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Huge success of the first EUCF call raises expectations for support to local ...
by Floriane Cappelletti
23 Oct 2020 at 4:19am
Local authorities from all over the EU and the UK took part in the 1st ever EUCF call for applications, that closed on 2 October. [?]
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Drinking from a firehose
by Adrian Hiel
20 Oct 2020 at 7:10am
Look out your window and make a mental note of what you see: a road, footpath, parked cars, maybe a park, trees, a rubbish bin, [?]
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Urban transition-makers in Brest
by Sara Giovannini
16 Oct 2020 at 8:28am
The metropolitan government of Brest is getting ready to organise a first major event dedicated to the involvement of local players and citizens in the [?]
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Renovation Wave will have a big impact on cities
by Adrian Hiel
15 Oct 2020 at 3:00pm
The Renovation Wave proposal from the European Commission landed on Oct. 14th and cities, for better or worse, will be most impacted. There are some [?]
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Grenoble awarded EU Green Capital 2022
by Sara Giovannini
14 Oct 2020 at 8:26am
Energy Cities? member Grenoble won the prestigious EU Green Capital award last week! Grenoble impressed the European jury of experts with its pioneering approach to [?]
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Do the final National Energy and Climate Plans finally acknowledge cities? ke...
by David Donnerer
13 Oct 2020 at 7:28am
With all EU Member States having submitted their final national energy and climate plans (NECPs), Energy Cities has explored whether EU countries have improved in acknowledging the key role of local authorities, compared to their draft NECPs.
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Active democracy
by Claire Roumet
13 Oct 2020 at 1:48am
I remember a speech by Ada Colau, Mayor of Barcelona, addressing participants from all over the world at the first Fearless Cities summit in 2017. [?]
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Valencia?s stakeholder alliance: Weaving the energy question into the social ...
by Miriam Eisermann
12 Oct 2020 at 3:23am
The City of Valencia just recently joined Energy Cities' Board of Directors. Alejandro Ramon Ālvarez, Councillor in charge of the climate emergency and the energy transition for the city, talked to our colleague Miriam Eisermann about Covid, citizen participation and the keenness to share with others.
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Make your EU funding applications more successful
by Sara Giovannini
9 Oct 2020 at 5:26am
The European Union provides plenty of opportunities for motivated teams to fund their projects in the field of research and innovation, sustainability, energy, regional development, [?]
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Financing opportunities for Sustainable Energy & Climate Action Plans
by Floriane Cappelletti
2 Oct 2020 at 1:52am
Innovative Financing Schemes In 2015, just before the COP21, City of Paris issued its very first set of green bonds worth ?300 million. The system [?]
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