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EU Climate Action
Energy Cities’ Expectations from the Climate Pact
There is a clear need for more Europe to go more local. This should be the motto for the forthcoming Climate Pact.
The Problem Everywhere around the world, infrastructure and services, livelihoods, food and energy systems are being threatened by extreme weather conditions or predatory use of […]
EU Climate Action
“Carbon City budget” or “Climate-proofed municipal budgets”?
What’s the difference, and how to implement them in your city
“Carbon budget”, “Climate-proofed municipal budgets”, “science-based targets” are some of many different approaches offered to cities when they want to align their short, medium and […]
EU Climate Action
Climate Law should support economic climate proofing and local energy sufficiency
Position Paper
Energy Cities believes the European Green Deal, and more particularly the Climate Law, should provide a springboard for mainstreaming new local sustainable trends and practices.
EU Climate Action
Condominiums in the Renovation Wave
Policy brief
Through these recommendations, partners from the EU-funded ACE-Retrofitting project share their policy learnings on how to act as facilitators between co-owners and building experts.
EU Climate Action
The European Climate Pact – Energy Cities’ Expectations
Position paper
The Climate Pact is one of the strategic pillars of the proposed European Green Deal. If properly designed, this new instrument could be a game-changer […]
EU Climate Action
The European Green Deal: How close to deliver genuine societal transformation?
The large-scale climate mobilizations of these past few years have not been in vain. The European Commission has finally recognized the magnitude – and urgency […]
EU Budget
Letter to EU Commission President-elect Ursula von der Leyen
Europe must use a climate neutral 2050 emissions target to be more ambitious in 2030 and cities must be involved at every step to succeed
This letter to the new EU President sets out Energy Cities’ priorities for ensuring a shared energy transition in Europe. By mobilising the entirety of the EU’s capabilities and incorporating detailed carbon budgeting to ensure that, on an annual basis, we are making the necessary emissions cuts, Europe can lead the rest of the world and show the way.
EU Budget
2019 EU elections – Our Manifesto
What Energy Cities demands of future EU leaders
The Energy Cities manifesto is aimed at incoming MEPs with a series of demands on both a short timescale and a longer horizon.
These demands are ambitious but will deliver the changes cities and citizens need to develop sustainably.
Time is short. But the window for decisive action on climate change is still open. We need brave and bold EU leaders to heed our call and deliver a shared energy transition.
EU Climate Action
Cities call for a more sustainable and equitable European future
An open letter to the European Council and its Member States
President of the European Council,Heads of States and Governments of the European Union Member States, We, the undersigned mayors and heads of local governments have […]
EU Climate Action
Cities at the forefront of climate action
Achieving the Paris Climate goals through the effort sharing regulation
The contribution of cities and regions in reaching the European climate and energy targets is already significant. Yet, much more is possible with an enabling, stable and ambitious policy framework and effective access to financing. A strong Effort Sharing Regulation – without loopholes – can support and incentivise the uptake, replication and upscaling of local climate and energy actions. Creating the right conditions to enable climate efforts to propel will moreover lead to numerous co-benefits and a better quality of life for the millions of urban residents.
