Eight cities in Latin America will replace 40,000 buses with clean vehicles by 2020 in a bid to cut pollution.
The plan aims to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and was unveiled in the first ever Latin American mayors’ forum.
The meeting, hosted by the C40 Cities Climate Leadership Group, was held in Buenos Aires, Argentina and a declaration of intent on “clean buses” was signed on 27 March.
The eight cities involved with the initiative are Curitiba, Rio de Janeiro and Salvador in Brazil; Bogotá in Colombia; Quito in Ecuador; Caracas in Venezuela; Buenos Aires and Mexico City . . .
