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A second chance for food waste
Milan focuses on food waste, not only to avoid it but also to transform this problem into a solution.
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‘Marry’ nature and concrete against global warming
Plants are climbing back on city walls to fight climate change and build resilience during boiling-hot summers. Milan, Malmo and Barcelona are spearheading this green architecture revolution.
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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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Slow down and hit pause
Slow the pace of life for healthier, more equal and sustainable cities, say time reform supporters. They’re about to meet and present new ideas at Barcelona’s Time Use Week event from 25 to 31 October.
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The people’s piazza: sharing the urban commons in Milan
Italy's second city is taking a bottom-up approach to public places, putting their management in the hands of its people.
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Who cares about sharing?
People prefer car sharing, where you drive a car alone but share it with others, to ride sharing, where you drive together with other people. “You feel obliged to interact with other people. With ride sharing, you feel like you have to give something back. This is social indebtedness, and people generally don’t want that in everyday life.”
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Welcoming cities
Cities are the main destination of migrants and refugees, yet cities are not adequately involved in shaping migration policy.
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Joining forces for a fairer housing market
Housing Ministers meeting under the Belgian presidency of the EU Council call for a platform supporting national, regional and local partnerships to end housing exclusion. Cities welcome the initiative.
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Cities need better EU Food Policies
Eurocities members are driving change in urban food policies and advocating for better integration into the EU’s strategic agenda.
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Ongoing war in Europe: Cities stand with Ukraine
As Russia’s devastating war in Ukraine enters its third year, cities across Europe are coming together to express their continued solidarity and support for the Ukrainian people.
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Reality vs fabrication: who is behind the information we consume
In an era increasingly defined by the omnipresence of artificial intelligence, the distinction between human-generated content and that crafted by digital technologies becomes ever more elusive.
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Cities to the EU: help enforce traffic rules on foreign vehicles
In a joint letter, 20 cities call on the European Parliament to help municipalities fine foreign drivers breaching local traffic rules.
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Cities lead the pack to tackle energy poverty
A new Eurocities paper showcases local governments’ best practices to tackle energy poverty and help alleviate its consequences.
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How to initiate the fight against dirty air
Air pollution is the leading cause of premature death worldwide. One way cities can address the complexity of air pollution sources is by increasingly relying on their residents for community-led monitoring.
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Mental health is under the local spotlight
What can cities do to address mental health issues? A lot. From Helsinki to Cluj-Napoca to Milan, municipalities are taking decisive action to support the wellbeing of urban communities..
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Lunching on urban food policies
What can we expect from the future of urban food policies? Listen/read to the conversation.
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Cities hungry for recognition in EU food
Last week, city representatives met in Brussels to discuss the future of food systems exchanging views with representatives of the European Commission ahead of future legislative proposals connected to food.
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A user-centric approach
What is the role of Milan in creating a user-centric system? What is the key to their success?
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Zero-emission packages? There’s a mobility plan for that
How to make package deliveries more sustainable? European Mobility Week identifies 'Packages' as one of this year's main themes, but those solutions call for a sustainable mobility plan.
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A digital mobility renaissance in Milan
A single platform will display public and private transport options in Milan to make moving around town simple and sustainable. It will be a pioneering project in Italy, where post-pandemic recovery funds are encouraging a digital revolution.
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Are we fit for 55 yet?
The war in Ukraine has further highlighted the need for Europe to embrace a swift transformation towards climate neutrality. The 'Fit for 55' package represents a historic opportunity to accelerate this transition, and push for energy independence.
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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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Inspiring young women leaders
Women worldwide hold just 24% of senior leadership positions. Birmingham's 'Young Women into Leadership' aims to change that and to inspire young women to make history.
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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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A breath of fresh air
Newly published air quality guidelines from the World Health Organisation shine a harsh light on how poor air affects health and what the EU must do to catch up.
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A silent pandemic
The long term effects of the Covid-19 crisis on mental health are still to be studied, but people already need support and cities already made some moves.
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Cities say yes to Afghan refugees
Eurocities members across Europe raise their hand to welcome Afghans fleeing their country after the Taliban takeover.
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10 ways to make integration gender-sensitive
About half of all migrants in the EU are women, but integration policies often leave women behind. Here are ten cities where things are different.
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How cities are helping achieve the EU’s food vision
Healthy food, produced in a sustainable way and available for all, rich and poor – a shared vision for cities across Europe. Here is what the speakers at the breakfast sessions of the EU project Food Trails brought to the table.
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Making digging safe
Digging holes in the city can be tricky and dangerous when the information you need is owned by 40 different entities. Milan’s solution is to go digital.
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Europe Day marks year of city-to-city solidarity
Europe Day on 9 May 2021 is an occasion to celebrate some of the incredible solidarity that cities have displayed over the last year.
