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Green mobility in Brasov

A chat with the communication specialist of the city's Energy Agency

When we decided to focus on mobility for our first newsletter of the year, I immediately thought to contact our member ABMEE, Brasov’s Energy Agency. […]

The questions climate neutral cities must answer

Our latest article for the magazine “FORESIGHT Climate & Energy”

What does climate neutrality mean for cities? In our latest article for the magazine “FORESIGHT Climate & Energy” we talk about the confusion that lays […]

Where will the next Living Streets be?

Find out who are the lucky winners in Croatia, Greece and Portugal

In the framework of our EUKI Living Streets project, we are helping cities to create the streets of their dreams together with their inhabitants. Stop […]

Ready to ditch your car?

Feedback on and evaluation of the operation “I ditch my old banger” in Grenoble

In late 2017, during several months, over 200 residents of Grenoble took part in the “I ditch my old banger” operation jointly led by the […]

Pedaling our way through the pandemic

Pop-up bike lanes as a countermeasure to fight COVID

Last year, many cities in Europe created cycle lanes at an unprecedented speed. Local policy-makers left the usual rigid bureaucratic corset to practice tactical urbanism. How was that possible and how long-lasting will the improvised cycling measures be?

E-cargo bikes in Milton Keynes

The city encourages businesses to use the new e-cargo bike rental scheme to reduce congestion and emissions

Before COVID, when times were simpler, Energy Cities favoured visits and peer-to-peer meetings to exchange and share ideas and experiences. During a visit in Växjö, […]

5 years after the Paris Agreement: Mission (im)possible?

Learn about the latest developments in EU policy in Energy Cities' What's EUp? - December 2020

On the 12th of December 2015, the adoption of the Paris Agreement was hailed as a historic milestone in tackling the climate crisis. At the time, some world leaders even spoke of “having saved the world” from the catastrophic impacts of climate change. Now, 5 years later, where do we stand in achieving the aims of the Paris Agreement? Is there cause for optimism on the success of this mission, or are we dangerously falling short in delivering the action needed? In this last What’s EUp of a turbulent 2020 engulfed by the COVID-19 pandemic, Energy Cities draws a state of play on the occasion of the first major “anniversary” of the Paris Agreement.

Regaining confidence

Policy op-ed by Claire Roumet

I have changed my mind at least 10 times about the content of this editorial. Traditionally, in December, we look at the past year, and […]

5 years after Paris – Declaration for a Zero Carbon World

The emergence of a global culture of mayors

More than 800,000 people tuned into the Zero Carbon Forum to celebrate the 5th anniversary of the Paris Agreement and chart a new, more ambitious […]

H2020 PROSPECT ends, with much resources for regions and cities to finance their SECAPs

After three and a half years of intensive work, this is time for the H2020-funded PROSPECT project to end, but not without great successes and […]

Where should green hydrogen fit in your city?

A short guide to where we think hydrogen can make the biggest impact in a city's energy transition.

Hydrogen is being touted as a solution to many challenges in the energy transition. And it is an exciting and flexible energy carrier that will […]

Seven European cities are getting real about phasing out fossil fuels from urban heating and cooling

With the help of EU funding and advice by heavyweights from energy policy and industry, they are gearing up to get there early and share with other cities how to do.

Heating and cooling are responsible for roughly half of the EU’s energy consumption, addressing this issue will be critical to bring EU countries in line […]