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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 Brussels
In Brussels, Belgium, based on a call for applications 8 Living Streets were organised in different neighbourhoods between 2016 and 2018. They tackled various problems such as safety and street prostitution, the need for positive facilitation of public spaces and ownership by the inhabitants, green spaces, public works and need for silence, a ‘residential zone’ for meeting, sharing between inhabitants and a public space shared between pedestrians and cars.
Soft Loan Scheme for Photovoltaics
A Soft Loan Scheme with favourable terms for the installation of photovoltaic systems on homes has been co-developed by Aradippou Municipality and the Cyprus Cooperative […]
Incentive Programme for Solar Energy Generation
This project is part of a wide-ranging strategy that involves reclaiming energy sovereignty by promoting public and citizen energy production. This strategy aims to leave […]
Transatlantic multi-stakeholder dialogue for the local energy transition
Over the years, the city has made a name for itself as an environmental protection and sustainable development capital thanks to its wide-ranging network of […]
Transatlantic multi-stakeholder dialogue for the local energy transition
Charlotte is the most populous city in the U.S. state of North Carolina, and is the county seat of Mecklenburg County. In 2015, Charlotte committed […]
Transatlantic multi-stakeholder dialogue for the local energy transition
Cambridge is a city in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, and is part of the Boston Metropolitan Area. Cambridge has long been an active player in tackling […]
Transatlantic multi-stakeholder dialogue for the local energy transition
Nantes Metropolis committed to fighting climate change in 2006. In 2008, Nantes Metropolis was one of the first French cities to sign the Covenant of […]
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 […]
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 […]
“use your bike instead of your car”
Objectives and context The objective of the one-day event under the name “Biciklom na špicu”, which can be roughly translated to English as “use your […]
Urban Gardens City Project
The project ‘Urban Gardens’ was established in 2013 by the City of Zagreb to enable citizens to temporarily use small cultivable plots in the city […]
