Edinburgh council bans SUV and cruise ship ads in climate crackdown

Adverts for sports utility vehicles (SUVs like Range Rovers etc) & cruise holidays are to be banned by Edinburgh council as part of a crackdown on promotion of the fossil fuel industry across the Scottish capital.

The prohibition of ads from council-owned spaces such as billboards and bus stops also covers airlines, airports, fossil-fuel powered vehicles and arms manufacturers – but stopped short of outlawing meat adverts.

Edinburgh council said “the promotion of high-carbon products is incompatible with net zero objectives”.

Full article at the FT (Archive.is version)