Tag Archives: climate change

Putting active commuting at the heart of environmental, social, and governance (ESG) policies can shift commuters towards more sustainable forms of travel, improve individual health and wellbeing and help companies cut carbon emissions, new research from the British Council for Offices (BCO) has found. A new BCO research report, The Market …

Shift Cycling Culture has launched the Climate Commitment in collaboration with CEOs, urging the industry to acknowledge its responsibility in reaching the UN Paris Agreement targets on climate change. Founding signatories of the letter are the CEOs of Assos of Switzerland, BMC Switzerland, Brompton, CyclingTips, Dorel Sports Group, Internetstores Holding, …

A global coalition of cycling organisations has published an open letter calling on Governments attending COP26 to commit to boosting cycling to reduce carbon emissions. The signatories are calling on Governments and leaders attending COP26 to declare commitments to boost cycling levels at home and collectively commit to achieving a global …

Mayor of London Sadiq Khan has today expanded the area covered by the Ultra Low Emission Zone (ULEZ) from central London up to, but not including, the North Circular (A406) and South Circular (A205) roads. The new zone is 18 times the size of the central London zone and now …

Some of Glasgow’s most iconic buildings and structures have been lit up with light projections to highlight cycling’s role in fighting climate change. Cycling UK coordinated the projections to call on political leaders across the UK to invest in cycling in the run-up to the COP26 UN climate conference being …

LEVA-EU has commissioned research from the German Aerospace Centre (DLR) to examine the potential of light electric vehicles (LEVs) in the fight against climate change. LEVA-EU, headquartered in Belgium, said mass uptake of LEVs such as e-scooters, electric (cargo) cycles, e-mopeds, e-motorcycles and small three- and four-wheeled e-vehicles is ‘crucial’ …

VanMoof has launched its second televised commercial today as part of its latest global brand campaign. The campaign aims to inspire people in cities to ‘keep moving forward’ instead of reverting to old pre-pandemic mobility habits. The film was created by VanMoof and shot by Amsterdam-based director Paul Geusebroek. “Even …

Endura planted more than 1.3 million mangrove trees in the Maputo Bay area of Mozambique in 2020. The brand launched the initiative at the start of last year, committing to plant one million trees annually for the next ten years to eliminate its carbon footprint.  With the help of its …

Primal Europe and Sustrans have launched a climate change collection. The striped design was created by Ed Hawkins, Professor of Climate Science at Reading University. Each coloured stripe reflects a year in temperature across the globe from 1850-2019, with the red areas indicating recent dramatic changes to the climate. Primal …

Endura has reached the halfway mark of its one million trees initiative. By the end of June 2020, exactly 619,962 trees had been planted on the site sponsored by Endura in Mozambique, and more are being added every day. These trees not only help to reduce the quantity of carbon …