Quality of life

The Covenant of Mayors just launched a new campaign at EUSEW aimed at inspiring and empower cities to detoxify their heating and cooling systems. The campaign calls on cities to join for healthy heat in cities and a healthy future for Europe.

So far, the EU institutions tried to overcome several crisis without seriously considering a critical lever at its disposal: managing Europe’s resource use. Faced with […]

The Dutch government recently passed the “Wet Gemeentelijke Instrumenten Warmtetransitie” (Municipal Heat Transition Instruments Act) as part of its national transition out of gas. To […]

In 2011, the European Commission announced the objective of ‘no-net-land take in 2050’ as a recommendation to preserve soil, protect biodiversity, and enhance everyone’s quality […]

Energy Cities, along with 74 European organisations from civil society, academia, cities and local authorities, businesses and public service operators, launched a manifesto for sufficiency […]

From sectoral sufficiency to generalized sufficiency Across Europe, the energy crisis has made sufficiency the order of the day. In Grenoble, a French city that […]

On November 7-8, 35 people from partners and stakeholders of the FEEL project, representing 8 countries, gathered in the Spanish city of Valencia to discuss […]

Calvino’s invisible city of Euphemia is a unique marketplace. In addition to goods and services, people trade also stories. You do not come to Euphemia […]

Energy Cities is glad to welcome a new member: Ambiente Cascais! Cascais is a charming coastal town located on the western coast of Portugal, near […]

Calvino’s invisible city of Olinda grows in concentric circles. You need a magnifying glass to appreciate all the features of this always-renewing city. The old […]