Decarbonising heat through local planning: from methodologies to actions

How are local actors turning heat decarbonisation plans into action?

Join speakers of CEDEC and Energy Cities, on 24 November, 12.30-14.00 CET, for a webinar exploring how cities, DSOs and utilities are planning the heating and cooling transition and advancing the phase-out of fossil gas where feasible and affordable.

You’ll discover insights from across Europe — from transposition of EU regulations to hands-on local planning approaches — and hear how different actors tackle the technical, financial and governance challenges of the transition.

• Share the current evolutions on the heating decarbonization, including regulatory implications and how progress is being tracked.
• Exchange on how local actors are proceeding—their planning processes, governance and stakeholder engagement.
• Exchange on good practices and key obstacles to accelerate implementation.

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Agenda (90 minutes)

• 12:30 – Intro — Climact
• 12:40 – Case examples
  • Energy Cities — Nicolas Raimondi: transposition of EU law for cities & monitoring of municipal heat transition plans.
    Each followed by a short Q&A.
  • RESA (Wallonia, Belgium) — Julien Vandeburie : methodology followed to plan the decarbonization of heat, looking at the impact of various decarbonization trajectories on the local and regional network
  • DEW21 (Dortmund, Germany) — Peter Flosbach, Managing Director – CTO: lessons from a local heating and cooling planning in an urban context.
• 13:40 – Panel discussion (moderated by Climact)
  Connecting the examples: different financial means, political backgrounds, governance set-ups, data and planning capacities, and what’s transferable elsewhere.
• 14 :00 – Close

This webinar is for you if…

• you work in a DSO/utility and expect heat transition topics to land on your desk soon;
• you’re a municipal or regional representative designing or implementing local heat transition plans;
• you’re a policy-maker or stakeholder tracking heat transition;
• you want practical process insights from peers across Europe.

Organised by CEDEC, ECF, with the support of Climact.