Leaders of four major cities announce plans to ban diesel vehicles
Sat 10 December 2016
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The leaders of four major global cities - Paris, Mexico City, Madrid and Athens - have announced that they will stop the use of all diesel-powered cars and trucks by the middle of the next decade. Meanwhile health professionals in London have been urging the Mayor of London to ban diesel vehicles from the capital due to fears over air pollution.
At a biennial meeting of city leaders held in Mexico, the mayors of the four cities said they plan to implement the ban to improve air quality and that they will give incentives for alternative vehicle use and promote walking and cycling.
In the UK, campaigners are calling for London's mayor to commit to phase out diesel vehicles from London by 2025. The campaign follows the victory of Client Earth over the UK Government in a second court ruling about air quality. A group called Doctors Against Diesel, involving hundreds of health professionals and medical students recently demonstrated in London to launch their campaign.
In Paris, a new scheme will require drivers to display an emissions label on their vehicles displaying emissions performance. The requirement under the Crit'Air scheme to display the label was introduced on 1 July 2016 and, for the first time, fines for breaching access restrictions will be introduced from the start of 2017.
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