Yet I am still convinced that in spite of the greater technological means, we still cover a very small portion of what is happening around the world, in our capitals, in our main cities, in our own countries, in our own province and in our own place.

If we find out 25 years from now that climate change wasn't a real factor, that it was caused by sunspots, dammit, we'd have fewer kids with asthma problems; we'd have fewer respiratory problems; we'd have cleaner cities; we'd have less smog; and these other parallel benefits.or instead of running out of oil in 50 years we ran out in 75 years.

We know that every city has its own method of calculating the number of homeless, but this can lead to varying results that make it rather difficult to plan adequately and to meet the needs of the homeless.

1. Notes that over 70 % of the EU population lives in cities, which generate approximately 85 % of the EU’s GDP, and that sustainable urban mobility is an increasingly important factor in cohesion policy, given that it is a key element and driver of employment and smart, sustainable and inclusive growth; considers that the European Structural and Investment Funds (ESIF), and in particular the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF), should contribute, through the operational programmes, to the financing of the Sustainable Urban Mobility Plans (SUMPs) for cities and regions and in the EU, by supporting clean, accessible and innovative forms of urban trans ...[+++]port that will promote multimodality and mobility in a broader territorial context, including transborder mobility; recalls, in this regard, that the transport sector, both stationary and moving traffic, has a heavy impact on the urban environment and the quality of life of citizens, and considers that an efficient transport system can be fostered with a public-private partnership in which there will be a repartition of costs and possibilities to develop an innovative and efficient public procurement system with the aim of producing considerable savings and a sharing of expertise and knowledge between authorities; notes the importance of respecting the partnership principle during the programming and implementation of the operational programmes in order to ensure full involvement of social partners, professional organisations, research centres and enterprises;