only be achieved if mobility in cities is also sustainable and balanced.

The European members of UITP, the International Association for Public transport, very much welcome the Council conclusions on the Action Plan on Urban Mobility adopted on 24 June 2010. The public transport professionals share the analysis of the Ministers that future sustainable urban mobility requires specific and targeted policies from all levels of government within their respective responsibilities.

 Spain more successful in the World Cup than in the EU Presidency

Brussels, 25 June 2010 – While the world looks towards the October Conference of the Parties of the Convention on Biological Diversity in Nagoya, Japan, where the new 2020 biodiversity target is to be adopted, BirdLife International [1] presented its evaluation of the environmental performance of the Spanish EU Presidency.

 Brussels,  24  June  2010  –  The  European automobile manufacturers have
defined  joint specifications to connect electrically chargeable vehicles
to the electricity grid in a safe and user-friendly way.

The  industry recommendations will enable the relevant EU standardisation
bodies  to  make  rapid progress with defining a common interface between
the  electricity  infrastructure  and  vehicles  throughout  Europe.  The