Vienna has its first green hydrogen plant
The facility will be able to power 60 buses daily
Austria / Vienna / Development / Green City
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Denis is an Editor at TheMayor.EU. He is an award-winning author of fiction and has a Bachelor's in Cinema and Screenwriting. He is interested in cities and how they shape habits, habitats, ideas and social movements while also being spaces for the individual’s expression of talent or anonymity.
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Germany / Energy efficiency / Innovation and Research
Germany reaches 2022 CO2 targets, but not thanks to climate measures
Authorities estimate a 1.9% decrease compared to 2021, equivalent to 15 million tons
Austria / Vienna / Energy efficiency / Public Spaces
In Vienna, car parks are getting the ‘solar treatment’
The city has created a funding mechanism for flying roofs, but applicants will have to compete for limited resources
Austria / Innsbruck / Mobility / Welfare and Health
Two villages in Austria launch a 1-euro taxi to help people with disabilities
The service will help people go grocery shopping, get to doctors’ appointments or even have more social visits
Germany / Politics and Reforms / Welfare and Health
Germany dips toes into weed legalisation with non-profit clubs
They will be the only viable supplier of cannabis and will only sell to their members
Belgium / Bruges / Culture and Tourism
Bruges is looking for the company with the most authentic Dutch name in 2023
The initiative started in 2005, because there were a lot of nonsense business, restaurant and shop names in English
Germany / Energy efficiency / Politics and Reforms
Germany’s nuclear exit is happening this week, but is it the right move?
Energy Minister Robert Habeck described the step as irreversible
Austria / Salzburg / Culture and Tourism / Mobility
Salzburg State offers a 3-day free trial for its Climate Ticket
It allows people to take a friend along for free during the weekends
Bulgaria / Sofia / Read Twice
Read Twice goes local: The first university training against fake news takes place in Sofia
Stage two: Bulgarian media professionals seek to boost media literacy in their home country with skills they've acquired in Germany and Portugal
Romania / Bucharest / Digital transformation / Mobility
Mobility and Urban Management Hub to bring Bucharest closer to digitalisation
The project will be funded through the Romanian National Recovery and Resilience Fund
Belgium / Culture and Tourism / Energy efficiency
Belgian tourist town complains solar panels are ruining its aesthetic
The city has asked residents to ‘please pick similar photovoltaic roof installations’
