The Habitat III summit included a number of sessions on resource efficiency and associated tools and initiatives. The city is considered as an open system ...
Recycling the nonrecyclable
The US-based company TerraCycle started in 2002 with the goal to make the idea of waste go extinct. Up to date it has recycled 3.7 billion pieces of waste ...
Donald Trump met Al Gore for climate change discussion
Donald Trump’s daughter Ivanka Trump arranged a meeting of Donald Trump and the former Vice-President and climate change activist Al Gore. Ivanka ...
London to spend 770m Pounds for cycling initiative
Sadiq Khan, London’s mayor, has promised to spend 770 million Pound on cycling initiatives. He aims at making riding a bike a safe and obvious ...
Major cities committed to ban diesel cars by 2025
The mayors of Paris, Mexico City, Madrid and Athens stated they will stop the use of diesel-powered cars and trucks by 2025 mainly in order to improve air ...
Nation-wide access to electricity in Myanmar by 2030
By means of off-grid solar energy technology, the government of Myanmar plans to provide access to electricity to the entire population by 2030. Figures of ...
Green walls help Mexico City cleaning polluted air
In Mexico City an innovative company “Verde Vertical”/Vertical Gardens builds vertical green spaces along walls that enhance aesthetics and ...
Largest solar power plant located in India
The solar plant in Kamuthi, Tamil Nadu has a capacity of 648 MW and covers an area of 10 sq/km which makes it the largest solar power plant. It can produce ...
Norway builds new bicycle hotel
The city of Lillestrøm has built a new bicycle hotel near the main square of the train station. The hotel provides a space where riders can leave their ...
Renaturalization of Chicago River
The nonprofit organization Urban Rivers designed wetlands along the riverbanks of Chicago River. The goal is to rehabilitate urban waterways with local ...
