The ban will take effect in a 20-block area of shops, pedestrian walkways and a few homes in order to curb pollution, reduce noise and encourage use of electric vehicles said Lars Strömgren, the city council member for the Greens who's in charge of the Swedish capital's transportation.

Leaders of the world’s biggest economies made a compromise commitment on Sunday, October 31, 2021 to reach carbon neutrality “by or around mid-century” as they wrapped up a two-day summit that was laying the groundwork for the U.N. climate conference in Glasgow, Scotland.

President Donald Trump's decision to withdraw from the Paris Agreement is a heavy blow to a deal that in many ways was designed to ensure the participation of the United States.

A spokeswoman for the activists said they were protesting state−owned utility Vattenfall’s plans to sell its coal mines and power plants in Germany. They wanted the plants dismantled instead.