One World – One Environment – One Network
Analyses by the University of Innsbruck show that traffic restrictions during the first lockdown last March led to a sharp drop in air pollutant emissions, significantly more than for carbon dioxide. The study confirms...
Researchers at the Paul Scherrer Institute PSI and the partner institute Empa have started a joint initiative called SynFuels. The goal is to develop a process for producing kerosene from renewable resources. Over the...
A new study from researchers at MIT uncovers the kinds of infrastructure improvements that would make the biggest difference in increasing the number of electric cars on the road, a key step toward reducing...
The city of Barcelona has announced a 10-year plan to reduce car traffic and pollution by expanding its successful superblock model to the city center. Barcelona’s superblocks are a model of healthier, safer and...
Migrating geese do it. Why not commercial aircraft? That’s the logic behind European aerospace giant Airbus’s research into how its airliners could save energy by flying behind other planes. Known as wake-energy retrieval, or...
Barcelona-based Guallart Architects has won a contest to design a resilient and self-sufficient community in Xiong’an, a new city that Chinese President Xi Jinping is calling “a new standard in the post-COVID era”. According...
Dubai’s Roads and Transport Authority is now using artificial intelligence and machine learning to plan bus routes based on actual usage. Dubai’s Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) announced that it has started experimenting with...
An international design competition to reimagine how the iconic Brooklyn Bridge could be made more accessible, safer and sustainable for pedestrians and cyclists has announced the finalists. Some of the biggest names in the...
Car manufacturers have been using natural fibres for decades. Now, researchers have shown that plantain, a starchy type of banana, is a promising source of composite materials for the automobile industry. Some high-end sedans...
Global design firm NBBJ has won an international competition to design Net City, a city of the future in Shenzhen, China. The city is designed to be sustainable and human-centric, with an extensive public transport...
Advances in transportation technology, such as e-scooters and bike share, and autonomous vehicles, are beginning to have profound impacts on cities. In the near future, we can expect differences in what public transit looks...
New automotive technology that promises enhanced fuel efficiency may have a serious downside, including significant climate and public health impacts, according to a new study. New research from the University of Georgia College of...
Toyota has unveiled plans to a build a prototype ‘city of the future’ at the base of Mt. Fuji in Japan. It is envisioned as a ‘living laboratory’ where residents and researchers can test...
A new concept developed in Switzerland has the potential to reduce CO2 emissions from trucks by almost 90%. The concept has now been patented. Researchers at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne...
This year’s EUROCITIES Awards were awarded under the theme ‘cities at a crossroads’, reflecting the new political landscape at the EU level as well as the changing landscapes in cities themselves. The EUROCITIES Awards...
The 11th edition of the #REMforum 2020 addresses the tectonic shifts that happened in the climate debate over the last 12 months and their implications for management of renewable energies. Entitled “System Change, not...
The amount of microplastic in our environment is dwarfed by the amount of microrubber, according to researchers in Switzerland. Most microrubber comes from car tire abrasion. Over the last 30 years, around 200,000 tons...
EasyJet has become the first major airline in the world to operate net-zero carbon flights by offsetting the carbon emissions from the fuel used for all of its flights. British discount airliner easyJet redefined...
Stockholm has won the top prize at the World Smart City Awards, which were handed out at this year’s Smart City Expo World Congress. Other winners included the government of Yingtan for its Internet...
Formula 1 announced last week an ambitious sustainability plan to reach a net-zero carbon footprint by 2030. The initiative will cover Formula 1 cars and on-track activity, as well as all off-track activities. According...
