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Cities back bold new Culture Compass for Europe
The new Culture Compass for Europe is a strong political commitment to put culture at the heart of EU policies. To make this vision a reality, city leaders urge the EU to back it with robust programmes and funding.
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Cities lead the way in building Europe’s AI future
Artificial intelligence is transforming how people live, work and interact, and European cities are proving that it can serve the public good as much as private innovation.
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Protecting childhood: focus on poverty, mental health and integrated services
From integrated mental health programmes to safe playground initiatives, the Social Innovation Lab offered inspiring ideas and reinforced the importance of childhood protection.
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Cities turning insight into action: building Europe’s climate resilience from the ground up
From the outset of the Eurocities Environment Forum in Malmo Deputy Mayor Sofia Hedén set the tone: “We gather here today not in fear of what is coming, but in recognition of what is already here.”
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European Mobility Week: Making mobility for everyone
European Mobility Week puts people first. Across Europe, towns and cities celebrate and encourage cleaner, safer and more inclusive ways to move. Learn how cities across Europe celebrated.
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Vienna’s vision for automated mobility
Vienna is taking a proactive stance on cooperative, connected, and automated mobility, laying out a vision and framework that will guide its approach to this rapidly evolving field to ensure that automation works for the city – not the other way around.
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Three Eurocities members in the running for prestigious European Mobility Week Award
The European Mobility Week Award recognises local authorities for outstanding campaigns promoting sustainable urban mobility. This year, three Eurocities members are among the finalists.
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Towards zero-emission mobility in Europe
Achieving zero-emission mobility is a key objective for Europe. It is not only a lofty aspiration but an urgent need. The road to realising this vision is long and EU policymakers must ensure Europe stays on course.
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Urban Digital Twins: Transforming city planning
Urban Digital Twins are revolutionising city planning. New training from Eurocities and the Barcelona Supercomputing Center is showing city officials how this technology can address major challenges like climate change and mobility.
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Cities unite for sustainable, attractive public transport
In Barcelona, city leaders and associations have signed a new declaration for sustainable and attractive public transport. Signatories call on the EU to increase public transport investments that prioritise multimodal integration, ensure affordability and enhance climate resilience.
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“Conversations about multiple potential futures are crucial”
In an interview with Eurocities, leading European economist, Carsten Beck, talks about the future of cities and the challenges and opportunities that lie ahead.
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Leveraging B2G data for urban mobility planning
5 minute readThe digital transformation offers cities massive potential to use B2G data, but they need better frameworks and collaboration to harness its full potential for mobility planning. -
Urban mobility is about autonomy and connection
The Eurocities Mobility Forum in Utrecht spotlighted the essence of inclusivity and empowerment in urban mobility, urging cities to design with everyone in mind.
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In the fight against climate change, some pay a heavy price – Podcast
What if saving the environment has negative consequences for vulnerable people in our societies? In this interview, researcher Lucia Alexandra Popartan explains how ‘just resilience’ needs to go hand-in-hand with climate change adaptation.
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