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Aug 27, 2020 · Bogotá is usually one of the world’s most congested cities, but during lockdown, pollution dropped dramatically. Now it’s looking for a permanent fix, announcing plans to reduce traffic and cut air pollution by 10% within four years.
A new collaborative framework between SEI and the Secretariat of Environment of Bogotá creates an integrated roadmap, linking Bogotá’s local government health agenda with the negative impacts of climate change and air pollution. The initiative aims to enhance outdoor air quality and public health in Bogotá.
Sep 23, 2024 · Today, during New York Climate Week, the city of Bogotá announced its new partnership with the Breathe Cities initiative in a significant move to reduce air pollution, cut carbon emissions, and improve public health in Colombia’s most populated city.
Sep 23, 2024 · Breathe Cities brings together air quality data, communities, and city leaders to reduce air pollution and planet-warming emissions by 30% across participating cities by 2030. This would prevent 39,000 premature deaths and avoid 284 megatons of CO2e emissions in selected cities.
In December 2020, Bogotá became the first large city in Latin America to declare a climate emergency. The declaration puts social justice, gender equality and specific, and ambitious, mitigation and adaptation actions at its core.
Jun 29, 2020 · Colombian capital Bogotá this month announced a target to improve air quality by 10 per cent on average in the next four years as part of broader development plans that feature sustainability as “the main axis”.
Sep 7, 2021 · This year, Bogotá, the capital of Colombia, will begin deploying the first of 1,485 electric buses to replace the diesel vehicles that now dominate its public transit system. The move is expected to prevent the release of 16,000 metric tons of carbon dioxide, or its equivalents, every year. The switch to electric buses is part of a larger push ...
