Cooperation
City administrations who welcome new ideas, whether they come from within or from external stakeholders, are more likely to be successful in moving the energy transition forward. Energy Cities share their knowledge, expertise and vision with citizens, businesses, peers and national policy-makers. We support partnerships, twinnings and trans-national cooperation on a broad range of energy matters.
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Energy Cities launches podcast
City Stories coming to your earbuds
Slavutych, Ukraine – The community energy story you need to hear!
Chernobyl’s refugees host their first solar cooperative
LIFE PlanUp mid-term project conference: EU Green Deal and the National Energy and Climate Plans
Is Europe on the right pathway to becoming the first climate-neutral continent?
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Transatlantic multi-stakeholder dialogue for the local energy transition
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Cities and civil society as allies for the energy transition in the EU and US
Lessons for successful civil society engagement
When it comes to efforts to address complex global challenges such as climate change, it is clear that a transatlantic partnership is needed as a prerequisite for any viable solution.
Climate-mainstreaming municipal budgets
Taking from fossil fuel economy to reinvest in local sustainable communities
This guidebook aims to address the lack of awareness of the role of public finance in the energy transition within municipal administrations. It does so in anticipation of declining local budgets, raising the question of how cities can efficiently channel finances to achieve their climate goals.
It contains a collection of examples and tools, which can help local authorities align their expenditure and investments with the Paris Agreement objective.
Local energy and climate roadmaps
Five city vision for 2050
Planning for 2050 is happening now in European cities. These examples show how cities are redefining urban climate and energy governance and citizen participation in designing an ambitious mid-century future, and will hopefully inspire European leaders to design together with their citizens Europe’s Paris-proof energy transformation by 2050.
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Zero Carbon Cities
New climate change targets in line with the Paris Agreement
The ‘URBACT Zero Carbon Cities project’, is led by Manchester. Seven european cities are involved in this projetct : Bistrita (RO) Frankfurt am Main (DE) […]
TOMORROW
Leading the energy transition bottom-up
What is TOMORROW? TOMORROW is a Horizon 2020 funded project, aiming at empowering local authorities to lead the transition towards low-carbon, resilient and more liveable […]
Covenant of Mayors for Climate & Energy
Together towards sustainable, climate-resilient and vibrant cities.
After the adoption, in 2008, of the 2020 EU Climate and Energy Package, the European Commission launched the Covenant of Mayors to endorse and support the efforts deployed by local authorities in the implementation of sustainable energy policies.
