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City actions with creative and practical approaches to shifting our energy system.
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Uppsala Climate Protocol
An inclusive co-design approach to climate neutrality
In Uppsala, local government is working with public and private organisations to design climate goals and the way to reach them together. The Climate Protocol […]
Using insurance data to improve resilience to climate change
The city of Barcelona partnered with Cetaqua (Water Technology Centre) and 15 other institutions in the RESCCUE project to use insurance data in the development […]
Smart city Munich
Munich recently started to implement a smart city framework strategy, introducing more smart city technologies in new developments. For Neuaubing-Westkreuz/Freiham, Munich’s Smarter Together project area, […]
Smart city Lyon
Lyon is constantly evolving and becoming an innovative, sustainable and vibrant smart city. Lyon Confluence – the Smarter Together project demonstration area – is one […]
From citizen engagement to citizen ownership – Living Street in La Rochelle
La Rochelle is a touristic city on the French Atlantic coast that aims to become a slow town, meaning that 80% of the streets will […]
From spinning yarn to carbon budgeting
Manchester Climate Change Strategy 2017-2050 : How a centre of the industrial revolution becomes a centre of the energy revolution:
The city of Manchester played a key role in the industrial revolution in the 19th century. As a former textile capital, the city has a […]
A new cycling ring to transform mobility in València
Encouraging cycling as a real option for a safe and comfortable way of transport
The project brings benefits in many areas, such as pollution reduction, noise reduction and better conditions for cycling and walking in the city. It is undoubtedly a work of general interest.
Loos in transition
Loos-en-Gohelle replacing coal-mining with renewable energy sources!
Loos-en-Gohelle was one of the main mining cities in France’s northern “Nord-Pas-de-Calais” coal mining basin. In this former agricultural village, 7 mine shafts and 8 […]
Citizen Engagement at the core of the energy transformation
The Grenoble-Alpes-Métropole Region consists of 49 municipalities, among them the capital Grenoble. The metropolitan area is home to ca. 500,000 inhabitants, out of which more […]
Rethinking urban lifestyles to transform San Sebastián into a carbon-neutral city in 2050
The Basque city of San Sebastián (Spanish), home to about 186,000 inhabitants, is the administrative capital of the province of Guipúzcoa and a major culture […]
Master Plan for 100 % Climate Mitigation
Frankfurt am Main, strengthening local economy through the energy transition!
“The greatest potential we have, not only in Frankfurt, but basically everywhere, is the ability to reduce our energy consumption”, Wiebke Fiebig, head of the […]
The banks of the Haute Deûle, an eco-district along the waterway
The city of Lille turned the river Deûle into the essential element in the redevelopment of an old 25-hectare industrial site, recognising its social and […]
