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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.