Environmentalists have been letting the train take the strain on their way to the historic global warming summit in Copenhagen. 400 eco-passengers gathered on the platform in Brussels to catch the Climate Express; among them: business leaders, campaigners, ministers and EU delegates. A pair of Spanish cyclists were testing out inter-continental pedal power and loco power. “We started in Madrid and have come through Barcelona, heading north to Paris and Brussels by bike and train,” said one. Her partner added: “We’re in the process of finding out if it’s possible to go all the way to Copenhagen with bikes on a train because in some countries it’s not obvious.”
But disagreements between rich and developing nations, and the sheer scale of the measures needed to tackle climate change mean it will be no easy ride.
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