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Raphael Garcia is a journalist published by Al Jazeera, BBC, MIT Tech Review, Foreign Policy, Wired, The Globe, among other news outlets. Holds a PhD in Human Rights from the University of Deusto and currently works as a Communication Specialist for Eurocities, in Brussels.

18 July 2022

Why do we need to rethink tourism?

For many cities all over Europe, tourism is an essential part of their economies. Hard-hit by the Covid 19 pandemic, the sector is now ready to […]
18 July 2022

Amalfi’s ingenious solution to traffic congestion

The Amalfi Coast in southern Italy has become a coveted road trip destination thanks to its famous 35 km (22 miles) stretch between Vietri sul Mare […]
18 July 2022

Barcelona introduces measures to tackle large groups of tourists

Barcelona has joined the list of cities that take measures aimed at better managing large number of tourists. As the tourism industry is returning to pre-pandemic […]
18 July 2022

US national parks reintroduce facemask requirement

For a brief period, it seemed like Covid-19 was almost over. Most of the countries around the world have scrapped travel restrictions, while wearing a facemask […]
18 July 2022

Spain to offer certain train journeys for free as of 1 September

The president of the Spanish government, Pedro Sánchez, has announced a new package of anti-crisis measures to be implemented across Spain to combat the inflation triggered […]
18 July 2022

Brussels Airport tops list of airports with worst delays across Europe

International travel continues on its upward trend and with it the number of flight cancellations and delays. In what it’s been called “revenge travel”, consumers don’t […]
15 July 2022

EU invests nearly €2 billion in clean tech projects

The European Union (EU) announced a third round of awards under the Innovation Fund, which contemplates nearly €2 billion for clean tech projects to drive the […]
15 July 2022

Sustainable aviation fuels could bring India’s industry to net-zero

At the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Glasgow (COP26), India promised to get 50% of its energy from renewable resources by 2030. According to the […]
15 July 2022

How to provide clean water to billions of people by 2030

To meet the UN’s Sustainable Development Goal 6, Clean water and sanitation for all, the current rate of progress must quadruple. 1.6 billion could remain without […]
14 July 2022

MEPs ensure SAF is truly sustainable by banning the use of controversial biofuel feedstocks

Last week, the European Parliament (EP) voted on the ReFuel EU initiative within which it also clarified what constitutes sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) and from which […]
14 July 2022

Top 40 cities going green the fastest

Constant heat waves, fires and droughts all around the world. With climate change becoming ever more urgent, companies are trying to find ways to be sustainable […]
14 July 2022

Warnings triggered for summer travelers as heatwave sweeps across Europe

A new heat wave is sweeping across much of Europe as some models predict extreme values never before imagined for the coming days. Between Tuesday and […]
14 July 2022

Shell to build Europe’s largest green hydrogen plant in the Netherlands

Shell Nederland and Shell Overseas Investments, subsidiaries of Shell plc, have agreed to build a renewable hydrogen plant in the Netherlands, Holland Hydrogen I, a facility […]
13 July 2022

Despite general aviation chaos, Brussels Airport records 168% traffic growth compared to 2021

Despite a general chaos in the aviation industry, several strikes and thousands of cancellations, more than 1.7 million passengers passed through Brussels Airport in June, an […]
13 July 2022

Top 10 European countries by flight cancellations

The aviation industry has been going through a really tough time over the past few months. As the pandemic seems to approach an end and countries […]
13 July 2022

Greenwashing is not just misselling

There is increasing concern about the impact of greenwashing on public perception of the extent to which we are tackling climate change. As average temperatures rise […]
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