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