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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 […]
A Climate Pact for Luddites
How the Green Deal’s most ambitious element connects everything - including Zoom calls, Ada Lovelace and Frans Timmermans
“Jim, you’re on mute.” “We can see you talking Jim, but we can’t hear you.” “I’ll send Jim a message that he hasn’t turned on […]
4 Steps to Building a Renovation Wave
Key lessons from renovation pilot projects in Europe
The Renovation Wave is the key pillar of the Green Deal. If successful, it can transform Europe’s environmental performance, drastically improve the health and well-being […]
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 […]
Our analysis of the EU recovery package
Big figures can only have a big impact if the real actors of the economy are involved
Last week, the European Commission published its long awaited proposal for a recovery plan. According to the EU executive branch, this major plan is supposed […]
How to develop district heating systems?
An online guide is available to local authorities
The Interreg HeatNet North West Europe (HeatNet NWE) project has just published a comprehensive online guide on district heating. It will support cities and towns […]
Organising a city-wide discussion on climate neutrality
Lessons learnt from Nantes Metropolis' "Great Debate"
In February 2020, the pilot cities of TOMORROW (Nis, Dublin, Brasov, Brest and Valencia) gathered in Nantes to participate in a training with the aim […]
“Carbon budgets” or “Climate-proofed budgets”?
Our new briefing helps cities navigate science-based targets approaches
When talking about how to align cities policies with the EU decarbonisation objectives, we often hear the words “science-based targets”, “carbon budgets” or “climate-proofed budgets”. […]
European City Facility – First call for applications is open
Submit an application to get funding for your sustainable energy investment concept!
The European City Facility supports municipalities (local authorities) and their groupings from the EU-27 and the UK in developing investment concepts for sustainable energy. The […]
Two fights at a time: Cities’ combined responses to the sanitary and climate crises
Local actions for a greener & healthier future!
After almost 3 months, most European cities are now slowly coming out of lockdown, trying to instil some “normality” back into their citizens’ life. At […]
Leuven and Poreč join Energy Cities
Meet our new members!
We are very happy to welcome the city of Leuven (Belgium) and Poreč – Parenzo (Croatia) to our network. Both municipalities are committed to advancing […]
