Cities promise to divest from fossil fuels to boost green recovery
Barcelona, SpainThomson Reuters Foundation The mayors of 12 big cities in North America, Europe and Africa pledged on Tuesday to shift their money out of fossil fuels and into green energy, buildings, transport and other investments to help them recover from the pandemic and tackle climate change. The group of cities, which signed up to […]
Eat or stay cool? Cities test ways to protect the poor from rising heat
London, UKThomson Reuters Foundation From spray parks in water-short Cape Town to heat-reflecting pavements in Tokyo, cities around the world that face worsening heatwaves as the planet warms are rapidly adopting innovations to try to beat increasingly deadly heat. But ensuring the measures help those most at risk remains a challenge, for reasons ranging from racial […]
More trees, less cars: cities pledge cleaner air
Copenhagen, DenmarkThomson Reuters Foundation From penalising cars to planting trees, dozens of mayors from every continent pledged cleaner air on Friday in a bid to improve urban health and tackle climate change. More than 90 per cent of people breathe dirty air, causing death and disease, according to the World Health Organization. “This dirty air […]
End world’s “coal addiction” to avert climate devastation, UN chief says
Copenhagen, DenmarkThomson Reuters Foundation Too much of the world is still addicted to coal power even as climate change “threatens the viability of human societies”, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on Friday, singling out Asian nations over their ongoing use of the fossil fuel. The UN chief told a gathering of world mayors in Copenhagen […]
Quick facts – Urban gardens and electric fleets – seven cities winning on climate change
Copenhagen, DenmarkThomson Reuters Foundation From electric buses to pollution-sucking urban gardens, cities around the world are experimenting with ways to ensure global climate goals are met, as they account for about three-quarters of planet-warming emissions, according to the United Nations. A flower grower carries a floral display during the annual flower parade in Medellin, on […]
Breathing walls to rooftop farms: Cities get creative for a greener future
Oslo, Norway Thomson Reuters Foundation From “breathing walls” that recover energy and filter air to urban farms on rooftops, cities around the world are experimenting with creative ways to become carbon-neutral, aiming to make no contribution to global warming. The C40 network of cities tackling climate change announced the 15 winners of its Reinventing Cities competition […]