Citizen engagement
How are cities responding to the challenge of fossil-free cooling and rising heat?
Discover how European cities are dealing with the increased need of cooling while moving on the decarbonisation of their energy system
Fossil-free cities03/07/2025
Ensuring healthy and local food for all
From citizens’ assemblies to concrete support for young farmers, Namur is carrying out several initiatives to foster a sustainable food system.
Food systems12/06/2025
Community energy for social housing in Mechelen
Discover the energy community of Otterbeek, nominated as finalist of the 2025 EUSEW Local Energy Action Award
Local governance
Community energy
Fair economies27/05/2025
Local Transitions Learning Centre: Discover our rich learning offer!
From urban regeneration to financing sustainable energy projects and much more - all the knowledge and tools you need to make your city futureproof
20/05/2025
Križevci decided to put its residents at the heart of its energy independence, and is now leading solar energy production in Croatia
Discover KLIK, a pioneering platform involving citizens in Križevci's transition
22/04/2025
Rethinking our cities: how Besançon is embracing the circular economy
During the Energy Cities journey "Doing better with less", we experienced the transformative power of sufficiency measures
15/04/2025
Civic engagement as a driver for the ecological transition in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté Region
Find out how POTEs, the network of residents and citizens of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté committed to the ecological transition, has developed.
26/03/2025
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
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
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
Projects All projects
Support Service for Citizen-led Renovation (CLR)
Empowering Citizen-led renovation!
Residential buildings remain among the most energy-intensive sectors, with space heating alone accounting for over 60% of household energy consumption in the European Union. Despite […]
E2-CUTIES
Engaged Energy Communities in Urban areas with Technology Integrated Energy Systems
The overall objective of the E2-CUTIES project Achieving the EU’s decarbonisation ambitions requires a transition to a distributed energy system with the participation of citizens. […]
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
Social Sciences and Humanities for Climate, Energy aNd Transport Research Excellence
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 […]
