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Breaking the poverty cycle
Ingredients for a local strategy against energy poverty
As the number of people in energy poverty rises – even more since Covid is around – solutions are urgently needed to help them find […]
For cities to achieve their decarbonisation, they need greater staff resources
Our recommendations for cities to realise their heating planning and implement decarbonisation projects
Cities’ employees are the architects of the local energy transition. The lack of human resources is currently one of the main barriers to the decarbonisation […]
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 […]
Register now to the European Week of Regions & Cities!
Our suggestions for this year’s digital edition
Every year, the European Week of Regions and Cities brings together European regions and cities to promote learnings and good practice of regional policy-making. Due […]
New handbook on citizen finance out!
Step-by-step guidelines on energy cooperatives and crowdfunding
Over the three past years, almost 200 local or regional authorities from he EU, including many Energy Cities members, took part in the H2020 PROSPECT’s […]
Governing energy transitions in cities
Join our energy transition learning relay!
Energy Cities and Drift are launching an energy transition learning relay in the framework of the project TOMORROW. We believe there is the need, now […]
Get ready for the European Sustainable Energy Week 2020
Which events to choose? We can help
This year, the European Sustainable Energy Week (EUSEW) will take place online from the 22nd to the 26th June. The EU Commission’s main event on […]
European City Facility to launch its first call for proposals
Get funding to develop an investment concept
The European City Facility (EUCF) will launch its first call for proposals on 25 May 2020. All municipalities (local authorities) and their groupings from the […]
How to roadmap the transition to climate-neutral cities?
Methodological guidelines to support cities
Over the past months, the research institute DRIFT (our partner in the project TOMORROW) worked on methodological guidelines to support cities in developing a transition […]
Get ready to #ShowShareShake
Discover the Cities & Citizens Energy Forum’s side events!
Last week, we opened registration to our annual conference, the first Cities & Citizens Energy Forum. As you know, this year Energy Cities will celebrate […]
Democratic public ownership: free digital course on best practices
Sign up to mPOWER Digital
The online course will enable participants to learn from cities that are leading the energy transition and provide plenty of opportunities to exchange municipal power […]
Will you enter the matrix?
Our arguments to convince you
Is your city among the 37% of local authorities in Europe seeking innovative financing for their energy and climate actions? But also among the 89% […]
