Cities and towns in Finland, France, Serbia, Spain and Sweden are invited to participate in the 2014-15 edition of the Earth Hour City Challenge (EHCC). Run by WWF in collaboration with ICLEI and the Swedish Postcode Lottery, the EHCC initiative celebrates cities and towns that are taking actions to create a greener, cleaner and more sustainable urban environment, while inspiring other cities to do the same.

An international jury of experts is seeking cities that have recognised the climate challenge, and begun to measure and report their emissions. Innovation, ambition and local participation in the transition to a sustainable future based on 100 percent renewable energy will be rewarded by the panel. When evaluating applications, judges will pay special attention to the links between climate change actions and targets, and the speed at which cities are implementing a low carbon agenda.

Cities can register for EHCC directly online on the carbonn® Cities Climate Registry (cCCR) reporting platform or by filling in and sending the offline reporting sheet to carbonn@iclei.org. The closing date for EHCC candidates is 5 September 2014. Cities desiring a quality check of their reporting data by ICLEI should deliver their reports by 23 August 2014. Recordings of previous webinars, presentations and guidelines for candidates (also in Spanish and French) are available online.

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