The German federal council suggests in an resolution to only allow zero-emission cars driving in the streets by 2030. The proposition will change the whole ...
Negative CO2 emissions to save climate
A new study shows that reducing CO2 emissions is not enough to off-set the global climate change. Even if future CO2 emissions would be compensated by more ...
How extreme weather threatens cities in Europe
Extreme weather has increased in Europe over the last decades putting cities’ infrastructure at risk. Political and societal action is needed to ...
Cut monetary support for coal-funding agencies
NGOs demand that export credit agencies which support coal projects should not receive money from the UN Green Climate Found anymore. 92 green groups ...
Smartphone detects crop disease
Deep learning algorithms have been applied to identify crop disease before it spreads. A reasearch team of the Pennsylvania State University and the É ...
How three smart Asian cities future-proof themselves
The city of Shioashiya (Japan), Songdo (Korea) and Singapore are all smart cities, each in its own way. Shioashiya is a very energy efficient town. Songdo ...
San Francisco will lose property worth $77 billion
The rising sea level will cost San Francisco $77 Billion of its property in 100 years, a recent report calculated. The city has already started to develop ...
Groundbreaking progress in green chemistry
The substition of petroleum based products through bio-based feedstocks is one of the most influental progresses that has been made throughout the past 25 ...
Agreement on cutting air traffic emissions
The deal, agreed upon in Montreal, will be voluntarily for all until 2026 but most states are expected to take part. The emissions caused by air traffic ...
10 Städte, die Auto frei werden
Neun europäische Städte sowie Tokio planen eine Zukunft ohne Autos. Einige dieser Städte verfolgen diesen Ansatz bereits heute durch kleinere Projekte ...
