Berlin is planning a car-free area larger than Manhattan:

Germany seems to be meeting up with environmental sustainability demands. The city of Berlin is considering citizen-driven plan that would create the largest car-free area in a city anywhere in the world. CONTINUE READING….

 

 

Stockholm+50 Climate Conference

An international climate conference called Stockholm+50 climate conference was held in Stockholm Sweden on the 2 and 3 of June 2022 five decades after the 1972 United Nations Conference on the Human Environment. The event provided leaders and environmental activists with an opportunity to draw on 50 years of multilateral environmental action to achieve the bold and urgent action needed to secure a better future on a healthy planet. CONTINUE READING…..

 

 

Spain to make some train journeys free from September

According to (CNN) — Public transport prices on state-owned service across Spain have already been slashed in half in response to rapidly rising energy and inflation rates. Now the government has announced further 100% discounts.

As of September, passengers will be able to travel across various trains operated by public train network Renfe for absolutely nothing.
Spain’s Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez has announced that multi-journey tickets for trains operated by the network’s public services Cercanías, Rodalies and Media Distance (equivalent to local and medium-distance journeys) are to be free of charge from September 1 up until the end of the year.
The measure excludes single-journey tickets, or long-distance travels, according to public broadcaster TVE. Multi-journey tickets include a minimum of 10 return trips. CONTINUE READING….

CLIMATE AND ENVIRONMENT: GERMANY'S CHEAP TRAVEL CARDS!

Earlier this year, Germany introduced a heavily subsidized summer travel card, as a way to reduce car traffic and also reduce the country’s dependence on Russian oil and gas. Now the first conclusions are drawn from the investment…CONTINUE READING….