Three public squares in Rome are reopening as cleaner and greener spaces, with fresh plantings of bushes and shade trees, water-permeable surfaces and reduced space for motor vehicles. The revamps are part of several infrastructure upgrades the city is implementing as it prepares to greet as many as 32 million pilgrims during Holy Year, which lasts from Christmas Eve 2024 until Epiphany (Jan. 6) 2026.
In 2020, in the midst of the first wave of lockdowns due to the pandemic, the municipality of Amsterdam announced its strategy for recovering from this crisis by embracing the concept of the “Doughnut Economy.” The model is developed by British economist Kate Raworth and popularized through her book, “Doughnut Economics: Seven Ways to Think Like a 21st-Century Economist”, released in 2017. Here, she argues that the true purpose of economics does not have to equal growth.
Comment lutter contre la précarité alimentaire, assurer un revenu juste aux paysan·nes, tout en expérimentant la démocratie directe ? Depuis février 2023, une Caisse locale d'alimentation s'est lancée à Montpellier, gérée par un comité citoyen. Reportage.
Qu’est-ce qu’un quartier bas carbone ? « Ce n’est pas réellement défini au sens réglementaire » explique Anne Lefranc, Coordinatrice au Pôle Aménagement des Villes et des Territoires (PAVT) à l’ADEME. « Le quartier bas carbone est un aménagement conçu pour réduire les émissions de gaz à effet de serre tout au long de son cycle de vie. Cela […]
In an article on The Conversation website, Brian Stone Jr., Professor of Environmental Planning, Georgia Institute of Technology explains the importance of taking measures to counter extreme heat in cities. Ancient Rome had ways to counter the urban heat island effect – how history’s lessons apply to cities today As intense heat breaks records…
Le parlement mobile a vocation à favoriser les débats entre tous les citoyens et les citoyennes sur des sujets qui les concernent. Il est installé pour une demi-journée ou une journée sur des lieux passants (établissement scolaire, plage, centre commercial …) afin de donner la parole à celles et ceux qui ne se déplacent pas habituellement dans les instances plus formelles (réunions publiques, conseils de quartiers, ateliers …).
To regain lost momentum for an energy transition, climate and energy justice campaigners can learn from Berliners’ victorious referendum in support of a radical expropriation housing in 2021. This not only followed a strategy that put the costs on the corporations rather than people, it also goes beyond traditional public ownership to explore models of popular participation.
The recently published report Towards Circular Food Systems in Bonn shows that transitioning to a circular food system offers Bonn a way to achieve substantial waste prevention and to fulfill it’s long-term strategies of becoming a zero-waste city while also contributing to its aim to become climate-neutral by 2035
As part of its waste prevention ambition, the city of Bonn is focusing on food waste mitigation and packaging reduction initiatives, as well as campaigns to encourage sustainable consumption that contribute to zero waste. The circular economy offers practical tools to achieve this goal.
The Romanian city of Oradea will redesign green spaces with local, wild and perennial plants, that can provide decoration all year round. The new spaces should also be nearly self-sufficient and self-..
As food prices rise around the world and access to healthy nutrition falls, trials in France and Belgium are experimenting with a unique "social security" for food.
On a crisp winter morning in Schaerbeek, a vibrant neighbourhood in north-east Brussels, Marie-Christine Hache walks the aisles of BEES Coop supermarket filling her cart with organic fruit, vegetables, nuts, rice, pulses and pasta.
Case Study Net Zero project development and delivery case study: Bristol City Leap Bristol City Leap is a world first, game-changing approach towards decarbonisation at city-scale. The City Leap Energy Partnership is a twenty-year joint venture between Bristol City Council, Ameresco and Vattenfall Heat UK which will enable the delivery of over £1 billion of […]
The Hague has become the first city in the world to pass a law banning advertisements promoting fossil fuel products and climate-busting services.
Legislation passed on Thursday spells the end of publicly and privately funded advertising for petrol and diesel, aviation and cruise ships in the streets of the Dutch city, including on billboards and bus shelters. It takes effect from the start of next year.
Quieter and cleaner construction sites are just one way Oslo, Norway, is being shaped by its Climate Budget. Photo: WRI In the stylish Grünerløkka neighborhood in Oslo, construction workers are busy rehabilitating Sophies Minde, an old medical clinic, into a new nursery school and maternal health center. Tidy piles of building materials along the perimeter…
Muksubussi are becoming increasingly popular in Finnish kindergartens as a mode of transportation for nature-based and healthy habit-forming activities.
As countries look to increase the use of public transport, experts explain why making buses, trams and trains free might not be a 'magic wand' to solve the problem.
Cucumbers, lettuce, and radishes freshly picked from the rooftop, parking lot or partially closed down graveyard: with urban agriculture, vegetables thrive wherever there is space in the city. Green spaces have a positive impact on the environment, health and biodiversity. In addition, they also offer space and opportunities for local vegetable supply. A recent study now shows that there is enough space available in Berlin to cover up to 82 per cent of the city's vegetable consumption locally.
L’établissement public territorial de Plaine Commune œuvre depuis 2017 pour généraliser le réemploi de matériaux de construction sur tous les chantiers du territoire. Vigoureusement portée par les élus, cette démarche de « métabolisme urbain » est aujourd’hui une politique publique.
Hamburg authorities will invest 6.5 million euros into making the city centre more resilient, as it struggles with a post-Covid recovery. With a German federal aid programme, locals are hoping to avoi..
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