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Sustainable, functional, beautiful and local
The European Commission wants to make beautiful, inclusive and sustainable design the embodiment of the Green Deal. Find out how cities are leading the way with their ideas.
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Fresh air – without the lockdown
One year after lockdowns first cleaned up air in major European cities, new data shows pollution can drop to these levels again through green policies.
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Looking beyond food banks
The pandemic has called for fresh thinking and long-term solutions to food aid. Read how cities from Eurocites’ working group Food are responding with dignity and innovation.
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“Time is running out”
Mayors call on the EU presidency to ensure that cities are better involved in the national recovery plans. Portugal’s prime minister Costa promises support.
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“It takes a city to raise a child”
A resilient and inclusive recovery must mean investing in children - doing so requires planning across levels of government and with the private sector. Recent initiatives at EU level are promising.
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“We have to adjust our way of living”
Governments around the globe want to spend more money to help countries and cities to cope with the impacts of climate change. At the Climate Adaptation Summit, Rotterdam’s mayor Ahmed Aboutaleb presented a special programme for cities.
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Cities rally for integration
What are the pressing questions for integration at local level? The European Commission and Parliament got together with cities at Integrating Cities IX to find out.
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How four EU food cities dealt with the coronavirus pandemic
COVID-19 was a shock to the system for many cities, but Milan, Bergamo, Bordeaux and Grenoble used clever food policy to get through the crisis. Find out how.
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Cities and migrants – what’s happening at local level?
When migrants move, it is overwhelmingly to cities that they come. This fourth Integrating Cities Report gives a direct insight into how cities are integrating migrants today.
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Mayors to EU: Our recovery must start local
Mayors from nine major European cities have written a letter to the presidents of the European institutions to demonstrate the need for a clear local level role in the recovery.
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City news: Rome, cycling capital in the making
Finding opportunities in the corona crisis, Rome, and many other European cities, are boosting their cycling revolution.
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Milan cuts emissions through school lunches
The city has reduced CO2 emissions from its school meals by 20% in five years.
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Setting out the path to a sustainable future for urban food policy
Now more than ever, cities are playing a role in food system transformation.
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Government for the people – with the people
A good government works for the people – or, even better, with the people. In a new publication, presented at the Nantes Innovation Forum, cities share stories of direct democracy in action.
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‘Now is the time to be visionary’
The mayor of Milan, Giuseppe Sala, calls for national governments and multilateral agencies to support cities’ efforts towards a sustainable and inclusive society for all.
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Cities pledge over €14 billion to fight poverty and social exclusion
44 cities, representing more than 51 million citizens, have jointly pledged €14.2 billion in social investment measures towards creating a fairer, more equal and inclusive Europe.
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Opportunities and challenges in a digital era – Cities meeting with Margrethe Vestager
Ahead of the announced Digital Services Act, mayors and leaders from 12 European cities met with European Commission Executive Vice-President, Margrethe Vestager.
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Short Term Holiday Rentals: large European cities seek EU cooperation
Mayors and representatives of cities want stronger regulations on the Short Term Holiday Rental market in order to counter the harmful impact of STHR on the housing market and make neighbourhoods more liveable.
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Tech talks
In two open online sessions, Eurocities' experts will share insights on changing digital realities and the digital tools that have been developed by cities in response to COVID-19.
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Exit from Covid-19 crisis must be digital, local and work for all
The COVID-19 crisis in our cities is proving to us that a fair and rapid digital transition is not only possible, but also more necessary than ever before.
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Mayors letter to Europe: More funding for science
In an open letter to leaders of the EU institutions, political groups and representatives of the member states, six mayors of major European cities call for more funding for science.
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Ensuring food aid in a time of crisis
How do you prevent a public health emergency from becoming a food emergency?
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22 cities call for stronger European regulation of holiday rental platforms
European cities call for tougher laws on short-term tourist accommodation.
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FOOD & CITIES – The role of cities for achieving the sustainable development goals
What is the role of cities in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals set by the United Nations? What can policy makers, international organisations, business and civil society organisations do to successfully transform food systems?
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12 big European cities commit to at least 40% carbon emission reductions by 2030
At a signing ceremony today in Genoa, 12 big European cities committed to at least 40% carbon emissions reduction by 2030 and adaptation to climate change, in line with the EU climate objectives.
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Cities commit to invest €4.3 billion to fight poverty and social exclusion over 5 years
21 cities, representing more than 20 million citizens have so far pledged €4.32 billion towards a fairer, more equal and inclusive Europe.
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50 cities sign Declaration on citizens engagement
50 cities have now adopted the Eurocities Declaration on citizens' engagement, demonstrating their commitment to create a Europe where people come first and citizens have a role in new forms of participatory democracy.
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