デンマーク（Denmark 🇩🇰）： the world’s fifth most sustainable city
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Copenhagen ranked the world’s fifth most sustainable city
With its impressive scores for green energy, transport infrastructure and air quality, Copenhagen was one of only two European cities to make the top five
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Copenhagen is often listed as one of Europe’s greenest cities – but a new study ranks it as a global leader (photo: Jorge Franganillo / Flickr)
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May 21st, 2021 11:41 am| by Lena Hunter
Copenhagen has been rated fifth in a new study by energy comparison site Uswitch that ranks cities according to their sustainability.
The determining factors were green energy, transport, affordability, pollution, air quality, C02 emissions and green public spaces.
Energy, public transport and clean air
Unsurprisingly, Copenhagen’s green energy score was high at 83 percent. That’s thanks to initiatives like Copenhill, which converts waste to energy, and the fact the city is largely powered by Denmark’s world-class wind sector.
Transport infrastructure was another high scorer. Copenhagen’s buses are electric, and much of the leisure and tourism industry – GoBoat canal tours for example – is entirely electric and solar-powered.
Due to restrictions on highly polluting vehicles and the famous Danish cycling culture, the excellent air quality was another metric that pushed Copenhagen up the leaderboard.
Down under on top while Saudi oil city comes last
Canberra took top spot thanks to its public transport, solar and wind energy, and an almost blanket internet accessibility of 94 percent. Conversely its pollution index score was one of the lowest in the study.
Jeddah in Saudi Arabia is the least sustainable city on the global index. Its reliance on fuel and gas and production of crude oils have significant effects on air pollution in the city.
“Where you live has a big impact on how easy it is to be green. Our study highlights which cities are leading the way with sustainability, and which need to improve,” said energy expert Will Owen from Uswitch.
See the world’s top 30 sustainable cities below:
Copenhagen is the only Scandinavian city to make the top 30 (photo: Uswitch)
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意外ですね。オーストラリアから２都市、そしてスペインのマドリッドも上位５位以内にランクされています。そして、30位以内にはドイツの各都市、そして、何と東京が入っています。
幾ばくかの疑問も湧いて来ますが、これはこれで素直に拝見しておきたいと思います。
そして、マスコミへの注文としては、もっと国民に世界の常識を伝えるようにして欲しいと思うのです。さらに、時の政権や経営陣に忖度するようなこともやめるべきです。国を誤った方向に導き禍を招くことになります。極論としては、悪政に加担することになり、後の世に大批判を浴びることになるでしょう。
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