Due to a new partnership with CIVIQ Smartscapes, Miami is going to launch the first fully interconnected smart city ecosystem in the U.S. CIVIQ is ...
Ireland to divest from fossil fuels
Ireland could become the first country to fully divest its wealth found from fossil fuels. On Thursday last week, the parliament voted 90 to 53 in favour ...
Three cities show how to make progress on the local level
One year after adopting the Sustainable Development Goals, measures are put into practice especially at the local level. 17 goals have an explicitly urban ...
Largest collaboration between insurance industry and cities
UN Environment’s Principles for Sustainable Insurance (PSI) abd ICLEI (Local Governments for Sustainability) have joined to create the largest ...
Two major projects to reduce costs of hydrogen fuel cell buses launched
On January, 25 two research projects were officially launched that aim at reducing costs of hydrogen fuel cell buses. The projects are worth 125 million ...
UN World Data Forum: Data systems need to be strengthened at all levels
At the United Nations World Data Forum in Cape Town over 1400 delegated came together. As a result, the Cape Town Global Action Plan for Sustainable ...
London starts largest coffee cup waste reduction challenge
The City of London Corporation in cooperation with Network Rail, coffee chains and employers are establishing coffee cup recycling facilities in offices, ...
Unilever will use 100 percent recyled plastic packaging by 2025
Unilever’s plastic packaging will be fully reusable, recyclable or compostable by 2025. The company has already committed to reduce the weight of the ...
Elektro Smart Fortwo ist der Umwelttestsieger 2017
AUTO TEST und ÖKOTREND haben Autos auf Kohlendioxid-Ausstoß, Geräuschemission, Herstellung und Recycling sowie Umweltstandards der Hersteller untersucht ...
India is upgrading its electric transportation systems
Tata Motors is India’s largest commercial vehicle maker. Now the company has launched two electric buses, streching 9 and 12 metres, under the Ultra ...
