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Green cities

July 2024

  • Labour’s deputy leader, Angela Rayner, marshals a plane during a visit to Stansted airport in May.

    Buses, trains and bicycle paths: Labour’s mission to decarbonise UK transport

    Environment experts call for bold action as party attempts to revamp creaking infrastructure to hit net zero

February 2024

  • Andrew Simms

    After Paris’s coup against SUVs, the UK should slam the brakes on these polluting monsters too

    Andrew Simms
    Parisians have voted to triple parking charges for these behemoths. Let that be the start of a much wider crackdown, says author Andrew Simms
  • SUV drives past poster asking, ‘More or fewer SUVs in Paris?'

    Parisians vote in favour of tripling parking costs for SUVs

    The referendum comes as the city aims to reduce emissions by targeting wealthy drivers in large, polluting cars
  • A cyclist rides past a SUV car parked on a street in Paris

    Paris residents set to vote on plan to triple parking charges for SUVs

    Green campaigners hope to win landmark vote, which is being watched closely by other cities such as London

January 2024

  • A child stands at a fence surrounding wasteground

    Children suffering due to lack of outdoor play, UK charities warn

    Charities call on government to prioritise outside spaces for play as MPs begin inquiry into planning and children’s wellbeing

December 2023

  • Stephen Cherry, the dean of chapel at King’s College, Cambridge, views the installation of 438 photovoltaic solar panels on the recently restored roof.

    Weatherwatch
    Britain’s roofs can be a huge resource for solar energy

  • A view of Park Road Allotments in Isleworth, west London.

    Duke of Northumberland loses fight to build on green space in west London

September 2023

  • germany green long read

    The long read
    The trials of Robert Habeck: is the world’s most powerful green politician doomed to fail?

  • People walk along a street lined with cherry blossom trees in Paris.

    Weatherwatch
    Parks and gardens hold key to cooling overheated cities

May 2023

  • Ada Colau, clapping and smiling, surrounded by people clapping in an open space in Barcelona

    ‘They say I should clean floors’: Barcelona’s working-class, leftwing mayor Ada Colau fights for third term

    The city’s first female mayor is reviled by the elites and pro-car lobby, but embraced by others for her social policies

November 2022

  • Schoolgirls skipping in a primary school playground in the UK

    Pollutionwatch
    Pollutionwatch: how ‘school streets’ cut children’s exposure to toxic air

    Studies show reducing traffic flow around schools can significantly reduce levels of nitrogen dioxide

August 2022

  • Illustration of PoliNations, courtesy of Trigger Collective.

    Birmingham to bloom into ‘magical’ garden with 11-metre trees

    PoliNations urban oasis will focus on city’s stories of migration using vibrancy of plants as a metaphor

July 2022

  • Woman cleaning solar panels on roof from window.

    Green upgrades could cut UK energy bills by £1,800 a year, finds study

    Homeowners can boost property value by average of £10,000, shows research by WWF and ScottishPower

December 2021

  • A woman and child surrounded by cherry blossoms.

    Contact with nature in cities reduces loneliness, study shows

    Loneliness is significant mental health concern and can raise risk of death by 45%, say scientists

April 2021

  • Mature trees felled in the Chilterns AONB for the High Speed Rail 2 rail project

    Rishi Sunak urged to end hostility to green spending or miss net zero target

    Treasury review will help determine whether UK meets climate goals, and experts say radical change is required

January 2021

  • Giuseppe ‘Beppe’ Sala

    This is Europe
    I won’t make the same mistakes again: Milan mayor on his green Covid recovery plan

    Beppe Sala, who admits to making errors in his early response to the crisis, explains why he is seeking sustainable solutions

December 2020

  • Anne Hidalgo

    Paris climate agreement: 54 cities on track to meet targets

    Mayor of Paris praises “important milestone” on fifth anniversary of the landmark agreement

September 2020

  • A family relaxes by a pond in Regent’s Park, London, in August.

    Poorer people and ethnic minorities live further from UK green spaces – study

    Survey by Ramblers finds wealthy, white people live closer to nature

August 2020

  • A 3D-printed building in Dubai.

    Scientists create 3D-printed buildings from soil

    Eco-friendly technology could potentially replace concrete and revolutionise sector

May 2020

  • Budapest has introduced 12 miles of temporary bike lanes

    'Cleaner and greener': Covid-19 prompts world's cities to free public space of cars

    Campaigners call for schemes for cyclists and pedestrians across the globe to be made long-term
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