The challenge of greener transport: Egypt’s tuk-tuk drivers wary of plans for green streets
As Egypt launches an ambitious greening of its transport ahead of COP27, Cairo’s tuk-tuk drivers fear they’ll lose out. MENNA A FAROUK, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports…
Green and cheap? Doubts dog Lebanon’s first electric car
Beirut, LebanonThomson Reuters Foundation Lebanon is launching its first electric car – billed as cheap and green – but sceptics say subsidised power will count for little in a flat economy reliant on fossil fuels and struggling to attract investment into renewable energy. Designed by Lebanon’s EV Electra, the coupe-style ‘Rise’ is the country’s first […]
Invest in low-carbon cities to protect climate and boost jobs, governments urged
Bogota, ColombiaThomson Reuters Foundation More COVID-19 recovery spending and public investment is needed for green transport and clean energy in cities, to create jobs, cut planet-heating emissions and limit the damage from climate change, UN officials and researchers said on Wednesday. A report by the Coalition for Urban Transitions, a group of research organisations pushing […]
As lockdown clears the air, Cairo looks to keep pollution low
Cairo, EgyptThomson Reuters Foundation It is a Thursday evening in downtown Cairo, usually a crowded and noisy time as the weekend gets underway. But today the streets are quiet, and the air is noticeably clean. “It has been a long time since I breathed such fresh air here and saw the sky clean like that,” […]
Green transport set to overtake cars in world’s major cities by 2030
London, UKThomson Reuters Foundation From public transport to cycling, sustainable transport is on course to overtake driving in the world’s biggest cities within a decade, according to a study released on Monday. Private car trips will drop by 10 per cent on average by 2030 to make up less than half of all city journeys, […]