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Cycling in Copenhagen: A model for clean energy
No commentsWhat would it take for you to leave your comfortable car at home and jump on a bicycle to get to work, school, or even to go shopping? Sounds a not so pleasant idea, and many would imagine that bicycles are for the poor who cannot afford to drive. But as cities focus more and more on clean energy, residents of Copenhagen, a developed city, have adopted cycling as the preferred mode of transport. Even the high and mighty in society are not left out. Rosalia Omungo reports on the Copenhagen cycling experience.
»First comes the gun, then the choking air
No commentsImagine a scenario where the threat to the inhabitants of conflict-torn Kashmir won’t be the gun, but the quality of their air. The pollution trends in this part of the globe suggest that it has almost reached that point.
»Samso Island: The Clean Energy miracle
No commentsHow one small Danish island transformed itself from a quiet backwater to a pioneer in the world’s clean energy revolution.
»Which path will we choose?
No commentsThe Copenhagen climate summit in December 2009 offered two choices: resolute action together to try to slow the increase in global temperatures, or continuing prevarication over who should act first. The path chosen was perhaps predictably depressing.
»Of culture, climate and cycling
No commentsCycling is popular in Copenhagen, with nearly half the city’s population regularly taking to the saddle. Could it show the way to the rest of the world?
»Biking for a carbon-free smoothie
No commentsHow much energy does it actually take to power our everyday appliances? In some cases, it takes 30 minutes of heart-thumping exercise. Katrine Vejby, a Danish journalist and advocate for a carbon-free Copenhagen, talks about a new technology that turns pedal power into electricity.
»Denmark harnesses green power from offshore winds
No commentsDenmark responded to the 1973 oil crisis — when prices rose and producers stopped exports to many countries — with an ambition for independence from this form of fuel.
»Energy Saving Stoves to cut emissions and diseases in Africa launched
1 commentAs the world desperately eyes to reduce emissions and save trees, the World Food Programme has launched a multi million dollar project to distribute fuel efficient stoves in Africa where over 80% of the population still rely on firewood and charcoal for cooking. The ‘safe stoves’ project has been launched by the UN Secretary General [...]
»Climate negotiations stumble amid discord
No commentsClimate negotiators try to whittle a new climate deal into a manageable text as world leaders begin to arrive at UN talks here in the Danish capital, but big differences remain between countries, including the old rift between rich and poor, as well as tension amongst developing countries themselves.
»South Africa’s Split Personality
No commentsA day before the UN climate conference began in the Danish capital, South Africa announced a reduction in growth of fossil fuel emissions. Now, though, environmental groups accuse the continent’s biggest economy of hypocrisy.
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