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Why citizens participation in climate projects is important
by Sara Giovannini
20 Oct 2021 at 12:53am
EUKI, the European Climate Initiative of the German Federal Ministry for the Environment, recently interviewed our colleague Kinga Kovacs to promote the Living Streets project. [?]
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Will there be cucumbers at Christmas?
by Claire Roumet
14 Oct 2021 at 7:41am
This question illustrates how dependent our economy is on fossil fuels, especially gas. Greenhouses in the Netherlands use a lot of gas, as well as [?]
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Cities take actions to exit energy poverty
by Sara Giovannini
7 Oct 2021 at 1:20am
This month, you might have read our article on the ingredients for a local strategy against energy poverty (find it here if you have not!). [?]
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Mannheim ? where citizens are empowered to experiment and innovate
by Miriam Eisermann
5 Oct 2021 at 8:09pm
Until now, 2.5 million households living in the city of Mannheim and in neighbouring municipalities are getting power from the coal-fired power plant Grosskraftwerk Mannheim. [?]
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Breaking the poverty cycle
by Miriam Eisermann
3 Oct 2021 at 8:10pm
As the number of people in energy poverty rises ? even more since Covid is around ? solutions are urgently needed to help them find [?]
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?We are the cities we make?: Get free passes for the Smart City Expo World Co...
by Floriane Cappelletti
1 Oct 2021 at 1:38am
Smart City Expo World Congress is an international event for the smart city sector, a key meeting point for experts and leaders of the world?s [?]
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?It can feel to people like everything is against them.?
by Miriam Eisermann
28 Sep 2021 at 1:56am
On cold days, fierce winds blow through poorly insulated windows in Leeds. It travels through the over hundred high-rise buildings built in the 60s’ and [?]
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Green Cities Forum: advancing inclusive transitions
by Sara Giovannini
27 Sep 2021 at 5:29am
For a whole week, Bra?ov hosted the Green Cities Forum, to show its commitment to a carbon-free future The Green Cities Forum welcomed an International [?]
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Municipal Climate Partnerships as Green Motors for Europe
by Blandine Pidoux
27 Sep 2021 at 5:03am
City partnerships are part of the civic backbone of European integration and cooperation. However, their systemic potential as a powerful peer learning structure to roll [?]
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Navigating between tech firms and farmers
by Miriam Eisermann
21 Sep 2021 at 8:06pm
In the very South of Ireland, there is this small but buzzing port city of Cork. The City Council and the County Council are leading [?]
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