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El Gran Apagon

El Gran Apagon

Policy Op-ed

Cooperation
Lifestyle & Behaviour
Resilience

15/05/2025

El Gran Apagon is how the Spanish named the great blackout. I was in Seville that day, behind the wheel of a car on an 8-lane […]
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Cities and citizens in search for energy democracy

Cities and citizens in search for energy democracy

An inspiring journey on how to share power

Participative governance
Energy democracy
Cooperation
Local governance
Community energy

15/04/2025

During a full day on April 9th, participants had the opportunity to discover, exchange, reflect and forecast pathways of citizen engagement. What has changed over the past decades? What still stands in our way? And perhaps most intriguingly: what does the future hold—especially with new technologies like artificial intelligence reshaping the way we communicate, collaborate, and even make decisions?
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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

Participative governance
Cooperation
Resilience
Citizen engagement
Energy poverty

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 – […]
News
Multi-level governance platforms in France: how can we accelerate the green transition projects at regional level?

Multi-level governance platforms in France: how can we accelerate the green transition projects at regional level?

Participative governance
Cooperation
Local governance

27/01/2025

The regional COP process represents a new stage in the process of making environmental planning more local in France.
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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

Participative governance
Energy efficiency & Buildings
Cooperation
European policies
Energy retrofitting
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Fossil-free cities
Community energy
Food systems
Fair economies

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 […]
News
From renewables to circular economy: so much to learn and debate at Energy Cities’ annual forum!

From renewables to circular economy: so much to learn and debate at Energy Cities’ annual forum!

5 journeys to weave connections between cities and citizens

Cooperation
Local governance
Fossil-free cities
Community energy
Food systems
Fair economies

20/11/2024

For our 2025 Annual Forum (8, 9 & 10 April 2025), we will bring participants from all over Europe to our member Besançon, a lively […]
News
Empowering cross-sectoral collaboration for more sustainable cities

Empowering cross-sectoral collaboration for more sustainable cities

A new training will build bridges between the Social Sciences & Humanities, and sustainability policy

Cooperation
Climate neutrality
Local governments
Policy measures
Education
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Local governance
Fossil-free cities
Community energy
Food systems
Fair economies

15/11/2024

How can cities develop socially innovative solutions to advance their climate transition? A free course for researchers and policy professionals has just been released.  The […]
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How can frugality be integrated into local policies?

How can frugality be integrated into local policies?

Learning from the practices of others

Cooperation
Lifestyle & Behaviour
Quality of life
Sobriety
Fair economies

04/07/2024

Partners involved in the FEEL project met in Besançon to find out what the city is doing in terms of frugality, vegetation and energy efficiency, […]
Interviews
Energy communities are changing the mindset and could trigger a rural revival

Energy communities are changing the mindset and could trigger a rural revival

Interview with Carlo Tacconelli, CEO EnGreen

Participative governance
Renewables
Energy democracy
Cooperation
Community energy

05/03/2024

Carlo has 16 years of experience in distributed renewable energy systems in Europe and in developing countries. He shares some of that experience in this episode, with a special focus on the incredible power of energy communities. I particularly enjoyed listening to him when he talked about the potential of a rural revival.
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Forget Tinder, use The Tool: First ever asset match-making tool for cities and citizens out now

Forget Tinder, use The Tool: First ever asset match-making tool for cities and citizens out now

Centrepiece of the brand-new accreditation scheme for municipalities

Participative governance
Renewables
Energy democracy
Cooperation
Urban planning & Vision
Community energy

14/02/2024

The search for the one and only, the life-long partner, can be long and difficult. But why not having several ones and meeting them online? Don’t get us wrong: we’re talking about city-citizen partnerships. Now, there’s the LIFE LOOP matchmaking tool that can spark new connections and collaborations between municipalities and community groups.

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FEEL

FEEL

Frugal cities through Energy Efficiency and Low-tech communities
FEEL

How can you do more with less? European public authorities have to meet increasing demands, but with less money. Thinking bigger, the problem is also […]

Covenant of Mayors for Climate & Energy

Covenant of Mayors for Climate & Energy

The world's largest movement for local climate and energy action.
Covenant of Mayors for Climate & Energy

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.

PROSPECT+

PROSPECT+

Capacity building for cities and regions - from learning to action!
PROSPECT+

A capacity-building programme on innovative financing, by and for EU cities and regions

HUB-IN

HUB-IN

Hubs of Innovation and Entrepreneurship for the Transformation of Historic Urban Areas
HUB-IN

HUB-IN promotes urban transformation and regeneration of historic urban areas (HUA) using as main catalyst the innovation and entrepreneurship, while preserving the unique identity of […]