Category: Environment
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How DARPA Kickstarted AV Development
DARPA director Tony Tether came up with a novel idea: DARPA would launch a challenge, a series of races, for robot cars.
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Biggest Ever Climate Demonstrations Taking Place in Europe
Today more than three million people have taken to the streets in support of the Global Climate Strikes Once again youth organisers led the strikes, as they have been doing since Greta Thunberg started the first school strike in August 2018. This time, however, they were joined by adults representing trade unions, charities and thousands […]
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“Why we support the Global Climate Strikes”
Young people are telling us that the climate emergency demands an emergency response. We couldn’t agree more. Mayor of Paris & Chair of C40 Cities, Anne Hidalgo; Mayor of New York City, Bill de Blasio; Mayor of Los Angeles, Eric Garcetti, and Lord Mayor of Copenhagen, Frank Jensen today released the following statement in support of the […]
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Anne Hidalgo Calls Burning of Amazon Rainforest a “Crime Against Humanity.”
C40 Chair and Mayor of Paris, Anne Hidalgo, says “the lungs of our shared planet are on fire” Yesterday, Anne Hidalgo, Mayor of Paris and Chair of C40 Cities, issued the following statement: “The lungs of our shared planet are on fire. The Amazon rainforest is one of the most important common goods of humanity, […]
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4.9 GW of wind energy added in Europe in 2019
Europe installed 2.9 GW of onshore wind in the first half of the year. Europe added 4.9 GW of new wind energy capacity in the first half of 2019, according to figures released today by WindEurope. The combined installations of new onshore and offshore wind capacity is up on the same period last year (4.5 […]
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We’ll Make no Wine till the Sensor Tells us it’s Time
As IoT has already entered the wine industry, one group of scientists from Andalusia niche-down and look for ways to improve the Fino sherry fermentation process. The last thing one thinks about while enjoying tapas and sipping a chilled glass of Fino sherry on a summer afternoon is that the dry sherry they are enjoying […]
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10 Latin American Cities Commit to Develop Climate Action Plans on the Objectives of the Paris Agreement
Buenos Aires, Curitiba, Guadalajara, Lima, Medellín, Mexico City, Quito, Rio de Janeiro, Salvador, and São Paulo today revealed their commitment to bold climate action and pledged to deliver on their share of the Paris Agreement. C40’s Climate Action Planning Latin America Program provides direct support to the 10 cities in developing robust and evidence-based long-term climate action plans […]
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If You Are Rich You Can Pollute
Sweeping government measures intended to protect the environment often put an economic strain on the poor. When I moved to Latvia in 2008, one of my first memories was going to a local supermarket and noticing people leaving the store carrying groceries in their hands. One carrying an apple, another with a carton of kefir […]
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“License to Pollute” overturned by top European court
The General Court of the European Union upholds action brought by cities: annuls in part the European Commission’s regulation setting excessively high NOx emission limits tests introduced following Dieselgate scandal The General Court of the European Union today found in favor of a legal case brought by the cities of Paris, Madrid and Brussels to […]
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Athens fights rising heat
At the recent Smart Cities Conference in Barcelona, Mayor Kaminis of Athens highlighted how the city is helping residents survive the increasingly hot summers in the Greek capital. Imagine you are drinking margaritas while sprawled out at the front row of a bright, beautiful beach contemplating the turquoise waters as a refreshing breeze comes and […]