World Cities Summit 2012, July 1st, Singapore

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The World Cities Summit (WCS) is the global platform for government leaders and industry experts to address liveable and sustainable city challenges, share integrated urban solutions and forge partnerships. Under the theme “Liveable and Sustainable Cities â€" Integrated Urban Solutions”, the World Cities Summit 2012 will explore how cities can build resilience and improve their quality of life and environment by adopting integrated solutions to increasingly complex challenges.
Strategically sited in the Asia Pacific region where many cities are experiencing unprecedented growth, Singapore is the ideal host for this Summit. After the success of the first two Summits, World Cities Summit 2012 is expected to attract more than 3,000 government leaders, policy makers and industry experts from around the world. www.worldcitiessummit.com.sg

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So I have often said here that providing Republicans with the proper info to convince them of the need for Public transportation and other environmental policies is a lost cause.............no info is going to change their minds........it simply doesn't fit in their political calculus.

And here the same is said in different words:

Environmental and development advocates often act as if the problem is a lack of information: give leaders more facts and they will make better decisions. But the world doesn’t work that way. Fighting climate change and poverty requires dismantling political and economic practices that are lucrative to powerful interests and replacing them with alternatives that serve the commonwealth. No politician will take such steps lightly, for the powerful retaliate. The past twenty years demonstrate that appealing mainly to the conscience of world leaders does not work. Instead one must change those leaders’ political calculationsâ€"making them as afraid of an aroused public as they are of the narrow interests behind the status quo. There are various ways to do that, from voting politicians out of office to marching in the streets. But whatever form it takes, there is no substitute for mass political action if we hope to turn this sinking ship around in time.

http://www.thenation.com/article/168387/deja-vu-rio20

The Republican mindset unfortunately hates government and LOVES for profit private industry that is environmentally devastating.