The Mission will work with pioneering cities to support, promote and showcase them in their systemic transformation to climate neutrality by 2030, making these cities innovation hubs for all cities.
By signing a ‘Climate City Contract’ Mayors, the European Commission and national authority will jointly take responsibility for affecting the necessary transformative change.
Within the Climate City Contract, at least 1% of funding from the EU should be devoted to support citizens and their platforms for the development and implementation of climate actions.
If successful, the Mission can become a central part of meeting the EU’s Green Deal objectives, and given this, relevant money will need to be foreseen in the next EU 7 year budget, through the Horizon Europe programme, and in the Next Generation EU recovery plan.