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City actions with creative and practical approaches to shifting our energy system.
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From citizen engagement to citizen ownership – Living Street in Milton Keynes
In Milton Keynes, United Kingdom, the citizens are not yet ready for Living Streets as the city is a new town built for the individual […]
From citizen engagement to citizen ownership – Living Street in Ivanić-Grad
The objectives of the Living Streets in Ivanić-Grad are to prepare the ground for the creation of a pedestrian city centre, promote bicycles as a […]
From citizen engagement to citizen ownership – Living Street in Zadar
In Zadar, the Living Streets were organised in the Voštarnica neighbourhood, a derelict area nearby the historical city centre. The aim was to revive this […]
Beat the street
Walking and cycling game with points and prizes
Beat the Street is an international project that was created by Intelligent Health. The project turns towns and cities into a game where people earn […]
E-deals to achieve a carbon neutral target by 2050
The city of Delft (100,000 inhabitants) has had an active energy policy since the 1990s, resulting in a 15% greenhouse gas emission reduction between 1990 […]
The Bristol Green Capital Partnership
Generally, partnerships are a wonderful opportunity to drive change: the pooling of skills, knowhow, human and financial resources as well as the multi-sectoral dimension of […]
Odense and the Green Business Growth partnership
Training craftsmen to accelerate the energy transition
Odense, the third largest Danish city with 190,000 inhabitants, is pursuing an ambitious environmental and energy policy. As of 2008, the municipality decided to become […]
Utrecht, an energy plan devised by citizens
Situated in the heart of the Netherlands, Utrecht is a university city with a population of 330,000 and around 70,000 students. Since the population is […]
The epiphany of sustainable urban development
The energy transition process was initiated by the City of Heidelberg in the early 1990s, triggered by growing awareness of climate protection issues and, ultimately, […]
An urban laboratory of energy efficient buildings
In only ten years, the Brussels-Capital Region has become one of the frontrunners of sustainable construction in Europe. Thanks to an ambitious energy policy initiated […]
Greater Besançon, a communication strategy tailored to the various target groups
As part of the partnership component of its Climate Plan, Greater Besançon has a number of projects in progress or in the pipeline: A project […]
Electric vehicles for Riga’s municipal services and awareness-raising
Pushing forward electromobility
The city of Riga has been promoting electro-mobility since 2010 by purchasing electric cars for municipal services, developing public fast-recharging infrastructure in the city and […]
