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Paris, Mexico City, Madrid, Athens to Ban Diesel Vehicles by 2025

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The mayors of Paris, Mexico City, Madrid and Athens said that they plan to ban diesel vehicles by 2025, according to media reports.

MOSCOW (Sputnik) — The mayors of Paris, Mexico City, Madrid and Athens pledged to ban diesel vehicles by 2025, media reported Friday.

The commitment has been made at C40 Mayors Summit underway in Mexico City through November 30 through December 2, The BBC reported.

Vehicles ply on a smog enveloped morning during a two-week experiment to reduce the number of cars to fight pollution in New Delhi, India. - Sputnik International
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C40 is a network of the world’s megacities committed to addressing climate change. C40 supports cities to collaborate effectively, share knowledge and drive meaningful, measurable and sustainable action on climate change.

The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) said that the average concentration of carbon dioxide (CO2) in the Earth's atmosphere reached 400 parts per million in 2015 and continued to increase in 2016. WMO added that 2016 was expected to be the first year, when the levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere would remain above 400 parts per million during the whole year.

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