Jonathan SchofieldApr 21

Via @greenpeace alerting me to Amsterdam’s latest scope of advertising bans, and me then reading around the subject, I learn today that my own city’s council took similar steps in February.

Good on Portsmouth Council being part of:

“Councils inc. Edinburgh, Sheffield, Cambridgeshire, Devon and Hackney have all joined international cities such as Amsterdam, Stockholm, Sydney and Florence in restricting advertising for environmentally-harmful companies and products”

https://www.badverts.org/latest/portsmouth-council-to-restrict-adverts-for-fossil-fuels-petrol-diesel-cars-and-single-use-plastics

Portsmouth Council to restrict adverts for fossil fuels — Badvertising

In a cabinet meeting on 10th February 2026, Portsmouth councillors approved a new policy that will prohibit advertising for polluting and unhealthy products on council-controlled property. The council also will not permit sponsorship of council projects or events by non-electric car or fossil fuel c

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Show threadJonathan Schofield

…I found the article above via this BBC one:

“Why would we stimulate something that has a devastating impact on the planet?”
— Robert Barker, Deputy Mayor of The Hague

#climateDiary

https://www.bbc.co.uk/future/article/20260217-the-cities-banning-fossil-fuel-adverts

'The new tobacco': The cities banning fossil fuel adverts

Cities across the world are clearing their billboards of flight ads, SUVs, cruise ships and petrol cars in an attempt to cut emissions.

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Show threadJonathan SchofieldApr 21

…Amsterdam’s cultural story is part of its aspiration as a #C40 city to transition to a (more) circular economy:

https://www.c40knowledgehub.org/s/article/How-Amsterdam-is-transitioning-to-a-circular-economy?language=en_US

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Show threadJonathan SchofieldApr 21

…Here are some of Amsterdam’s ambitions:

1. Food and organic waste streams
1.1 Short food supply chains
1.2 Healthy and sustainable food
1.3 High-quality processing of organic waste streams

2. Consumer goods
2.1 Reduce consumption
2.2 Use what we have more sparingly
2.3 Make the most of discarded products

3. Built environment
3.1 Concerted effort to transition to circular development
3.2 Formulate circular criteria
3.3 Circular approach to existing city

Show threadJonathan SchofieldApr 21

…As of May 2025, #C40 were only aware of 13 cities with a “publicly available climate budget”. They are:

Ahmedabad
Berlin
Chennai
Copenhagen
London
Montréal
Mumbai
New York City
Oslo
Rio de Janeiro
São Paulo
Seoul
Vancouver

https://www.c40knowledgehub.org/s/article/Mapped-Cities-with-a-Climate-Budget?language=en_US

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