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.

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. 

As the 15-year anniversary of the Covenant of Mayors 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.