air pollution

First put into place in 1982, the "daktylios" traffic regulations were meant to combat traffic and air pollution.

Vehicles will be allowed to enter the specified zone in the Greek capital, which covers a small area in the city center, depending primarily on the parity of the date and of the vehicle's registration plate, the vehicle type, as well as the time of the week/month

The cities are ranked from the cleanest to the most polluted based on average fine particulate matter (PM2.5) concentrations over the past two calendar years.

Pollution knocks a year of life expectancy in Europe- 20% of European city-dwellers are breathing polluted air

Ioannina appeared to be the most heavily affected region in the country

“We need a global phasing out of fossil fuels and an energy sector predominantly free of fossil fuels well ahead of 2050. We also have to make sure that global emissions peak by 2025 and start to drop thereafter,” says Leena Ylä-Mononen, Executive Director of the European Environment Agency (EEA) in her interview with Greek daily To Vima ahead of COP28.