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Community planting initiatives in Vilnius, the greenest city in the making

People in Vilnius love planting trees and greening their neighbourhoods. Every spring and autumn the ...

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04.07.2025

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Gothenburg’s Journey to Fossil-Free District Heating and Cooling

Gothenburg is turning up the heat on decarbonisation. With a growing population and climate ...

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Mitigation

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30.06.2025

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Four pillars to Hamburg’s Green Roof Strategy: financial incentive, dialogue, regulation, and science

In response to climate change, one of Hamburg’s objectives is to become greener, in the city and on ...

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27.06.2025

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On the path to a cleaner heating system in Celje

As Slovenia’s fourth-largest city, Celje is taking bold steps to decarbonise its district heating ...

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Mitigation

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27.06.2025

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Refreshing Strasbourg to improve quality of life and protect people

Strasbourg is prioritising action on extreme heat to ensure and foster the wellbeing of Strasbourg’s ...

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26.06.2025

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Powering Bjæverskov Together: A Citizen-Driven Approach to District Heating

Bjæverskov, a small town in Køge Municipality, is advancing local climate action with a new fossil ...

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Mitigation

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19.06.2025

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Breathing LIFE into Lisbon through enhanced urban green infrastructure

Projections of increasing temperatures and decreasing average of annual rainfall over this century ...

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16.06.2025

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LIFE LUNGS

Valencia’s Climate Shelters Network

Valencia is building a heat-resilient city through a network of climate shelters, low-tech cooling ...

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Adaptation

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12.06.2025

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Nature-Based Solutions for Cooling Ghent

Ghent, a city in East Flanders, Belgium, is increasingly exposed to heat stress, rising temperatures ...

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12.06.2025

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BeBrit Project

Cool Spots in Antwerp

To combat rising urban heat, Antwerp launched a bold “Cool Spots” strategy—combining quick relief ...

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Citizen Engagement

Adaptation

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06.06.2025

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Szeged implements Europe’s Largest Geothermal District Heating Renovation

Szeged, Hungary’s third-largest city, is on a mission to cut 40% of its GHG emissions by 2030. At ...

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06.06.2025

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Regional coordination for better SECAP development in Gorenskja, Slovenia

In 2018, all 18 municipalities of Gorenjska adopted a joint Sustainable Energy and Climate Action ...

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02.06.2025

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Keeping Rethymno’s public spaces fresh with bioclimatic design

In the face of extreme heat, Rethymno, Greece, is taking bold steps to protect its residents and ...

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02.06.2025

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Empowering municipalities: Wallonia’s model for multilevel governance to reach EU targets

Wallonia coordinates 196 Belgian municipalities, enhancing their commitment to the Covenant of Mayor ...

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14.05.2025

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Summer temperatures are rising: it’s time to adapt in Lille Metropole

This summer 2024, Lille Metropole (MEL) launched the first experimentations of its time-based ...

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14.05.2025

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European Urban Initiative

Paris Oasis Schoolyard Programme

To address heatwave vulnerabilities, the city of Paris initiated the "OASIS" program, transforming ...

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07.05.2025

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Reggio Emilia’s Climate-Friendly Parks

Reggio Emilia is transforming its green spaces. Through smart urban forestry, the city is turning ...

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30.04.2025

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Heat Protection in Worms: Co-Creation, Advanced Trainings, and Funding Support for a Cooler Future

In Worms, a dynamic Heat Action Plan and co-creation approach bring citizens, social institutions, ...

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30.04.2025

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A Cooler Dawn for Athens in 2030

Every summer, it seems to get hotter and Athens is on a determined path to make the city more ...

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28.04.2025

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REACHOUT Project

Creating a climate-resilient city by greening educational spaces in Poznań, Poland

By implementing Nature-based Solutions, Poznań is transforming concrete jungles into vibrant green ...

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28.04.2025

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Green roofs on Vienna’s bus stops: 200 climate-adapted transport facilities and counting

To combat heat stress for passengers, Vienna tested various green roof solutions for bus stops, ...

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28.04.2025

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Várzea Urban Park: An innovative climate adaptation project in the heart of Setúbal City, Portugal

Setúbal's climate is becoming hotter and drier, a trend expected to intensify by the end of the ...

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28.04.2025

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Getafe’s innovative approach for addressing energy poverty and heatwaves

In response to heatwaves, Getafe has worked on urban innovation processes at different scales ...

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Building Renovation

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17.04.2025

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Preparing Maribor for hotter days ahead through heat action planning

Maribor is Slovenia's second largest city and serves as the economic, transport, cultural, ...

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15.04.2025

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Action for Outdoor Environment Adaptation in Seville

Seville, one of Europe’s hottest cities, is on the frontline of climate adaptation. With rising heat ...

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08.04.2025

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Turku's Bold Vision: Achieving Carbon Neutrality by 2029

The Finnish city of Turku is taking bold steps to clean up its energy use. By cutting heating ...

