2021!
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Brussels, Belgium switches to car use tax
In Belgium, the government of the Brussels’ region is setting up the SmartMove plan establishing a kilometric tax. Among with economic, environmental and health benefits, the project aims at reducing the number of cars in the city which is the [...]
International Mountain Day, December 11, 2020
2Celsius is forwarding the Appeal of EUMA (European-Mountaineers) We love the mountains - AND we respect the mountains, especially in times of Covid 19 and climate change! Winter mountaineering and ski touring are particularly popular right now because the risk [...]
Victory for Bucharest residents as Romanian court annuls the capital’s inadequate Air Quality Plan
A court in Bucharest has annulled the city authorities’ Air Quality Plan, marking an important win in the fight for clean air in Romania’s capital. Although the exact reasoning of the court’s ruling has yet to be published, the decision [...]
An appeal to CEE Prime Ministers to go for higher climate ambition
With this appeal, we would like to turn to you ahead of the European Council on 15-16 October that will be decisive for European climate ambition and the Green Recovery of our economies. Especially due to a common history of [...]
Planet of the Humans, review in a flash
Michael Moore produced a long sloppy reportage about a bunch of failed American green projects. That is pretty much it. The author is ditching solar and wind energy claiming that they rely massively on fossil fuels for their production. Okay, [...]
Air pollution is returning to China
Air pollution is returning to China after a Covid-19 lockdown low, new satellite images show. NO₂ maps based on ESA satellite readings. Credit: ESA / EEB / James Poetzscher EEB air policy officer Margherita Tolotto said: “During this [...]
Growth of emissions trading continues as governments strengthen their response to climate change and pursue net-zero goals
International Carbon Action Partnership (ICAP) Emissions Trading Worldwide Status Report for 2020 shows increasing reach of emissions trading systems (ETSs), growing interest from governments across the world, and new policy developments, reads an ICAP release. With Mexico launching a mandatory [...]
Coronavirus threat greater in polluted cities. Conditions caused by dirty air likely to cut survival chances
Those living in polluted cities are more at risk from Covid-19, the European Public Health Alliance (EPHA) warned today. Air pollution can cause hypertension, diabetes and respiratory diseases, conditions that doctors are starting to link to higher mortality rates for [...]