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Four world cities want to ban diesel cars by 2025

This is what the mayors of Mexico City, Paris, Athens and Madrid decided at the C40 meeting at a climate protection meeting of major international cities in Mexico City. They want to "do everything in their power to promote the use of electric and hybrid cars". In addition, more money is to be invested in the expansion of public transport and cycle paths.

Behind the meeting is the Group C40, short for Climate Leadership Group. In the beginning, there were 40 cities committed to climate protection - now there are more than 80. According to their own figures, they have a combined population of more than 600 million, i.e. almost one tenth of the world's population.

Source: Adiós diesel car! - DRadio Wissen (2.12.2016)

The taz publishes an interview on the topic with the mobility expert Paco Seguro (Chief coordinator of the Spanish environmental organisation Ecologistas en Acción) on 3.12.2016, in which it is explained how it should work: www.taz.de/Oekologe-ueber-dieselfreie-Innenstadt/!5359282


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