The aptly named Bosco della Musica will seek to regenerate an ex-industrial site with greenery and culture
The Latvian capital joins a growing rank of European cities that have turned to taxing the visitors’ impact
The Government has presented the idea, but some of the business actors are not too keen on it
The Polish officials claim that Kremlin intends to use its Baltic territory as a springboard for illegal migrants into the EU
Local authorities want to fill the mobility gap left by the Bundestag’s delayed decision on a successor to the 9-euro ticket
The Hanseatic City is trying to promote the mass adoption of sustainable mobility and aviation
The vessels have been regularly blamed for raising the city’s air pollution levels
A very unique feature of the new system is that they will rotate on a 360-degree axis
Training the future builders of the metaverse
The subsidy will help renters take part in the production of cheap and climate-friendly energy
The city expects that it will recoup the 3.8-million-euro investment in the next four years
It’s women who have been doing better when it comes to commuting sustainably, but this also may have to do with how the city has been laid out
In 2021, the city counted over 10,617,173 cycling trips. Will the record be beaten?
Its mission was to illustrate creative ideas for transforming popular urban spaces for the youth of the city
The glass barrier is a temporary solution, but it already protects the priceless heritage inside the temple
The glass barrier is a temporary solution, but it already protects the priceless heritage inside the temple
The Latvian capital joins a growing rank of European cities that have turned to taxing the visitors’ impact
Training the future builders of the metaverse
For the next ten years, the initiative will aim to bridge the gap between those at risk of social exclusion and the tech labour market
The subsidy will help renters take part in the production of cheap and climate-friendly energy
The city will provide 600,000 euros for the project, inspired by a submission in the participatory budget
Despite the proposition, Luxembourg has the most cars per inhabitant in the EU
The REPowerEU 200 billion-euro plan calls for a gradual reduction of Russian fuel imports
On 18 May, as the European Commission adopted the REPowerEU plan, Luxembourg’s Energy Minister, Claude Turmes, expressed his opinion that it did not go far enough. According to him, one of the major areas that REPowerEU skips is reducing demand for fossil fuels on an overall scale.
In fact, the Commission’s initiative to decouple Europe from Russian fuel imports by 2027 does have some measures, centred around energy efficiency and curbing heat consumption.
Yet, most recommendations featured in the ‘EU Save Energy Communication’ focus on electricity and heat consumption and largely pass the ball to the Member States.
According to a report by the DPA, the German Press Agency, Minister Turmes explained that driving slower and less frequently can punish Putin in the short term. In fact, he pointed out that a greater focus on motor transport is a part of the EU’s green agenda, so instituting certain measures could have a two-birds-with-one-stone effect on emissions and energy independence.
Minister Turmes’s proposal focuses primarily on motor vehicles and commutes. His main point centres around banning cars from cities on the weekends and expanding working from home as the new gold standard for the EU.
He also proposed an EU-wide speed limit, while in terms of teleworking, he said that offering employees just two days with no commute can make a massive difference on a continental scale. He estimated that the EU could save 2.5 million barrels of oil every year, cut funding for Russian fuel imports and accelerate the green transition. He then concluded: “I urge the Commission not to miss the opportunity to set Europe on this path.”
Curiously, however, Luxembourg is also currently the country with the most cars per person in the entire European Union, according to Eurostat. Furthermore, the Grand Duchy is fairly reliant on Russian natural gas imports, with a quarter of its supply coming from there. At the same time, the country has storage capacities to last only four days, making it extremely reliant on the unbroken flow of imports.
At the same time, according to data from the OEC (Observatory of Economic Complexity), Luxembourg imports the majority of its refined petroleum from France, Belgium, Germany, the Netherlands and China.
Nevertheless, the Grand Duchy is trying to shake off that fuel dependency, slowly and methodically, by introducing low-speed zones and free public transport.
The Latvian capital joins a growing rank of European cities that have turned to taxing the visitors’ impact
The aptly named Bosco della Musica will seek to regenerate an ex-industrial site with greenery and culture
A very unique feature of the new system is that they will rotate on a 360-degree axis
Training the future builders of the metaverse
The city’s taxi services are getting integrated into the AMB Mobility app as a way to optimize their driving routes and to provide better intermodality
Its mission was to illustrate creative ideas for transforming popular urban spaces for the youth of the city
It’s women who have been doing better when it comes to commuting sustainably, but this also may have to do with how the city has been laid out
Its mission was to illustrate creative ideas for transforming popular urban spaces for the youth of the city
It’s women who have been doing better when it comes to commuting sustainably, but this also may have to do with how the city has been laid out
The glass barrier is a temporary solution, but it already protects the priceless heritage inside the temple
This initiative seeks to integrate the values of the New European Bauhaus into the European Commission’s 100 Cities Mission
These will be spread across 11 EU countries and will serve to support the EU Missions
The European Commission has accepted to develop the idea
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