a Little F the municipality of Oulu to the north in the wake of the international interest in climate actions to.
F climate action is described again in the documentary by the British broadcasting company BBC. The media company decided to come Iihin again, for spring to do the thing (go to another service) of interest as high as 3.2 million viewers across the world, told reporter Erika Benke .
they all look to miss such a happy, positive stuff. Today, so many news to tell you about the war, deaths and destruction. And brexit from, he says with a laugh finally.
ten thousand inhabitants Ii has managed to reduce carbon emissions fast (you move to another service)(Finnish environment institute). On carbon dioxide emissions were halved from 2012 to 2016 (move to another service) (HS), and the climate work has been continued on.
On moving electric cars, use wind, water and solar energy and there is a lot of carbon binding of forests. Board of director Ari Alatossavan according to Ii may already be carbon neutral, depending on the forest-bound CO2 method of calculation.
“Ii has risen now on the map of Europe”
Now going on to the BBC documentary I have interviewed numerous residents from children to the elderly. Iiläiset amazed at the international interest.
the BBC’s camera crew to an interview given to Markku vitikka chairperson recognize that in English similar view was nervous, but the international attention of pride.
– Ii has risen now on the map of Europe. After all, it is this small board that’s quite an achievement, vitikka chairperson exclaims.
Aini Deserted is on the same line. He considers that Iissä do climate can, for example, briteillekin. In fact he evaluates his life very climate-conscious.
I don’t have a summer cottage and a boat. I don’t buy luxury items, he explained.
the Small municipality are also interested in the rest of Europe
the BBC in addition to Iissä has visited also, for example, the French and the German state media companies, told the Ft board development company micro annapolis, ceo of Leena leak water .
– If a small action can make effective and profitable climate work, so can going to all leak water assessment.
Leena leakage water guide number of media F micro annapolis in.Timo Nykyri / Yle
F representatives called repeatedly abroad to tell how small the kingdom has become Europe’s leading carbon emissions cut players.
we’ve been in Austria, the faroe islands, Iceland and Sweden. Ii interested also in Brussels, where we went to tell the commission on climate of.
electric cars parishioners use
Iissä developed also all the time new.
board of director Ari Fibre cleaning snow on the latest acquisition of the site. The municipality has acquired a new electric car, which parishioners have the opportunity to rent your own use.
the New electric car load to the local wind electricity.
the local workers have for several years used the work connection to use electric cars.
I thought I expand this. What about these in vain standing in the yard in the evenings and weekends, Fibre reasons.
On an electric car rental for the residents to begin looking elsewhere in Finland. For example, the town of Loviisa is the director of Jan D. Oker-Blom told me, that on the sixth of the electric car rental for the town has been a positive experience.
At the moment the common use of electric cars to rent in the evenings and weekends to residents of the ten municipalities, mainly in Southern Finland.
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