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Naider

  • France wants to look like the Netherlands

    The French government has set itself the goal of tripling the use of bicycles in daily transport to 9% before 2024, and to this end it will invest 350 million euros in a plan that includes the construction and improvement of cycle paths, the creation of bike racks and anti-theft measures, tax incentives for those…

  • Top 10 Emerging Technologies of 2018

    The World Economic Forum convenes each year a panel of experts and scientists to select a shortlist of ten emerging technologies for their potential to improve lives, transform industries, and safeguard the planet. In this 2018, the list stands out for a significant weight of advances related to health. The 10 technologies chosen in 2018…

  • Eat healthier to save the planet

    Switching to a healthier diet, with less meat consumption, is a win-win situation for the environment, according to a new study published by the journal Nature Sustainability. Even without completely giving up meat, we can reduce our individual water consumption by at least 10%, according to BBC News. Adopting a diet with a healthy proportion…

  • Video: Barcelona Superblocks

    Two years ago the first superblock in Barcelona was inaugurated, a pilot experience transforming urban mobility to give space back to pedestrians. This Streetfilms video shows us the results.

  • Collaborating in the construction of Oarsoaldea

    On June 7th, a large group of companies and those responsible for the technological-industrial development of the Gipuzkoan region of Oarsoaldea. The reason: to analyze the possibilities offered by the new competitive paradigms and the new industrial opportunities around Industry 4.0. We had the opportunity to contrast a good number of initiatives that are being…

  • Walking towards the Covenant of Mayors

    Naider attended the conference organized by the Basque Energy Entity (EVE) on Tuesday May 22 at the Euskalduna Palace , where different financial instruments were exposed to unblock the rehabilitation of buildings within the framework of the Covenant of Mayors. The commitment to renewable energy and the rehabilitation of buildings requires high investments, so learning…

  • Inclusive cities, the necessary revolution

    Joan Clos, former mayor of Barcelona, ​​has been Executive Director of the United Nations Human Settlements Program (UN-HABITAT) from 2010 to 2017, conveys a complex vision of the city that is coming to us but is also optimistic about the ability to get over it. During a conference organized by the Bizkaia Provincial Council on…

  • Say goodbye to plastic utensils

    The Environmental Commission of the Congress of Deputies is going to prohibit the import, commercialization, and export of plastic utensils (plates, glasses, cutlery, or straws) by 2020. The year in which these products must also be made up of at least 50% biodegradable substances from organic materials, and 60% by 2025. This initiative joins France…

  • Local food and ecological footprint

    Although sometimes it is easy for us to understand what a local product is, there is a certain consensus in defining it as that food that is marketed in the same territory where it is produced, be it in the locality, the region or the region. It is estimated that a large part of the…

  • The city at the crossroads

    Cities have concentrated the majority of the population since 2008, the year in which for the first time the population living in rural areas was less than that settled in cities . One of the most outstanding challenges is that by the year 2050 the urban population will have doubled (World Urbanization Prospect, United Nations,…