Oslo will be the first city to ban cars by 2019

Oslo will be the first city to ban cars by 2019

Oslo no longer wants to deal with cars. After the main political parties have reached an agreement to ban the sale of gasoline and diesel vehicles by 2025, the municipality of Norway’s capital has launched a new campaign against cars. The aim is to ban all cars from the city centre by 2019. Hybrid and electric

The UK builds a wall in Calais to keep refugees out

The UK builds a wall in Calais to keep refugees out

The UK will build a kilometre-long, 4-metre high wall in Calais, France in an effort to block refugees from entering the country. The wall is designed to stop those living in the nearby encampment dubbed “the Jungle” from climbing into lorries and other vehicles heading to the UK through the port of Calais and the Eurotunnel. There

Espace Mont-Blanc to protect the one of Europe’s highest peaks

Espace Mont-Blanc to protect the one of Europe’s highest peaks

International cooperation pays off and the three countries involved in the great conservation effort around the Mont-Blanc area know it well. Italy, France and Switzerland started work collaboratively, founding the Espace Mont-Blanc in 1991. The idea originated in occasion of the celebration of the bicentennial of the first ascent of one of the highest peaks in Europe.