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Article: FINLAND: WELCOMING SPEECH BY PRESIDENT AT 'PUBLIC TRANSPORT: MOVING PEOPLE, MOVING CITIES' WORLD CONGRESS
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- US Fed News Service, Including US State News
- Article date:
- May 21, 2007
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The office of the President of Finland issued the text of the following speech:
You are very welcome to hold this World Congress here in Helsinki. Effective public transport is important to all of us, and it is also significant to society in many ways.
We are all aware of the pressing matter of climate change, and that most of it is caused by human actions. People can also reduce or even stop this frightening change by changing their own behaviour.
Approximately one fifth of the greenhouse gas emissions is from traffic. Traffic is also the fastest growing emission source. The main reasons for this are increasing car use and air-traffic. Thus, each of us can affect the climate change ...