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While acknowledging climate change as the challenge of a lifetime, Glasgow has created the Glasgow Climate Plan to smooth the transition to a low carbon and resilient city and to improve the quality of life of its people while achieving climate neutrality by 2030. Featured by a strong involvement of

All EU Covenant of Mayors Signatories are invited to participate in a large-scale survey on their experiences with funding urban climate adaptation

To face the energy crisis, the Metropolis of Nantes and its municipalities aim to reduce the territory's energy consumption by 10% and therefore become more resilient to the fluctuations of the energy market.

In line with its climate action and mobility policies, in 2017 the City of Pau decided to invest in a zero-emission fleet composed of eight 18m-long fuel cell-powered buses (a world first) and hydrogen refuelling infrastructure.

It is an initiative of the European Commission, launched by the Directorate-General for Research and Innovation as part of the EU Circular Economy Action Plan 2020. It contributes to the policy objectives of the EU Green Deal and the EU Bioeconomy Strategy. It is supported by Horizon Europe, the EU’

LIFE BAETULO is a pilot project where a new technology, an Integrated (and multi-hazard) Early Warning System, is applied for the first time in a city, in this case in Badalona (Spain). The objective is to reduce the exposure and vulnerability of citizens and other urban assets to climate-related ha

The Region of Flanders has launched a Local Energy and Climate Pact (LEKP). The Flemish Local Climate Pact focuses on four areas (greening, participatory energy, sustainable mobility and rainwater) and sets concrete objectives for its nearly 300 signatories - local authorities – to tackle the global

Covenant Supporters take action on their territories and areas of expertise (e.g. energy, environment, water, air), and at different levels of governance (e.g. European, national, regional or local) to promote the Covenant of Mayors initiative and support their signatories.

The second call for the European-wide Act!onHeat Support Facility is now open ! Applications are currently being considered for all local energy planners.

The Turkish city of Izmir is the First Place winner of the LUCI Cities & Lighting Awards 2022. The second prize went to the City of Tampere (Finland) and the City of London (England) has received the Special Mention. Congratulations to these 3 cities that are all signatories to the European Covenant