12 October 2023
City Stories

Teaming up to adapt: Pau and Braga's journey to adapt to climate change

Tune into Episode 6 of our Podcast series on Adaptation to discover the exchange between two cities, Pau Bearn Pyrénées and Braga, and learn about their visits to each other's cities to pick up some great ideas on adaptation.

12 October 2023
EU News

Ten European cities awarded with EU Mission Label for their plans to reach climate-neutrality by 2030

Ten European cities were awarded the Label of the EU Mission for Climate-Neutral and Smart Cities, one of the EU Missions in Horizon Europe!

10 October 2023
City Stories

Stockholm, Sweden : Heat recovery from data centres

Stockholm’s initiative to attract data centres to the city and capture their excess heat in the city’s district heating network has allowed it to boost its IT industry while reducing the system’s emissions by 50g of CO2 per kilowatt hour.

6 October 2023
Community News

Discover the winners of the 2025 European Green Cities Awards: Vilnius, Viladecans and Treviso

Vilnius, Green Capital 2025, with Viladecans and Treviso, Green Leaf winners, lead Europe in local climate action, shaping a sustainable, just future for their citizens.

5 October 2023
New Resource

What policy options to reduce emissions from the mobility sector in cities?

Discover inspiring examples and learning opportunities in our new publication on Sustainable Mobility, compiling resources for policies looking to decarbonise urban mobility, from public transport to soft mobility, logistics and electric solutions.

28 September 2023
City Stories

Riga: reallocating energy savings into long-term sustainable energy and climate action

From our series “Building on the Sprint”: Riga has developed a programme to reinvest the budget recovered thanks to energy savings into long-term measures to become climate neutral by 2030.

26 September 2023
Community News

How regional and national governments can support and accelerate local adaptation to climate change

National adaptation workshops, organised as part of the Covenant’s Policy Support Facility (PSF), put local level climate change adaptation at the forefront of the conversation with national and regional governments.

26 September 2023
Community News

Celebrating 15 Years of Covenant of Mayors - Europe: paving the way for local implementation of the EU Green Deal

As the 15-year anniversary of the Covenant of Mayors - Europe is approaching, we reflect on the accomplishments of cities in the past years and anticipate their pivotal role in shaping a new era of climate action ahead.

21 September 2023
City Stories

Making change a reality in the Slovenian city of Celje

Une into our fifth podcast episode of our series on Adaptation to discover how the Slovenian city of Celje is counting on its natural assets and the support of European cohesion funds to become more resilient in the face of increasing heatwaves and floods.

19 September 2023
Community News

Ready to make a difference? Join the EU Climate Pact as an Ambassador!

European Climate Pact Ambassadors inform, inspire and support climate policy and action in their communities and networks.

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