Lifestyle & Behaviour
People love smartphones, drive diesel cars, fly to their holiday destination, eat Argentinian steak...unsustainable consumption and production patterns are widespread. Both individual and political will are needed to reverse this trend and encourage behaviours that do not harm the environment. Public authorities play an important role in incentivising lower-carbon behaviours. Energy Cities explore and promote the positivity around green lifestyle choices.
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Booming bike use in Brussels as European Mobility Week kicks off
Cycling commuters have doubled in Brussels in the last five years
Energy Cities goes to Marseille
A breath of fresh air at 40 degrees
Ecological transition means changes (everyday life + approach)
Policy brief by Claire Roumet
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Loos in transition
Loos-en-Gohelle replacing coal-mining with renewable energy sources!
Engaging citizens for energy-efficiency
Demonstrating citizens’ engagement
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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.
Living streets, from citizen engagement to citizen ownership
A guidebook for municipalities
Living Streets is a real-life experiment whereby residents can temporarily transform their street into the sustainble place they have always dream of.
A Living Street allows to set the imagination free to find alternatives that transform the public space and strengthen the collective dynamic. It is an urban laboratory tackling diverse issues such as mobility, urban agriculture, local economy, solidarity, social cohesion, culture, leisure, sport and health.
Low Energy Cities
A high quality of life for all
The “factor 4” by 2050 city will of course be quite different from the city as we know it today, not necessarily in terms of its physical aspect –
because of the inertia of property and street networks – but more in the way people live and use the city.
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IMAGINE
The Energy Future of our Cities
Energy Cities started the IMAGINE initiative in 2006 as a follow-up of a discussion with member cities interested in the long-term perspective and a visioning approach of energy and territorial issues.
ENGAGE
... and achieve your city's energy & climate objectives
Having signed the Covenant, Mayors commit to “mobilise the civil society in (our) geographical areas to take part in developing the Action Plan”.ENGAGE is all about encouraging individuals to play their part!
Living Streets
Make the city of tomorrow visible today!
Living Streets is a real-life experiment whereby each year, for two months, residents can temporarily transform their street into the sustainable place they have always dreamed of. Each of these living labs explores a new urbanism with fewer cars and more social interaction. Living Streets is (…)
