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From grassroot to mainstream: Navigating Geographical Challenges in Grassroots Scaling
Learn why supporting grassroots initiatives is a powerful policy tool driving social innovation and contributing to transitions. By fostering citizen participation and understanding multi-scalar interdependencies, […]
From Renewables to Resilience: Building Stronger Communities and Cities
A thriving city is one where community wealth flourishes. For every euro invested in community energy projects, 2 to 8 euros are generated for local […]
Zero Together: Dublin’s initiative to engage the local community in the green transition
Learn from the Irish capital and discover more inspiring cases by enrolling in "Transition Management: a process for co-creating transformative change"
Local governance
Fossil-free cities
Community energy
Food systems
Fair economies28/10/2025
Strasbourg’s collective and locally anchored energy transition journey
A 4-year-old citizens’ cooperative produces renewable energy with support from the local authority and climate agency
Learn while experiencing the change in person!
From Guimãraes to Vilnius, join the 5 SPARKLE Schools to manage governance, fossil-free districts, community energy, sustainable food and resource-wise economies topics
17/10/2025
07/10/2025
Transition Management: a process for co-creating transformative change
Develop and implement a sustainability-oriented roadmap with the active participation of diverse local stakeholders.
24/09/2025
Energy Cities is proud to announce 11 new members!
Eleven cities have joined Energy Cities since March
05/09/2025
From policy to real change: the local implementation of the European Green Deal
What local experiments reveal about the Green Deal, anchoring change in communities
27/08/2025
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
03/07/2025
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.
12/06/2025
Community energy for social housing in Mechelen
Discover the energy community of Otterbeek, nominated as finalist of the 2025 EUSEW Local Energy Action Award
27/05/2025
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MUSE DHC
coMmUnity-led actionS for Efficient District Heating & Cooling
The MUSE DHC project (coMmUnity-led actionS for Efficient District Heating & Cooling), funded by the LIFE programme, aims to accelerate the decarbonisation of Europe’s heating […]
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, […]
