To mark World Bicycle Day, we have taken a busy polluted road in London – Marylebone Road – and modelled the benefits of introducing some cycling infrastructure. We want to highlight that assessing and communicating the benefits of active travel infrastructure, as well as careful planning, is an important part [...]
For much of the past century, the car has been the ultimate status symbol. From the newly qualified teenager to the high-flying executive, the car has come to represent aspiration, success and freedom. But our love of the car has come at an environmental and public health price that we [...]
Eunomia is proud to have been appointed by London Borough of Redbridge to assist with the development of the authority’s response to its Climate Emergency declaration. Last summer, London Borough of Redbridge declared a Climate Emergency and committed to developing a plan to make all council operations carbon neutral by 2030 and [...]
Measures to restrict movement to stop the spread of Covid-19 have resulted in less traffic and use of public transport. Many of us have also dusted off our old bikes. Some forward-thinking cities, including Milan and Bogotá, are now reallocating road space to active travel, so walkers and cyclists can [...]
Today is Earth Day, an annual event used to show support for environmental protection. Given the current situation, its aim this year is to flood the world with hope, optimism and action. We wanted to make a positive contribution and so our Chairman, Dominic Hogg, and climate emergency specialist, Alex [...]
As an environmentally-driven organisation, we encourage minimal travel, are geared up for the remote working of our staff and have regular meetings online. In the current situation, this experience gave us the confidence required to replace a full-day European Commission stakeholder engagement workshop in Brussels, with a 2-hour interactive webinar [...]
Our latest special report, published today, has found that rolling out electric refuse trucks would cut carbon dioxide emissions, reduce air pollution and cut down on costs, once monetised emissions are taken into account. The report, authored by a team of our waste operations and emissions experts, shows that switching [...]
Our house band Dirty Murph & the Kerbside Sorters returns this month with a new album and bonus single release – just in time for Christmas! More Songs about Consultancy and Bins is the band’s third major release and its most ambitious recording yet – at 12 songs across its [...]
We are working alongside Bureau Veritas (BV), AECOM and Hertfordshire County Council (HCC) to help Broxbourne Borough Council develop air quality plans. The European Ambient Air Quality Directives specify the concentration of air pollutants that are acceptable for air quality to be at a healthy level. Countries across Europe, including [...]
We have developed a toolkit for Changing Markets Foundation which outlines measures that US state governments and manufacturers can implement to improve carpet reuse and recycling. Today only 5% of carpet in the US is recycled, with 90% going to landfill. Carpet is largely made of plastic from fossil fuels [...]
