02 Apr

Info session on a new funding opportunity for citizen-led renovation

The Support service for Citizen-led renovation (CLR) is an EU initiative aiming to empower existing and prospective energy communities to put citizens in the driver’s […]

06 May - 08 May

LITEXPO, Vilnius, Vilnius City Municipality, Lithuania

Cities Mission Conference 2025: Harnessing City Successes

The fourth edition of the Cities Mission Conference 2025 will be held in Vilnius, Lithuania on 6-8 May 2025 with the theme “Harnessing City Successes: Advancing Climate Action for 2030”, to spotlight the progress and ambition of Mission Cities and their partners as they strive to achieve climate neutrality by 2030. 

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Welcome to Develop Athens SA, Pays Basque urban community and Lizzanello

Welcome to Develop Athens SA, Pays Basque urban community and Lizzanello

Energy Cities welcomes three new members and continues to weave connections between European cities

12/03/2025

Energy Cities is proud to welcome new members, and we look forward to meeting at our next annual forum in April in Besançon! Athens – […]
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Revitalising historic urban areas: lessons from Brașov and Utrecht

Revitalising historic urban areas: lessons from Brașov and Utrecht

Get inspired by how these cities are fostering innovation while preserving their cultural identity

28/02/2025

How can a historic city preserve its authenticity while embracing contemporary change?  How can cities breathe new life into ex-industrial districts? At first glance, the […]
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A climate assembly for your city’s administration? Inspirations from Lyon

A climate assembly for your city’s administration? Inspirations from Lyon

How Lyon leverages participative democracy within its public administration to engage and empower civil servants in its climate journey

08/01/2025

Lyon’s Climate Assembly of Civil Servants is an inspiring example of how to use the model of citizens' assemblies to engage and empower your city's administration to tackle climate issues.
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Driving the Green Deal: Lessons from EU cities’ experiments

Driving the Green Deal: Lessons from EU cities’ experiments

Learn from inspiring case studies on clean energy, circular economy, efficient renovations, and sustainable food systems

30/12/2024

How can we fulfill the Green Deal? From clean energy to circular economy; from efficient renovations to sustainable food systems, cities around Europe are designing […]
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Here’s how energy communities sounded in 2024

Here’s how energy communities sounded in 2024

Podcast episodes you may have missed

16/12/2024

This is not a “best of the year” article. But with all of us being very busy non-stop, it is possible that you may have […]
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How to promote regeneration of historic urban areas?

How to promote regeneration of historic urban areas?

A new, free online course to start a transformative change in your city

09/12/2024

Vibrant historic urban areas are essential for a city to thrive, but many cities are confronted with problems linked to the abandonment and neglect of […]
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Local Citizens’ Assemblies on Climate and Energy

Local Citizens’ Assemblies on Climate and Energy

Inspiring examples and takeaways from on-the-ground experiences of climate assemblies

29/11/2024

Learn from concrete experiences of local citizens' assemblies on climate, reinforcing public participation and enhancing policymaking.
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Democracy at every level

21/11/2024

November 2024 marks Trump’s return to power. A reflection of the ‘Trumpification’ of the world. Every territory is affected; it’s a global epidemic, accompanied by […]
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Navigating challenges: local solutions to democratise energy

Navigating challenges: local solutions to democratise energy

Learn from 3 Energy Cities' member that are shaping the transition together with their citizens

04/11/2024

Thanks to our projects and the activities carried out within Energy Cities’ Community Energy Hub, we recently had the opportunity to talk with some of […]
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Grenoble shows us how to meaningfully involve citizens in the transition

Grenoble shows us how to meaningfully involve citizens in the transition

Grenoble’s Citizen Convention for the Climate as an inspiring case of local climate assemblies

06/09/2024

Get inspired by Grenoble Alpes Métropole’s Citizen Convention for the Climate, an example of meaningful citizen participation in climate planning at local level.

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CLIMABOROUGH

Bridging the gap between the design and implementation of urban innovations for climate change adaptation and mitigation CLIMABOROUGH is designed to field test the ClimHub, […]

SSH CENTRE EU

SSH CENTRE EU

Social Sciences and Humanities for Climate, Energy aNd Transport Research Excellence
SSH CENTRE EU

SSH CENTRE is a Horizon Europe project representing the cross-European Centre of Research Excellence for Climate-Energy-Mobility Social Sciences & Humanities (SSH). The project will engage […]