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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How to promote a sustainable approach to food and agriculture?
Namur is bringing local actors to the table!
Transforming an Economic Commercial Area into a Sustainable Commercial Area
Developing sufficiency within companies
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Valencia aiming for 100 energy communities by 2030
Interview with Carmen Castells and Fernando Gonzalez
Until now, Valencia with its 800.000 inhabitants may be more known for its mild climate and lovely beaches than for its incredibly collaborative and forward-looking energy policy. In part 2 of our ECF collaboration lab series, we dive into Valencia’s impressive efforts to involve the local community in energy and climate matters.
Energy community: each group has a different way to look at it.
Interview with public and civil activists in the Metropolitan Area of Naples
In the region of Naples, four small municipalities team up for the energy transition so as to make their place attractive for current and future generations. In this episode, we talked to three people who are very much pushing for collaborative actions between the 4 cities and civil society.
Prague’s first steps in energy community matters
Interview with Miloslav Franek (City of Prague) and Tereza Mc Laughlin Vanova (Local Energy Managers' Association)
How ready are the Czech Republic and its residents for this new type of energy generation? In this conversation,Tereza and Miloslav lead us through the complexity of decentralized and citizen-driven energy in Czech Republic.
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Sustainable Building Facilitator
A powerful tool for the Region's 2050 Renovation Strategy
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Local PACTs
How municipalities create their own COP21
Local green deals vs local COPs: this could be the teaser of this publication… However, this would be too narrow for the purposes of this […]
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.
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POWER UP!
The catalyst for social innovation in the energy market
This project will help furthering the knowledge around the entrepreneurial opportunities and social benefits of a local energy market
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 project : Bistrita (RO) Frankfurt am Main (DE) […]
