Bonn, Germany — The mayors of 25 pioneering cities, including Milan, representing 150 million citizens, have pledged to develop and begin implementing more ambitious climate action plans before the end of 2020 to deliver emissions neutral and climate resilient cities by 2050. These plans will ensure the cities deliver on their share of emissions reductions
On 23 October in Paris the mayors of London, Paris, Los Angeles, Copenhagen, Barcelona, Quito, Vancouver, Mexico City, Milan, Seattle, Auckland, and Cape Town committed to a series of ambitious targets to make their cities greener, healthier and more prosperous. By signing the C40 Fossil-Fuel-Free Streets Declaration, the pioneering city leaders pledged to procure only
In view of G20 to be held on 7 and 8 July in Hamburg, Germany, the mayors of 46 megacities wrote to the heads of state to urge shared and bold actions to face climate change. In support of this letter, a global petition has been launched and more than 50,000 people have already signed
A more relaxed Barack Obama (than the one who tried in vain to bring Democrat candidate Hillary Clinton to win the US presidential election last autumn) got up on the stage of the Future Room at the Seeds&Chips Summit in Milan, Italy, to talk about food, innovation and especially climate – the link of the
Dodicimila piastrelle colorate per la facciata solare del Copenhagen International School che producono il 50 per cento dell’energia necessaria
A fine febbraio in Danimarca l’eolico è arrivato a coprire tutta la domanda di energia, battendo un nuovo record.
Sustainable, two-wheel mobility is triumphing in Copenhagen. After years of investments, policies, and infrastructural changes, bikes now outnumber cars in the city centre. The website Copenhagenize has released data linked to the number of vehicles entering the city centre, which are monitored by the city’s administration on a daily basis. Last year, 265,700 bikes have entered
Grindadráp is the local name for a yearly event that sees the people of the Faroe Islands, a self-governing archipelago under Denmark, hunt long-finned pilot whales as well as other species of cetaceans such as bottlenose dolphins, white-sided dolphins and Risso’s dolphins. These species aren’t on the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN)’s list of endangered animals, but
The Google Bike Vision Plan was created with a clear goal in mind: double the number of employees riding bicycles.
People were queuing up for the opening of the world’s first supermarket selling only expired food. WeFood was inaugurated in Copenhagen by Crown Princess Mary herself and will be managed by the volunteers of the association Folkekirkens Nødhjælp. The project is aimed at reducing food waste levels, particularly of those groceries that are still
