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Laura Gebhardta, Simone Ehrenbergerb, Christian Wolfa, Rita Cyganskia

Can shared E-scooters reduce CO2 emissions by substituting car trips in Germany?

This paper explores which trips currently made in Germany by personal motorized transportation could be replaced by e-scooters and what effect this would have on greenhouse gas emissions. This potential for substitution is estimated on the basis of data from the national household travel survey in Germany.

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Holger Haubold

If you build it, they will come: New study shows impact of COVID-19 cycling infrastructure

A new study based on data from ECF’s COVID-19 cycling measures tracker shows that pop-up cycling infrastructure boosted cycling levels in European cities in the first months of the pandemic by between 11% and 48%.

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Chelsea Bruce-Lockhart

In charts: e-transport momentum slows in tandem with Covid

After the first lockdowns, data suggested commuters were changing their transport ways — but old habits die hard

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Adam Vaughan

We must accept we won’t meet 1.5°C climate target, says report

Social, political and technological inertia mean the Paris Agreement’s target of limiting global warming to 1.5°C above pre-industrial temperatures is likely to be missed.

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Michael Le Page

How much do food miles matter and should you buy local produce?

Despite a study claiming that food-mile emissions are higher than previously thought, eating less animal produce remains much more important than how far your food travels

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