The City Fix

1 week ago | thecityfix.com | Ani Dasgupta

At a moment when all countries need to raise their ambition on climate action, the opposite seems to be happening. Headline after headline show lackluster progress and rolled-back commitments. For one, climate change was a low priority for voters in 2024’s global wave of elections; only the U.K. elected a government that ran on a platform of climate ambition.

1 month ago | thecityfix.com | Eleanor Jackson |Sophie Young

Upset with adults for not taking the climate crisis seriously and inspired by the youth climate strikes around the globe, students in Arizona found a way to get adults to listen. In 2019, they founded the Arizona Youth Climate Coalition (AZYCC) and over the years successfully convinced the city of Tucson to adopt a climate emergency declaration and an EV Readiness Roadmap. By 2023, the city, county and state all had climate plans and were getting to work.

1 month ago | thecityfix.com | Kanika Gounder |Kaustubh Chuke |Ankita Saxena

India’s urban centers are grappling with a severe air pollution crisis that poses a significant threat to public health and urban livability. Studies suggest that each year, Delhi records approximately 12,000 air pollution-related deaths, accounting for 11.5% of its total fatalities. Despite what heavy-pollution, stagnant winter months might suggest, Delhi’s air quality crisis is not a temporary inconvenience; it is a year-round, systemic challenge.

2 months ago | thecityfix.com | Radha Chanchani |Shalini Singh

IT professional Nagarjun Kandukuru, 51, looks out of the window of his Bannerghatta Road home in Bengaluru and watches as his 16-year-old son cycles off to music class. The family has never owned a car. Kandukuru, himself, uses a motorcycle to commute to work. “Poorly maintained roads and the traffic make me anxious and that translates into bad moods at home. Good transport is as basic as air and water,” he says.

Sep 6, 2024 | thecityfix.com | Lulu Xue |Ke Chen

Getting more zero-emission trucks on the road is an important transportation shift that is needed to reduce air pollution, protect public health and curb climate-harming emissions. But transforming the entire trucking industry is a challenging feat that will require the establishment of government policies with ambitious targets. Some jurisdictions have already begun. For example, new EU legislation requires that by 2040, heavy-duty vehicles reduce carbon emissions by 90% compared to 2019 levels.