Hanoi's 2030 Fossil Fuel Ban Puts a Developing-World Megacity at the Frontier of Urban Climate Policy
Hanoi has confirmed a full ban on fossil fuel motorcycles and scooters within its urban core by 2030 — a deadline that affects the dominant mode of transport for more than eight million residents. The policy challenges the assumption that bold green transitions are a luxury of wealthy cities, and is drawing close attention from urban planners and policymakers across Europe, Asia, and beyond. Its success or failure will carry lessons for the hundreds of megacities in the developing world that sha
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