Polish cities fight for cleaner but they are far down in rankings

About 70 percent of greenhouse gas emissions from transportation come from road transport. Meanwhile, Poland has one of the highest motorization rates in Europe. This could be changed by improving the availability of public transportation or developing micro-mobility solutions. However, while Polish cities are doing well in introducing eco-friendly vehicle fleets, they are lagging in terms of shared mobility and electric vehicle charging infrastructure, according to the Clean Cities Campaign ranking.

"For every thousand residents, Warsaw has 715 cars, and Krakow has over 600. In Berlin, it's 280, and in Paris, it's 320. So, we can see that we have a challenge in organizing transportation to be economically, temporally, and resource-wise sustainable while minimizing its negative effects, such as noise, emissions, and greenhouse gas emissions," Nina Józefina Bąk, coordinator of the Clean Cities Campaign in Poland, said.

Poland also has the highest rate in the EU of vehicles older than 20 years, accounting for over 41 percent of all passenger cars. Meanwhile, transportation is the main source of nitrogen oxide emissions in cities.

(Newseria)