The world's most 'green' cities

No dust, noisy car horns, no fossil energy to produce electricity are the hallmarks of green cities like Amsterdam, Freiburg, Reykjavík .

Amsterdam, the capital of the Netherlands, is considered a paradise for environmentalists because most vehicles here are bicycles. They also invented the beautiful 'taxi bike' - Photo: Ellywa

Arriving in the American city of Chicago, you will see rooftops covered with green trees and wind-powered generators. Many families use turbines to take advantage of small-sized wind energy to produce clean electricity - Photo: Csmonitor

The rapid transport system of Curitiba in Brazil is an effective public facility, helping to reduce the number of private cars traveling on the road. Bus lanes are separate, with no vehicles or roads interfering. The fare for this fast bus is very cheap, so it encourages people to use public transport - Photo: Mario Roberto

The city of Freiburg in southwestern Germany is dubbed the city of solar energy. This is the most sunny place in Germany and many electricity production systems are built to utilize this energy source. The roof of the people is where the solar panels are located - Photo: Solsmart

London, the capital of England, has a high traffic density and the city government has launched an initiative to collect a £ 5 traffic jam for vehicles moving into a crowded area of ​​about 13km2 in the center. As a result, the traffic density decreased significantly - Photo: BBC

Reykjavík in Iceland is one of the pilot models using compressed hydrogen gas to run the bus on the street and can run the fishing fleet. Iceland is raising its ambition to become the first economy in the world to use hydrogen energy extensively for all sectors by 2050. Currently, there are hydrogen gas pumping stations on the street in Reykjavík - Photo: Greenpeace

Singapore Lion Island is famous as a clean place. The government also built buildings with zero net electricity consumption by solar panels designed to generate more energy than residents. The first building of this type was completed on October 26, 2009 - Photo: Cnet

Source: Xinhua