European Mobility Week

Cities in Europe can participate in the European Mobility Week 2009. In order to improve the city climates any city or town can register at www.mobilityweek.eu to this year’s theme 2009 Improving City Climates.

In the previous years there have been themes, such as: Clean Air for All, Streets for People, and Climate Change. – It all began 2002 with the European Mobility Week. – Each year a local city authority is awarded a prestigious prize. In 2008 Budapest, Hungary was the winner, with Zagreb and Almada as the runner ups.

At the official website for the 2009 Mobility Week there are now 926 participating cities (on AUG 26) at www.mobilityweek.eu – A very surprising fact is that none of the Danish cities have yet announced their participation, not even Copenhagen, the host for the Climate Conference (COP15) later this year. This fact is not a promising sign for the Copenhagen Protocol which eventually will replace the Kyoto Protocol. Report here at our blog, whether your city participate.

The ice around the Antarctic is melting down

I am concerned about the changes of the oceans; and in particular how the ice around the Antarctic is melting down. The population of penguins has already declined over the last two decades, but there is a high risk that it will get even worse if the ocean currents change and the water of the oceans get warmer; these changes will dramatically influence the food availability. In worst case we will have no penguins a hundred years from now. This fact can result in a tragi-comic joke: 100 years might seem a long time, but even so it is too short a time for the penguins to make the evolutionary change into tropical birds.