Local Climate Pacts: A youth-inclusive green future for Sunderland
Sunderland has brought city partners together to cooperate in reaching the city’s jointly agreed Carbon Neutrality goals and implement the city-wide Low Carbon Framework.
Adapting to climate change: Barrelling forward in Debrecen
Tune into Episode 7 of our Podcast series on Adaptation to discover actions taken in Debrecen and how they engaged through the Covenant’s Policy Support Facility to come up with a simple idea to tackle flooding.
Equity in climate action: How can equity considerations be integrated into SECAP planning, implementation and monitoring processes?
Discover our comprehensive guideline that supports local authorities integrate equity into their Sustainable Energy and Climate Action Planning (SECAP) processes, promoting fair and resilient responses to climate change.
Working together for accelerated climate action through the Covenant of Mayors
15 years since the initiative was launched, the Covenant of Mayors is betting increasingly on one key element for local governments to realise their action plans: multilevel governance. What is it and how does the Covenant contribute?
Vienna: from energy efficiency to decarbonisation
From our series “Building on the Sprint”: Vienna has developed energy savings measures to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 40% by 2030 and achieve climate neutrality.
From Portugal to the Netherlands: two cities exchange experiences to advance their transitions
In the framework of the Covenant of Mayors’ twinning programme, Vila Franca de Xira, Portugal, and Hengelo, Netherlands, exchanged experiences on shaping their cities’ path to sustainability, finding inspiration in one another’s actions.
Fostering Energy Communities in Marseille, France
Marseille is fostering a transformative energy community through citizen-led initiatives, partnerships with local energy companies and municipal efforts, such as installing solar panels on public school buildings.
Lessons Learned: The PROSPECT+ participatory lab at the EU regions week 2023
A look back on our financing session at EU Week of Regions and Cities: more than 20 representatives from public authorities across Europe join our participatory lab organised in collaboration with PROSPECT+, Smart Cities Marketplace, and ManagEnergy.
Saving energy through behavioural change: the experience of Viken county in Norway
From our series “Building on the Sprint”: the Norwegian county of Viken worked closely with municipalities to engage citizens in energy saving through a campaign aimed at inciting widespread changes in energy consumption habits.
Why Europe must "local proof" its Green Deal and how to achieve it
We interviewed Joško Klisović, President of Zagreb City Assembly and rapporteur for the Committee of the Region’s Opinion on Green Deal Governance, to discuss what the EU should do to make sure that the Green Deal is implementable at local level.