“Safety and space at risk as SUVs reach 30% of car market in English cities, researchers warn. Campaigners call for Paris-style parking charges amid fears big vehicles are taking up excessive public space.”

Cities need smart strategies to manage vehicle size. NOT bigger parking space requirements.

Thank you @climatetown.bsky.social for covering such an important topic! The global demand for #PalmOil is driving deforestation in rainforests around the world. And in turn, forest destruction is contributing to the climate crisis.

Learn more: youtu.be/roIOgtrjFGU

IMPORTANT: The Dutch invest €595 million annually on urban biking, resulting in €19 BILLION saved in public health care costs alone. That’s how smart govts do the math on investing in better mobility.

Let’s be clear— it wastes public money to NOT do it.

#CityMakingMath HT @modacitylife.bsky.social

"The study shows that such extreme events are becoming more frequent, longer-lasting and more severe, with last year’s figures reaching twice that of the 2003-2020 average.

The steepness of the rise was not foreseen."

“Parking lots don’t employ any people. They simply provide space for cars. We have expensive housing for people and free parking for cars. … We’re killing our own cities. It’s a huge bummer.”

RIP Donald Shoup

The @ec.europa.eu has revealed its gameplan for the coming years and it looks like Climate Ambition will be the biggest loser 🚨

Some of our takeaways:👇

friendsoftheearth.eu/press-releas...

This study's title sounds like "US cities are bad because they foster inequality." But they find that the problem began in the mid-20th century, which happens to be when cities started planning for cars.

So the problem isn't cities. The problem is cars.

academic.oup.com/pnasnexus/ar...

Climate change is moving faster than scientists projected & they're not totally sure why. One possible explanation is declining cloud cover. If that's true, we may be entering a feedback cycle that accelerates warming much faster than we've modeled.

NEW: Global sea-ice has fallen to a record low, breaking the previous minimum set in 2023.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

A constant reminder that even if CO₂ emissions decreased annually as much as they did during the pandemic lockdown from now to 2030, we still wouldn't meet our emission target to keep global warming below 1.5°C.

Even as much of the U.S. shivered under frigid conditions last month, the planet as a whole had its warmest January on record, scientists said on Thursday.

i don’t even know if crime is the right word for the illegal destruction of USAID. it is an autocratic power grab and a direct attack on the sovereignty of the american people

🚨 Last week, some European conservatives have launched a full blown attack on environmental NGOs.

Claiming the 🇪🇺 Commission has paid NGOs to lobby members of the European Parliament on its behalf on Green Deal.

Here’s why it’s 100% FALSE @eeb.org @birdlifeeurope.bsky.social @foeeurope.bsky.social

the world they want is one where you're either unemployed or work an almost no wage job, you have almost no political input or self determination and you’re happy about it because you can get a t-shirt off temu for a $1

Hottest year on record sent planet past 1.5C of heating for first time in 2024 | Climate crisis | The Guardian www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Arctic tipping point: “the temperatures are warmer, there’s more organic matter available for decomposition, and carbon gets released into the atmosphere. This is the permafrost-carbon feedback…” @pgreenfielduk @guardian www.theguardian.com/environment/... #climate

A typical European car is parked 92% of the time. It spends 1/5th of its driving time looking for parking. Its 5 seats only move 1.5 people. 86% of its fuel never reaches the wheels, and most of the energy that does, moves the car, not the people.

Sound efficient?

HT @ellenmacarthurfdn.bsky.social

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