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Energy Efficiency

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07.04.2025

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Refreshing the city of Toulouse, France

To face increasing heat, Toulouse developed a comprehensive plan that centres around implementing ...

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29.03.2025

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Adapting to the impacts of heatwaves in a changing climate in Botkyrka

Botkyrka responded to increased heatwaves by Climatools program project, creating checklists for ...

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29.03.2025

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Tatabánya is addressing the impacts of urban heatwaves and forest fires with alert measures

To reduce heatwave and wildfire impact, Tatabánya uses a proactive heat and UV alert system, along ...

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Adaptation

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28.03.2025

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Protecting outdoor agricultural workers from extreme heat in Puglia

In 2021, the Puglia region declared a public health emergency and enacted an ordinance to limit ...

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28.03.2025

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Refreshing Marseille with cooler, greener and more accessible public spaces

Marseille, as a Mediterranean city, is highly vulnerable to rising temperatures and more frequent ...

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Citizen Engagement

Nature-Based Solutions

Adaptation

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27.03.2025

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Changing attitudes to beat the heat in Limassol

The Mediterranean island of Cyprus marks the EU’s eastern extreme, so far east that it sits ...

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27.03.2025

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Guimarães: Adapting a historic city to heatwaves

Guimarães, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, is leading a nature-based approach to urban cooling. ...

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Citizen Engagement

Adaptation

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26.03.2025

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Kozani’s Green Heat Transition: Phasing out Lignite and Natural Gas towards Net Zero

With the phasing out of lignite-fired power plants, Kozani's district heating system urgently needs ...

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Mitigation

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14.03.2025

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Bridging local and national effort: the Cyprus Energy Agency’s role in climate action and energy transition

The Cyprus Energy Agency connects local and national efforts to power Cyprus’s energy transition. As ...

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13.03.2025

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The Covenant of Mayors at the heart of multilevel governance in Croatia

In Croatia, the Covenant of Mayors is at the heart of this collaborative effort, providing a space ...

Multilevel Governance

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13.03.2025

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Towards Carbon Neutral Heating and Cooling in Maribor

Maribor, Slovenia, is accelerating its shift to carbon-neutral heating, phasing out fossil fuels in ...

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18.02.2025

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Mannheim’s Heat Revolution: Climate-Neutral Heating by 2030

Mannheim is embarking on a full heat detox. By 2030, the city aims to fully decarbonise its district ...

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Mitigation

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17.02.2025

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Upgrading municipal buildings for an effective heat detox in Vari-Voula-Vouliagmeni

Vari-Voula-Vouliagmeni is undergoing a heat detox to boost energy efficiency and reduce emissions in ...

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14.02.2025

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Enhancing energy efficiency and decarbonisation in Domokos’ public buildings

Determined to detoxify its heat, Domokos is transforming its educational facilities by integrating ...

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10.02.2025

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Building trust and powering change: The Hague's path to a just energy transition

The Hague is on track to achieve climate neutrality by 2030, with a strong focus on eliminating ...

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Mitigation

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07.02.2025

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Heat Detoxification in times of War: Improving resilience in Vinnytsua

Motivated to deliver healthy heat to its 400.00 inhabitants and comply with European decarbonisation ...

Heating and Cooling

Mitigation

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03.02.2025

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The greenest city in the making: Vilnius decarbonising its district heating

Discover how the 2025 Green Capital is modernising its district heating system for a successful ...

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Mitigation

case study

03.02.2025

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The Vaskiluoto Heat Storage System: Vaasa’s key project for an effective heat detox

Discover how innovation is powering Vaasa’s heat detox and ensuring affordable and fossil free heat ...

Heating and Cooling

Mitigation

03.02.2025

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The Geothermal Capital of the World turning Net-Zero with Silverstone

Going from clean to cleaner, Reykjavik is decreasing its heat-related emissions in an already fully ...

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Mitigation

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03.02.2025

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Innovation and decarbonisation hand in hand: Porto’s approach to a successful heat detox

To reach climate neutrality, Porto must address its heating system. Through this ambitious project, ...

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Mitigation

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03.02.2025

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Flanders’ Warmest City: How Mechelen is getting everyone on board to deliver healthy heat

With a comprehensive heat plan and a coalition of local actors acting together to implement it, ...

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03.02.2025

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Efficient Thermal Energy Storage in Lappeenranta

From Lappeenranta University to the city’s district heating: discover how Efficient Thermal Energy ...

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Mitigation

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31.01.2025

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Detoxifying heat with Energy Performance Contracting: the G.R.O.W.S. project in Campi Salentina

Campi Salentina is proving that a city’s size doesn’t matter when it comes to providing healthy heat ...

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Mitigation

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31.01.2025

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Reaching everyone through an extended and decarbonised district heating network in Besançon

Known as the greenest city in France, Besançon is working to make its heating as green as itself ...

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31.01.2025

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