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An Alliance to regenerate cities? heritage through innovation
by Allison Le Corre
6 Jul 2022 at 4:19am
Are you looking to give your city?s historic urban area new life, whilst preserving its unique cultural and social identity and the environment? Join the [?]
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Why new forms of local governance for energy and climate action?
by Floriane Cappelletti
5 Jul 2022 at 7:25am
To succeed in climate neutrality, we need to accelerate the pace of implementation. The required technologies are mostly there. We see that the bottleneck lies [?]
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A technical assistance programme to boost energy communities? activities acro...
by Floriane Cappelletti
4 Jul 2022 at 1:53am
Energy communities find themselves at very different stages of development. Some are informal groups that have just started thinking about setting up an energy community, [?]
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Focusing on community in uncertain times: the story of two cities teaming up ...
by Thibaut Maraquin
30 Jun 2022 at 2:51am
It?s one thing for a group of citizens to launch their own renewables initiative ? and quite many do so. But it?s pretty different to do this with the support of a local government that is serious about local renewable energy. The most foresighted local and regional authorities look at renewable energy through the community lense. Krizevci in Croatia and Eeklo in Belgium do share that mindset.
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Moving towards fossil-free districts: What?s in it for my city?
by Anousheh Parsaei
24 Jun 2022 at 5:29am
The webinar ?Moving towards fossil-free districts: What?s in it for my city?? that was held on 16 June was the occasion to launch the Energy [?]
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Innovative financing schemes: Become a mentor city in the PROSPECT+ peer-lear...
by Anousheh Parsaei
22 Jun 2022 at 8:28am
After the first fruitful learning cycle where nine mentors from across Europe shared how they have implemented innovative financing schemes in their municipalities or regions, [?]
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What emergency energy saving measures should my city take?
by Miriam Eisermann
22 Jun 2022 at 5:26am
Meet the leading experts that pioneered local initiatives to withstand the weaponization of energy supply from Russia. In a recent webinar they have shared how they have been able to simultaneously address the geopolitical crisis and the climate emergency, by devising energy saving practices applicable in urban environments.
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Energy renovation in France: Third-party financing companies and their partne...
by Jana Cicmanova
17 Jun 2022 at 9:23am
In order to join forces and share their experiences widely to contribute even more to the massification of energy renovation on a national scale, the [?]
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Introducing the obligation for heating and cooling planning with appropriate ...
by Mélanie Bourgeois
17 Jun 2022 at 3:02am
The European Commission proposed in the recast Energy Efficiency Directive to make heating and cooling plans mandatory for municipalities above a threshold of 50?000 inhabitants. [?]
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Radical honesty
by Claire Roumet
16 Jun 2022 at 11:47pm
It is the last of the ?soft? instruments put forward by Donella and Denis Meadows in the revised version of their 2004 ?Limits to growth? [?]
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