Netherlands
Amsterdam
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Do you fancy a doughnut?
Amsterdam has embraced the Doughnut model that intends to consider the social and ecological impacts of economic activities.
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Back to (green) business
Amsterdam focuses on recovering the local economy by targeting small and medium companies working in the fields of digitalisation, sustainability, and addressing the mismatch in the labour market.
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Clean waste collection in Gothenburg
Noiseless and good for the climate: trailblazing e-trucks are taking waste collection into the future in Gothenburg. Other cities from the Big Buyers for Climate and Environment project are taking note.
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Dark stores: Amsterdam hits the pause button
Grocery apps promise food and beverage deliveries in record time. But this business model comes with a whole new set of challenges for cities and residents. Amsterdam decided to act.
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How to make digital rights a reality
Digital rights are human rights. Yet the path to making this a reality is still full of hurdles. What are cities doing to get there, earlier rather than later?
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The world is over. Time to save it.
We did our best to save the world, but now it’s too late for that. This is the premise of the game Age of Energy, which is harnessing its addictive power to cajole young people into energy saving behaviour.
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Rethink, reuse and repair
The circular economy is set to become a key component of the European Green Deal, and many cities are already leading the way.
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Cities step up to mitigate energy poverty
Many cities are already embarking on innovative local projects to mitigate the present and future energy poverty effects, which mainly concerns economically vulnerable groups.
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Solving local migration funding
Tips and solutions from cities on securing European funding for migration-related initiatives. This is the second and final part of our series.
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Cities seek to fund migration
Cities discuss the challenges they face to secure European funding for migration-related initiatives
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Short term rentals: cities ask Europe’s help
With the summer holidays starting, cities worry once more about the impact of short term holiday rentals, and Europe seems to turn a blind eye on the issue.
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Older but not forgotten
Cities should be a part of the upcoming EU Care Strategy that will cover the challenges that low birth rates and high life expectancy entail, especially to our healthcare systems.
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Amsterdam, Barcelona, Madrid and Vienna pledge to the European Pillar of Social Rights
Mental health, combatting homelessness, a fair integration into the labour market and gender equality are the commitments of these cities
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Cities want more than recovery
In the wake of two years of pandemic, cities are facing many competing challenges, but are committed to learning lessons, and using the potential boost from recovery funding, to jump ahead of where they were pre-Covid19.
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Cities rally around Ukraine
Local leaders are multiplying their voices in support of Ukraine with messages, aid, donations and solidarity offers while draping themselves in yellow and blue.
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We need more than ‘just’ Digital Rights Principles
With the Commission publishing a set of Digital Rights Principles, cities agree that digitalisation has to benefit everyone, however, stating principles are not enough, and cities are ready for the next step.
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Carbon Capture Storage and Use: tool or pretext?
Is Carbon Capture and Storage sweeping problems under the rug, or is it a necessary tool to help cities reach their climate goals?
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