Oslo Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ==Environment and decarbonization== Oslo is a [[compact city]]. It is easy to move around by public transportation and rentable city bikes are accessible to all, all over the city centre. In 2003, Oslo received The European Sustainable City Award and in 2007 Reader's Digest ranked Oslo as number two on a list of the world's greenest, most liveable cities.<ref>{{cite web |author=polymorphing |url=http://sustainable-cities.eu/Sustainable-Cities-Awards-101-2-3-.html |title=Sustainable Cities And Towns Campaign |publisher=Sustainable-cities.eu |access-date=21 June 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110501174310/http://sustainable-cities.eu/Sustainable-Cities-Awards-101-2-3-.html |archive-date=1 May 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Kahn |first=Matthew |url=http://www.readersdigest.com.au/green-best-and-worst-countries |title=Living Green: Ranking the best (and worst) countries |publisher=Reader's Digest Australia |access-date=21 June 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101220130426/http://readersdigest.com.au/green-best-and-worst-countries |archive-date=20 December 2010 }}</ref> The City of Oslo has set the goal of becoming a low carbon city, and reducing [[Greenhouse gas|greenhouse gas emissions]] 95% from 1990 levels by 2030.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.oslo.kommune.no/politics-and-administration/green-oslo/best-practices/oslo-s-climate-strategy-and-climate-budget/ |title=Oslo's climate strategy and climate budget |website=Oslo kommune |language=en |access-date=28 December 2019 |archive-date=28 December 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191228193131/https://www.oslo.kommune.no/politics-and-administration/green-oslo/best-practices/oslo-s-climate-strategy-and-climate-budget/ |url-status=live}}</ref> The climate action plan for the Port of Oslo includes implementing a low-carbon contracting process, and installing [[Shorepower|shore power]] for vessels which are docked.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.klimaoslo.no/wp-content/uploads/sites/88/2019/03/Action-Plan-Port-of-Oslo-as-a-zero-emission-port.pdf |title=Port of Oslo as a Zero Emission Port: Action Plan |last=Department of Business Development and Public Ownership, Oslo kommune |date=June 2019 |website=KlimaOslo |access-date=28 December 2019 |archive-date=14 December 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191214064144/https://www.klimaoslo.no/wp-content/uploads/sites/88/2019/03/Action-Plan-Port-of-Oslo-as-a-zero-emission-port.pdf |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.citylab.com/environment/2019/11/oslo-port-shipping-emissions-climate-plan-electric-ferries/601378/ |title=Oslo's Ambitious Plan to Decarbonize Its Port |last=Lindeman |first=Tracey |date=8 November 2019 |newspaper=Bloomberg.com |language=en |access-date=28 December 2019 |archive-date=28 December 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191228193126/https://www.citylab.com/environment/2019/11/oslo-port-shipping-emissions-climate-plan-electric-ferries/601378/ |url-status=live}}</ref> By October 2022, Oslo had an extensive network of bicycle lanes and tram lines, most of its ferry boats had been electrified, and the city was "on course to become the first capital city in the world with an all-electric public transport system", including e-buses.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Symons |first=Angela |date=14 October 2022 |title=Oslo set to become first capital with zero-emissions public transport |url=https://www.euronews.com/green/2022/10/14/zero-emissions-public-transport-network-could-be-a-reality-in-oslo-by-end-of-2023 |access-date=1 November 2022 |website=euronews |language=en}}</ref> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page