In many places in Belgrade there are now water containers filled with algae that can bind CO2. With the so-called "liquid trees", the LIQUID 3 pilot project wants to counteract the heavy air pollution and compensate for the lack of green space. Will this innovation also have a future in other cities? (Picture: LIQUID 3)
A rocket with a satellite was launched from the US state of Florida to measure the level of air pollution over North America. Will this technology soon be used worldwide in climate protection, for example to monitor emissions?
It's time again to gather around an Easter bonfire and welcome spring. But there are apparently also negative consequences of this tradition. The culprit? Besides smoke and soot particles, certainly the fine dust produced by burning - and its effects on the environment and health.
Not only on the roads, but also in the air, traffic is increasingly encountering emission-reducing measures. Schiphol presents its strategy to lead passenger air traffic into a more sustainable future. With a ban on night flights and the banning of private planes, Amsterdam Airport wants to become cleaner.
E-fuels are increasingly being considered in the context of the transport transition - for example, as part of the strategy to make the internal combustion engines still in circulation after 2035 more sustainable. But what impact do they actually have on air quality and climate? And what would their approach mean for the environment and climate-protecting transport measures after the end of the combustion engine?
Not an isolated phenomenon - More than 8 million cars are at least indirectly involved in the use of illegal defeat devices to manipulate exhaust emissions. This is the result of a recent ICCT study that was able to analyse the actual emissions of numerous vehicles on the road. So what does this development in the diesel scandal mean for the car market and for national and international environmental and transport policy? Will we soon see - in Germany and the rest of Europe - extended environmental zones and stricter driving bans for all affected diesel classes?
Fewer cars and motorised traffic, more space for citizens and the environment - Car-free city centres are to make the difference in the future in Berlin and Stuttgart, but also in the French capital Paris, and prepare the cities for the green traffic turnaround. The so-called ZTL are finding their way into more and more countries.
On 1 January 2024, the truck toll for commercial vehicles over 3.5 tonnes is to increase. In this way, the traffic light coalition wants to accelerate work on the motorway network and at the same time financially support the expansion of the railway infrastructure.
The development of intermodal freight transport, key to the transport turnaround in the logistics sector, is being held back by regulatory and technical hurdles. EU Court of Auditors criticises the lack of a centralised plan for expansion and promotion. What does the EU want to do now to make freight transport more sustainable?
The city is obliged to achieve climate neutrality no earlier than 2045. That was the result of the referendum on Sunday 27 March, which would have made it possible to amend the state's energy transition law to bring forward the climate neutrality targets. Not enough Berliners voted for it.
