As dangerous as cigarettes and alcohol? The capital of the Netherlands will ban starting in May the advertising of the c

Is it goodbye to advertisements for steaks and hamburgers? As if it were tobacco or different alcoholic beverages that suffered similar prohibitions years ago, in Amsterdam, the capital of the Netherlands, the promotion of products considered "high climate impact" such as meat, air travel, and fossil fuel-powered motor vehicles will be banned in public spaces starting from May 1. The decision comes after the presentation of a bill drafted by members of the Party for the Animals and the Green Party, which was approved by 27 of the 45 seats of the city council of that city. Although it is the first world capital to implement such a measure, the country already has previous internal precedents. The city of Haarlem was the first to do so in 2024 (after the measure was approved in 2021), followed by The Hague, Utrecht, Delft, Nijmegen, Bloemendaal, and Zwolle. The regulation, which they claim will not affect merchants, is part of a strategy to mitigate the impact of climate change. In ...