Copenhagen has an ambitious goal of becoming the first net zero capital city in the world as it prepares to address the challenge of climate change. Can cities overcome political foot dragging at the national level?
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David Marc Gurewitsch is one of the people trying to realize the City of Copenhagen’s climate and environmental ambitions in the area of the municipality’s own vehicles and machinery. And he and the municipality are close to reaching their goal. Up to 90% of the municipality’s 270 passenger cars are running on electricity today.
This weekend, the Danish Government is the first to host a new summit on partnering for green growth to help reach the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) for 2030.
The Danish newspaper Politiken reports that the plans of getting Formula 1 to the streets of Copenhagen has lost support.
In the race to build a zero carbon economy, a battle has been launched against the model of the individual car.
Last week, 19 mayors from around the world — from Paris to London to New York — signed a significant commitment to cut greenhouse gasses in their cities by ensuring that new buildings operate at net-zero carbon by 2030.
Several politicians in the Danish capital’s citizens’ representation has previously warned that Formula 1 racing in the city center clashes with the idea of Copenhagen as a green city.
The C40 Fossil-Fuel-Free Streets Declaration was signed by the mayors of 12 of the world’s largest, most economically important cities, paving the way for the cities in question to transition completely away from internal combustion engine (ICE) vehicles and to create zero-emissions areas in their cities by 2030.
Find out what these five cities are doing to fight the climate crisis and improve the lives of their citizens.
