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New contest to recognise leading cities in clean energy
Will an Energy Cities member be the first city in the Fully Charged Hall of Fame?
Fully Charged, the world’s most popular Clean Energy and Electric Vehicle Programme and Podcast, has announced a new contest to ‘shine a light on cities […]
EU’s Recovery Package garners praise, but what’s in it?
An unprecedented spending package passes its first step, still needs further approvals
The Economist, famous for its reserved language, called the EU’s new budget and accompanying recovery package a ‘landmark event’. Not to be outdone, the Dalai […]
A green wave in the municipal elections
Policy op-ed by Claire Roumet
This was this month’s headline news in France, but not only, which is probably even more revealing. The municipal elections held in late June in […]
Funding and financing opportunities: Two new guides from the Covenant of Mayors
Two new publications on Financial Institutions Instruments & EU Funding Programme
The Covenant of Mayors – Europe Office, led by Energy Cities, develops publications that help cities and towns get a better understanding of the financing […]
Do you want to create a living street?
We are looking for cities in Portugal and Greece
Energy Cities is supporting local authorities in Croatia, Greece and Portugal in developing living streets concepts together th their citizens. Thanks to the EUKI Living […]
The EU Commission’s Hydrogen Prescription for System Integration
New strategies launched pushing energy efficiency and targeting sectors difficult to decarbonise
The European Commission’s new hydrogen strategy and energy system integration strategy have been launched. The two strategies work together. The hydrogen strategy is about developing […]
Decarbonising cities: local resources first!
Heating and cooling strategies are key
Last week, we held the final conference of the Hotmaps project. The event took place entirely online to avoid any health risks, but it included […]
No more fossil fuels for new buildings in Vienna
Energy Cities' member launches climate protection areas
The Austrian capital – and Energy Cities’ member – recently took a big step towards its decarbonised energy future and started to phase out fossil […]
Designing a mobility strategy for energy
A plain English guide to Smart Sector Integration
What’s the first thing you do when developing a mobility plan for a city? You look at a map. Lots of maps, ideally. You look […]
Energy renovation of buildings in the French recovery plan
An opportunity to be seized and pitfalls to be avoided
While proposals for France’s recovery plans abound, the challenge now is to identify the most effective levers for combining economic recovery with scaling-up of highly performant deep retrofits, which is a prerequisite for moving onto a convergent path with France’s national low-carbon strategy.
The great forward comeback from economy to oeconomy
Guest article by Pierre Calame, honorary president of the Charles Léopold Mayer Foundation for the Progress of Humankind.
How the economy should be resuscitated post-Covid 19 is already a subject of hot debate. But have its terms been properly framed? Nothing is less […]
FOCUS on our Ukrainian member cities Lviv and Mariupol
On the agenda: Green Cities, the Gold Award and innovation
Our Ukrainian member cities are engaged at the European and local levels. Both have signed the Covenant of Mayors and are active members of a […]
