sustainablecity
Transport remains the thorn in the side of Europe’s environmental ambitions. The sector makes up a quarter of the EU’s emissions yet is one of the only to have seen increases in emissions in recent years. With ambitious climate targets in place, more needs to be done to change how we move people and goods (or at least how transport is fuelled). So what if there was a simple step that could encourage a move away from private cars and cost the taxpayer next to nothing? Well that’s exactly what several European countries have put in place in recent years. In a bid to increase the attractiveness o...
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Copenhagen is well known for embracing sustainability and now the Danish capital is extending its green initiative to tourists. Wonderful Copenhagen, the official tourism organisation of the Capital Region of Denmark, has launched a project which will transform visitors’ green actions into currency for cultural experiences. The city is a hugely popular destination, recording over 12 million overnight stays in 2024. Now there’s even more reason to visit thanks to the newly launched ‘CopenPay’. Kicking off on 15 July, a trial scheme will see visitors encouraged to take part in activities like li...
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It’s a beautiful day for it. The sun bounces off the white squares of the picnic cloth which runs from the Arc de Triomphe to Avenue George V. Traffic lights are still turning from red to green, conducting no one. Elodie and her partner are among 4,000 lucky ticket-holders to the free grand pique-nique des Champs-Élysées held on 26 May. They’re enjoying the novelty of relaxing on the road that they usually cycle down for work, dodging cars and selfie-absorbed tourists. “We are Parisian, and this is a place we have been driven out of,” says the 51-year-old writer. “It’s not a museum, not Emily ...
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Of all the decisions Paris Olympics organisers made about where to hold each sport, sending surfing competitions to the other side of the world - in the Pacific waters of Tahiti - provoked the strongest reactions. Tahitians and others railed against the building of a new viewing tower on Teahupo’o reef because of fears it would hurt marine life. But organisers say it wasn’t just the world-class waves that lured them to the French territory 16,000 kilometers away. Paris Olympic officials had set an ambitious target of halving their overall carbon footprint compared with the 2012 London and 2016...
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