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Housing Rights: A goal still out of reach

Housing Rights: A goal still out of reach

Budapest, Verona, Lille and Nantes Metropolises share issues and solutions for public housing and ask to be supported by the new EU Housing Commissioner

17/12/2024

From Spain to the Netherlands; from Italy to Ireland and Portugal, people are taking to the streets to make their anger heard: housing prices are […]
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How to finance the energy transition? Albertville has a solution!

How to finance the energy transition? Albertville has a solution!

Allocating savings achieved through energy sufficiency in your budget to fund similar initiatives.

11/10/2024

How do you invest without putting a strain on an increasingly tight budget? There's a flexible and appropriate accounting tool that few still use, and which can help them solve this headache: intracting, or energy-saving funds.
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Reduce Resource Use For A Fairer, Cleaner, And More Resilient Europe

Reduce Resource Use For A Fairer, Cleaner, And More Resilient Europe

Together with other 13 associations, we sent a briefing to the new MEPs urging them to take action

07/10/2024

“Emphasises that addressing resource scarcity requires reducing the extraction and use of resources and an absolute decoupling of growth from the use of natural resources.” […]
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How the EU can help cities reduce ads

How the EU can help cities reduce ads

European cities are taking action to regulate citizens’ exposure to ads, but they need clear and harmonised regulations to support their efforts

05/09/2024

Can we regulate advertising at the EU level? What is the current state of affairs? As more and more European cities feel the need to […]
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Ads-free streets: let’s give public space back to citizens

Ads-free streets: let’s give public space back to citizens

Vice-President Philippe Guelpa-Bonaro shares with us Lyon Métropole’s experience in reducing advertising

27/08/2024

If we have regulations for tobacco and alcohol ads, why don’t we have one to limit the promotion of fossil fuel products and services? Why […]
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We are energy addicts who need rehab

We are energy addicts who need rehab

During “Resource-wise cities: Rethinking our need”, Heidelberg, Lyon, Riga, and Vitoria-Gasteiz explored the necessity to consume less and shared inspiring sufficiency best practices

22/07/2024

Planet Earth is begging us to respect its boundaries. Some cities are already running out of water, even in wintertime. Energy prices have soared. Urban […]
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Why sufficiency should be at the heart of the next European strategic agenda

Why sufficiency should be at the heart of the next European strategic agenda

From resilience to competitiveness, here are 5 reasons why sufficiency measures are more needed than ever

03/06/2024

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 […]
Advocacy
For a more resilient Europe: sufficiency can lead us toward climate neutrality

For a more resilient Europe: sufficiency can lead us toward climate neutrality

Together with other 97 organisations, we call for sufficiency policies to be urgently included into the new EU strategic agenda

26/03/2024

Energy Cities, along with about 100 European organisations from civil society, academia, cities and local authorities, businesses and public service operators, launched a manifesto for […]
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On 16th of February, everyone turns off the lights!

07/02/2024

Don’t put away your candles after Valentin’s Day, you will need them for the Day of Energy Saving and Sustainable Lifestyles called M’illumino de meno […]
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Learn on innovative financing for your local energy & climate projects!

Learn on innovative financing for your local energy & climate projects!

PROSPECT+, capacity building for cities & regions, launches its final call!

31/01/2024

Apply to this learning programme which also offers some community energy skills building. It is tailored to enhance local and regional actions in the field of energy efficiency of public and private buildings, public lighting, transport, and cross-sectoral actions such as local energy production.

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Frugal cities through Energy Efficiency and Low-tech communities
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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 […]