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Team members recognized that changing education and awareness must in turn contribute to changing policies to support mitigation and adaptation. Adaptation was more commonly mentioned by members from regions likely to be drastically impacted, such as Peru: Cities must educate their citizens in disaster prevention… When the city tackles a problem like climate change they should help their inhabitants in everything they can… they should be prepared to avoid chaos and to develop a recover capacity, so that they can advance in face of the difficulties. ( L I M A , B L O G 2 B ) Team members assert the need for cities to lead both locally and internationally. Many cities are actively addressing climate change to a greater extent than many nation states (Lutsey & Sperling 2008; Betsill & Bulkeley 2006). Cities are also seen as places where citizens can have more effect on policy. I believe that cities have a huge role in addressing carbon footprints because of the influence they have on citizens. If we have our municipal governments address climate change it can send a message to their citizens about the importance of addressing climate change ( E D M O N T O N , B L O G 1 C ) However, municipal governments can't do it alone. Team members call on federal and provincial/state governments to demonstrate a commitment to climate change by supporting 48 | F I N D I N G S Day Without Car Vs Normal Day In Bogotá The present image represents what our reality is and how we would like it to be, we express our wish to reduce the pollution by promoting how Bogotá is when the day without car occurs. This event is done twice a year, and is has proved that the public transport systems have to improve and reduce the amount of cars that move through the city. Source: https://gg.tigweb.org/tig/ IPCC/111319 "Day without car vs normal day in Bogotá" by Juliana Sanchez

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