Participative governance
An increasing number of municipalities have become facilitators more than regulators. They value their local stakeholders by giving them a permanent seat and by supporting emerging initiatives on the ground. What is needed to turn citizens and businesses into an institutional partner who co-decides a city's energy and climate policy? We defend governance that places local stakeholders at the heart of political decisions.
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Big strategies by small cities
Clever energy and climate actions in the South of Italy
Urban transition-makers in Brest
Brest Métropole gets ready to work with citizens for the energy, climate and societal transition
Grenoble awarded EU Green Capital 2022
Get to know this local champion for participative governance
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“For cities it can feel a bit of a lonely place to be responsible for all of these changes.”
Britt Jurgensen and Laura Williams from Carbon Co-op
The energy and climate challenge is so big that it requires everybody to be involved. New ways of communicating are needed. What are the best means to shape new narratives and, in the end, to make people want to engage in changing the energy system?
Strasburg’s first energy community: a long exciting ride
Interview with Jacqui Cullen and Gerard Pol Gili
In this episode we want to understand how a very young energy community in Strasburg, in the North-East of France, came into being. Where did […]
Urban commons and empowered cities
Nathalie van Loon, project leader on the commons at City Council of Amsterdam
This time we take a look at the democratic potential of the urban commons. The commons are those resources we all share and use like […]
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Sustainable Building Facilitator
A powerful tool for the Region's 2050 Renovation Strategy
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Vision Workshop Toolbox
for Inspired Collaboration on Climate Neutrality
The ambition of the European Union (EU) to be climate neutral by 2050 is an important element of the EU’s climate policy and contribution to […]
The Final National Energy and Climate Plans
EU countries still largely fail to acknowledge local authorities' key role
This report has verified to which extent the key role of local authorities was better reflected in the final National Energy and Climate Plans (NECPs), compared to the draft NECPs in 2019. We also provide recommendations on how EU countries should improve the acknowledgment of local authorities’ key role in their NECPs, in particular when updating their plans in 2023/24.
Campaigning for Local Climate Change Mitigation
Compilation of ideas
Creative approaches to communication on local climate change initiatives can serve as a useful vehicle for cities messaging on the topic. Delivering climate friendly ideas […]
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Renewable energy partnerships
Renewable community energy engagement
At present, many local governments in Europe are eager to support their citizens in getting renewable energy projects off the ground or in taking a […]
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) […]
