The Lithuanian metropolis of Vilnius (pictured) has been named the brand new European Inexperienced Capital for 2025.
The award was launched by the European Fee in 2010 to encourage cities to develop into cleaner and greener.
Vilnius was honoured in a ceremony in Tallinn, Estonia – town is the present title holder – for its efforts to scale back emissions, enhance biodiversity and for its clear air and water. Vilnius’ use of an app to offer residents a say in metropolis planning additionally impressed the jury.
European Inexperienced Leaf awards went to Viladecans in Spain and Treviso in Italy for his or her distinctive approaches to ‘participating communities within the inexperienced transition’.
Virginijus Sinkevičius, European commissioner for setting, oceans and fisheries, acknowledged that the awards comply with a summer season of devastating excessive climate occasions.
“Cities might want to adapt to unpredictable climate in addition to drastically lower their emissions,” he mentioned. “The reply must be greener cities – cities with decrease air pollution, which care extra for residents’ wellbeing. That’s precisely what right now’s winners are doing.”
On the subject of greener cities, authorities in Stockholm introduced this week that petrol and diesel vehicles can be banned from the centre from 2025 in an try to chop air pollution and noise.
Picture: Dan-Marian-Stefan Doroghi
