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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’

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

1. Introduction Logistics plays an essential role in the transport sector, as “every place of activity requires deliveries, collection and servicing”, and brings along challenges such as congestion, air pollution, CO2 emissions, noise, health and safety, resilience, and costs to the companies,

The 2022 Coordinators Report is out!

With an indicative budget of EUR 50 million ERDF, the first Call for Proposals of EUI - Innovative Actions is targeting innovative projects focusing on the New European Bauhaus.

The European Commission launched on 18 May 2022 the RePowerEU plan to make Europe independent from Russian fossil fuels as soon as possible and to respond to rising energy prices and replenish gas stocks for next winter through energy savings measures, diversification of energy supplies

The ENERGee Watch peer-to-peer learning programme is back for a third and last time. Developed to address the challenges with energy and climate data collection, monitoring, processing or communication, the programme is targeted to suit local, regional authorities and their agencies.