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!
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Vantaa, Finland: transforming district heating
Vantaa’s district heating network is an efficient system that supplies most of the city’s buildings. In the past years, it's moved from fossil fuels to more sustainable strategies, and it's now aiming to go carbon-negative and circular.