cities like London, which will take the lead as a pioneer in the fight against climate change, "Copenhagen, Adelaide, Phoenix or Vancouver have already taken the initiative to reduce their emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2). A growing number of cities are taking measures to support renewable energy development.
The measures are, in some cases, pioneers and can grow with the increase of electric cars and installation on the vehicles fuel, smart meters. At home, the insulation of homes, buildings energy zero, and so on.
London heads and this challenge and aims to become a low carbon city. A municipal initiatives was the establishment of a Low Emission Zone which left outside the village to the most polluting vehicles.
Another recent measure incorporates ten districts in "low carbon zones". The city of London will invest approximately € 220,000 on each one to be made measures energy and reducing CO2 emissions. An estimated 13,000 homes, 1,000 shops and businesses, 20 schools, a hospital and several places of worship and community centers will benefit from this initiative.
The project includes grants for low income families to install thermal insulation systems or solar panels. Will be in place educational programs to explain to the neighbors how to reduce energy consumption or using smart meters.
Copenhagen will be the host city of the World Climate Summit, the successor to Kyoto, has announced its goal of becoming the first capital of the planet with "zero emissions "of CO2 in 2025. The wind energy development and use of electric cars and hydrogen are some of its assets.
But the port city of Frederikshavn -of only 25,000 inhabitants want to achieve, by 2015, being the first city based on renewable energy to 100%.
Sweden years has demonstrated their environmental awareness and several of its cities have undertaken ambitious plans environment. In VÄXJÖ -a town of 80,000 inhabitants have been proposed since the nineties, to abandon fossil fuels by 2050. Today, thanks to the exploitation of forests , 57% of its energy needs from renewable sources. The city of Växjö has reduced its CO2 emissions by 25% in the last ten years.
The Australian city of Adelaide aims to achieve "carbon neutrality" between 2020 and 2025.
In the city of Phoenix (Arizona) have announced their intention to become the first American town "carbon neutral." Those responsible will invest billion billion to reduce emissions of greenhouse gases by 70% within three or four years.
The Canadian city of Vancouver and the U.S. state of California have signed a collaboration agreement to create "zones of low-carbon economic development". It will encourage eco-efficient technologies to reduce CO2 emissions and increase the number of workers green.
population of Barcelona Sant Cugat del Vallés studying the possibility of creating the first residential community in Spain with a zero balance CO2 emissions.
In Asia also want to join these initiatives.
seems that this sleeping giant of the collective unconscious begin to wake up and realize that we no longer have any time to lose, you have to save what is left and, for the moment, we do not have another planet to migrate in the case that life became impossible here. Blessed are all initiatives that should have been implemented years ago.
Until you know the outcome of the World Climate Summit, in these pages of "two-headed turtle" we will only find information on everything that is being developed so that we can combat climate change. I think we all have an obligation to make our voices heard and to demand a remedy no more excuses: this fire is burning our survival as a species and that of all living things with us and have made possible, Over millions of years, the birth of countless human cultures and civilizations in all places on Earth.
And this to the appropriate parties. Gentlemen, when do you start with the main English cities?
Franziska
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Alcalá de Henares, October 24, 2009
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