Environment 05-13-2020 at 10:03 AM
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Place des Terreaux – Lyonmag.com
Lyon will not be the European Green Capital 2022.
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The candidacy of the Capital of Gaul was rejected by the jury, which selected four finalists.
Twelve indicators were scrutinized, in particular the local contribution to the fight against global climate change, transport, urban green spaces, noise or even waste management, nature and biodiversity.
And it was Grenoble who came out on top of the first round. The Capital of the Alps will compete with Dijon, Tallinn (Estonia) and Turin (Italy) to win the title of Green Capital, and thus succeed Lisbon.
It is a little cover-up for the City of Lyon, which had applied after launching a large citizen consultation on the climate. “We want to apply for this recognition because it qualifies you in Europe. The big cities which obtained this recognition, are now recognized as green cities (…) We consider you in Europe and in the world as a reference. La Confluence today has become an emblematic district, if the whole city could become an emblematic city that we come to visit because it is reputed to be the ecological city, that would be good for Lyonnais and the influence of Lyon“, said Gérard Collomb when the Lyon candidacy was announced.
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