Long-Term Energy Planning for Carbon Neutrality in EU Cities and Regions
The first of two C-Track 50 webinars with cities and regions at the forefront of local action in Europe
By setting ambitious Climate & Energy targets for 2030 and 2050, the European Union has positioned itself as a leader in the fight against Climate Change. The designated president of the new EU Commission has announced the fight against climate change to be of utmost importance striving for a ca...
Integrating mitigation and adaptation for more effective climate action
Actions to mitigate climate change and those to adapt to its impacts are two sides of the same coin: both are fundamental components of effective climate policy, as well as central to the commitment made by European Covenant of Mayors (CoM) Signatories that develop Sustainable Energy and Climate Act...
Synergies among low-emission development and nature-based solutions: COP25 Madrid
European cities and ICLEI – Local Governments for Sustainability will hold a joint working session on how to integrate the agendas of ambitious low-emission development with the aim to reach carbon neutrality and nature-based solutions for more sustainable cities alongside this year’s Un...
THERMOS training workshop on optimised thermal energy planning
This 5th THERMOS Capacity Building & Train-the-Trainer workshop hosted by the German Energy Agency (Dena) in Berlin will feature sessions on the role of heating and cooling for local sustainable energy action plans. This will be complemented by a guided study tour with Vattenfall introducing par...
Technical Nature-based Solutions: urban stories of widening roll-out
UrbanByNature webinar five
UrbanByNature – The Connecting Nature project's Global Programme for Urban Nature Pioneers invites all interested persons to its next webinar on “Technical Nature-based Solutions: urban stories of widening roll-out.”
This webinar, which will take place from 14:00-15:00 CET or 10:0...
Over the past five years, GrowSmarter has brought together cities and industry to integrate and demonstrate 12 smart city solutions in energy, infrastructure and transport, to provide other cities with valuable insights on how they work in practice and opportunities for replication.
The project's f...
What final NECPs should contain regarding energy communities and the rights of energy citizens
The Horizon 2020 PROSEU project has been developing a set of principles for prosumer policies that would allow prosumers and energy communities to become an integral part of the energy system. They aim to inform and influence National Energy and Climate Plans (NECPs), as well as the transposition in...
Circular Models for Cultural Heritage Adaptive Reuse in Cities and Regions
The adaptive reuse of cultural heritage can be used as a key strategy in the implementation of a circular economy. A taskforce on “Circular models for cultural heritage adaptive reuse in cities and regions” first convened in November 2018 to address this very point. In particular, the gr...
Local Leadership, or From Usual Suspects to Local Heroes
How to work together with your citizens towards a low-carbon society
Energy transitions from fossil fuel to renewable energy sources demand more than just technological solutions. Meaningful changes in energy systems require engaging people, and technological solutions must be utilitsed with social realities in mind to achieve higher quality of life for people.
The ...